pick

cook

See:

SHORT-ORDER COOK,

WHAT'S UP or WHAT'S COOKING.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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short-order cook

[short-order cook] {n.} A person who prepares food that cooks quickly. * /Bruce found a summer job as a short-order cook in a drive-in restaurant./ * /The new diner needs […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

cook up

[cook up] {v.}, {informal} To plan and put together; make up; invent. * /The boys cooked up an excuse to explain their absence from school./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

order

[order] See: [APPLE-PIE-ORDER], [CALL TO ORDER], [IN ORDER], [IN ORDER TO], [IN SHORT ORDER], [JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED], [MADE TO ORDER], [OUT OF ORDER], [PUT ONE'S HOUSE IN ORDER] […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

cook one's goose

[cook one's goose] {v. phr.}, {slang} To ruin someone hopelessly; destroy one's future expectations or good name. * /The bank treasurer cooked his own goose when he stole the bank's […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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