- Idiom – Whet your appetite
- Meaning – To increase your desire for something. To stimulate your interest in something. You can whet someone’s appetite for anything, but this expression is most commonly used with food.
- The verb whet means to sharpen or stimulate. People often get confused by this idiom and write wet your appetite – but this is incorrect!
When could you use this idiom?
- When you review a restaurant online and see pictures of scrumptious food.
- Your friend is discussing your next holiday destination.
- You can smell delicious food cooking.
- At the cinema you see a trailer for a movie you really want to see.
- “I saw some pictures of Bali last night. They really whet my appetite for our trip next month!”
- Is there an idiom like this in your country?
What is an idiom?
An idiom is a word or phrase that is not taken literally. An idiom is an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its individual words, but has a separate meaning of its own.