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🍗 To stay moist 📰 To make exciting
to keep it juicy

to keep it juicy

7.9
To keep meat or other food moist while cooking so it stays soft
  • idiom
translation icon : mantenerlo jugoso
  • To keep it juicy, baste the turkey every 30 minutes during roasting.

Examples

  • Chefs use marinades to keep it juicy and add extra flavor to the meat.

  • Cooking the steak over high heat for a short time can keep it juicy inside.

  • Don't forget to keep it juicy while grilling!

  • She always keeps it juicy with her famous roast chicken.

  • Chefs use marinades to keep it juicy and enhance the flavor of the meat.

  • To keep it juicy, make sure to baste the chicken regularly while it cooks.

  • Cooking vegetables at a low temperature helps to keep it juicy and flavorful.

Antonyms

to overcook
13 1.0

To cook food for too long so it becomes dry or less tasty

to dry out
11 2.4

To become dry or make something no longer wet

How Juicy

brine
17 3.6
to baste
  • Specialized
8 5.0
to keep it juicy
7.9
to moisten
7 3.0
to dry
570 1.0

Surface Forms

keep it juicy infinitive
keeping it juicy present participle
keeps it juicy third person singular
kept it juicy past
kept it juicy past participle

Morphology

keep + it + juicy

The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'keep' (maintain) with 'juicy' (sensational, vivid): a learner who knows both words can infer 'maintain it in a sensational/vivid state'. The verb + pronoun + adjective pattern is regular in English and the metaphorical use of 'juicy' is common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner would likely understand this expression.

Etymology

Keep it juicy comes from cooks who wanted meat to hold its natural juices. They would baste, rest, or use marinades so the meat stayed soft and full of liquid, so the phrase means 'to keep food moist and tender'.