Why can't you "drink" soup in the UK and the US?

Drinking soup with a meal is a Chinese food habit. People say "drink soup" almost every day, and it's the most common and standardized idiom in Chinese. But you know, in English, "soup" can never be "drink", that is to say, drink (drink) can not and soup (soup) with, can not say drink soup (drink soup). Instead, it is customary to say "eat soup". This is mainly due to the following reasons:

①Because the soup in western food is usually very thick, with cream, meat, vegetables and many other things in it, so it is impossible to drink it, and you have to chew it in your mouth. And Chinese soup is usually thinner, clear soup, you can drink directly.

② Western tableware is mainly plates, soup is generally served in a deeper plate, you have to use a spoon to eat, not like the Chinese as a soup bowl to drink directly.

③ In English, drink is only used to "drink" drinks, specifically refers to the use of cups and other things to pour drinks into the mouth and drink, do not need a spoon. For example: "drink water", "drink tea", "drink coffee", "drink milk", "drink coffee", "drink milk", "drink tea", "drink tea", "drink tea", "drink tea", "drink tea", "drink tea", "drink tea", "drink tea". "drink milk", "drink juice", "drink wine". And eat refers to the consumption of very thick, need to chew the food, western food soup belongs to this category.

④ If you have to say drink soup, the British and Americans will think you are very rude, and will pick up the soup plate, pour the soup into your mouth, and gulp it down like water.

Similarly, the Chinese phrase "drink porridge" should not be translated as drink porridge, but as eat porridge. The Chinese "eat medicine" can not be translated into eat medicine, but should be customary t ake medicine. children "eat milk" can not be translated into eat milk, but should be translated as suck the breast ( The idiomatic expression t ake medicine should be used instead.) have can express various actions, for example: have medicine 吃药have soup喝汤have tea喝茶have a drink喝酒、喝水have a cigarette抽烟、吸菸have breakfast吃早饭have a meal吃饭have a candy吃糖have an apple 吃个苹果have fish吃鱼