| Subject | English | Serbian Latin |
| fig. | bite off more than one can chew | preceniti svoje snage |
| inf. | chew over | raspraviti |
| fig. | chew the cud | razmišljati |
| gen. | chew the cud | preživati |
| slang | chew the fat | čavrljati (Yeah, come round and join us, we're just chewing the fat over a glass or two of wine — Dođi i pridruži nam se, čavrljali smo uz času ili dve vina) |
| amer., slang | chew the rag | tupiti |
| amer., slang | chew the rag | beskrajno raspravljati |