If it is a conversation, you can hold the knife and fork without putting it down, but if you need to make gestures, you should put down the knife and fork. Never hold the knife and fork in the air and shake it. It should be noted that at no time should one end of the knife and fork be placed on the plate and the other end on the table. The knife and fork have another very important function besides cutting the food into the mouth. The placement of knives and forks conveys the message of "eating" or "finishing eating".

Before that, people used their hands to eat meat, so some people said that the use of meat forks was "an insult to the God of Five Fingers". If you had a short rest during the meal, you can divide the knife and fork into two parts. The head of the knife and the tip of the fork are opposite to each other in a "one" or "eight" shape, and the knife and fork face themselves, indicating that you still want to eat.