Eating an apple or drinking some green tea can help you get rid of garlic breath.
How did the owl manage his bad breath?Owl-toids
Bad breath is a tricky subject to address head on. A good rule of thumb is: always accept a breath mint if someone offers you one.
Alcohol breath is from the ethanol diffusing out of the blood in the lungs. It has nothing whatsoever to do with the stomach so eating cannot help to mask it.
Bad breath is an offense we tolerate in dogs but revile in our close friends and colleagues, which explains why certain individuals on dates may be seen hyperventilating furtively into their own cupped hands.

Cucumber can cure bad breath.
I admit it. You're stronger than I amBut breath isn't everything
Flatulence, if held in too long, is sometimes reabsorbed into the circulation and exhaled in your breath.
Bad breath is sensual; it’s the sting of her breath that prepares us for the sweet smells of the rest of her, just as the tang of vinegar in a salad brings out all its secret aromas.