24853 food idioms

Just explain the bread and butter
of your report. You don't have to
go into details.

Baby Jane is
the apple of
her father’s
eye!

I don't want my little
brother to hang
around with the bad
eggs on
the street.

I thought I was afraid of
flying, but I was cool as
a cucumber all the way
to England.

The
kids
were
full of
beans
after
the
Take circus.
Mandy's

advice with a

pinch of salt.
she tends to
exaggerate,
sometimes
embellishing
stories so
much that
they're almost
completely
was untrue.
forced

Your daughter
is one smart
cookie. She
reads much
higher than
her grade
level.

I
to eat crow
and had to
apologize
for the
mistake
that I made
about the
restructurin
g She'll

of ourgo bananas
if she sees the
company.
room in this
state.

Please
don’t spill
the beans
about my
plans, I
don’t want
anyone to
find out.

they were
always
chalk and
cheese!

Opera is
not exactly
my cup
of tea.

You're going
to have to
really use
your noodle
on this

He landed
crossword
her puzzle.
in the
It's
extra
soup,an
when
one.
hedifficult
told
the
policeman
she had been
drinking.

really stop
wearing mini
skirts if she
doesn't want to
look like mutton
dressed as lamb.

When it
comes
to
comput
ers he
really
knows

Sales last yearhis
are small onions.
beer
compared
to now –
we're doing
really well.

The commuters
were packed in
like sardines in
the old bus.

She quit the job
because of
some small
problems but
she has jumped
out of the frying
pan and into the
fire because
now her
problems are
much worse.

The mirror
is broken
and we
can't fix it.
There's no

need to
cry over
spilled
milk.

Choosing
a location
for our
new store
is a hot
potato
She's
over
right
now.fifty
and should

I'm not
surprised
they're
getting
divorced,

I thought I
was just going
to interview
the secretary,
but they let
me talk to the
big cheese

himself.

You can tell
they're
brothers at a
glance they're like
two peas in a
pod.
My Mum is
a great
cook and
every time I
see her
cooking, it
makes my
mouth
water.

Nobody likes
her because
she is always
trying to polish
the apple with
her teacher.

The
company
The government
is welltook a carrot and
known as

stick approach to
a good
the people who
place to
were illegally
work and
protesting against
is always
the construction of
able to
the dam.
hire the
cream of
the
crop
When he says the stock
of
market
is sure to recover by
universit
the
end
of the year, that's
y
clearly pie in the sky.
graduate
s.

she has
begun

to hit
the
sauce
since
her
husband
lost his
job.

We went
to the
meeting
and they
told us
in a
nutshell
what
would
be
happeni
toin
You'dngbe
everyon
eanext
year.
fine/pretty

pickle if
John
weren't

around to

Sam is
very shy.
If a girl
starts
talking to
him, he
We'd
to
will
go arranged
as
be
in
France
that
red as a
weekend but it
beet.
all went pearshaped.
Joe's
blond
and Rosie,
his sister,
is a
carrot-top.

He is a very
serious

person and
is a very
hard nut to
crack.

He is the
one who
caused
the
problem
for
himself
and is
now
being
It was a piece
to
of cake. Iforced
had
everything
stew in
done before
his own
lunch.
juice.

He was so welloiled yesterday
that he couldn’t
stand up!

the apple of one’s eye-a person that is adored by someone
bread and butter - necessities, the main thing
bad egg - a person who is often in trouble
be full of beans - to have a lot of energy and enthusiasm
one smart cookie - a very intelligent person
hot potato - a controversial or difficult subject
cry over spilled milk – get upset over something that has happened and cannot be changed
use your noodle – use your brain
pinch of salt – to not completely believe smth
mutton dressed as a lamb – woman who is dressed in a style that is more suitable for a much younger woman
like chalk and cheese - completely different from each other
know your onions - know a lot about a particular subject
land in the soup - be in serious trouble
eat crow- admit one is mistaken or defeated, take back a mistaken statement
small fry / small beer = something or someone unimportant
go pear-shaped – go terribly wrong
go bananas - become very angry
hit the sauce - consume alcoholic beverages in an uncontrollable manner
spill the beans - to tell people secret information
hard nut to crack – person or situation difficult to deal with
polish the apple - try to win favor through flattery
cream of the crop - the best of all
carrot and stick - reward and punishment used as persuasive measures
in a nutshell – in a few words
pie in the sky - predictions or promises which are unlikely to be fulfilled
in a fair/pretty pickle - in a mess; in a difficult or unpleasant situation
well-oiled - drunk