9451 apple idioms

APPLE IDIOMS
apple-polisher; fig. flatterer
American as apple pie; Clichй
quintessential American (Also: as ~.)
In apple-pie order; fig. in very good
order; very well organized. (Typically: be
~; get something ~; put something ~.)
An apple a day keeps the doctor
away; Prov. Apples are so nutritious
that if you eat an apple every day,
you will not ever need to go to a
doctor
Apples and oranges;
Fig. two entities that
are not similar. (Used
especially in reference
to comparisons of
unlike things)
Rotten apple spoils the barrel; Prov. A
bad person influences everyone he or
she comes into contact with, making
them bad too.

Sure as God made little green
apples; Rur. absolutely certain
(Also: as ~.)
Apple of (someone’s eye); Fig.
someone’s favorite person or thing;
a boyfriend or a girlfriend

Big Apple;

New York City

Rotten apple; a single bad person or
thing

How bout them apples? And How do you like
them apples? Rur. What do you think of that?
(Often used to express admiration; bout is short
for about)
Upset the apple cart; Fig. to mess up or
ruin something

Now fill in the gaps with
the right apple idiom

1. Tom really …………………………………………………………………………by telling
Mary the truth about Jane, I always knew he’d tell secrets.
2. I’m as …………………………………………………………………………………………
that he’s the one. I’m right as sure as you live!
3. Doesn’t that wimpy ……………………. know how stupid he looks?
4. Please put everything ………………………………… before you leave.
5. We spent the weekend in the …………………………. .
6. There is always ………………………. to spoil it for the rest of us.
7. A small house with a white picket fence is supposed to be………………………………….
……………………………………. .
8. You can’t talk about Fred and Ted in the same breath! They’re like
…………………………………
……………………………………. .
9. Helen is …………………………………………….. in our office. Everyone sees her come
in late to work and take long coffee breaks, and they think, “Why can’t I do the same?”

10. Tom is ……………… Mary’s …………. She thinks he’s the greatest.
11. Joe got a job as a newspaper reporter. …………………………………………………… .
12. Grandma always fed us lots of apples when we visited her. She believed that
………………………………………………………………………………………. .


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Upset the apple cart
Sure as God made little green apples
Apple-polisher
In apple-pie order
Big Apple
Rotten apple
American as apple pie
Apples and oranges
Rotten apple spoils the barrel
Apple of Mary’s eye

How bout them apples?/How do you like them apples?
An apple a day keeps the doctor away