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10 Food idioms

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Wed, 01/07/2009 - 00:18 — Chris McCarthy

'The test was a piece of cake.'

A lemon

A lemon is something that you buy which turns out to have problems - it is defective / it doesn't work well.

'That second-hand car I bought was a real lemon. It broke down a week after I bought it.'

A piece of cake

When something is a piece of cake it is very easy to do.

'I was worried about taking the test, but it was a piece of cake. I got 100%.'

Bread and butter

Things which are bread and butter are the basic things you need to survive e.g. food and shelter. It is also used to describe the job or activity that provides you with the money you need to live.

'Teaching is my bread and butter.'

Bring home the bacon

Like the idiom above, this also means to earn money to live.

'I'm looking for a job. I need to do something to bring home the bacon.'

Cheap as chips

When something is as cheap as chips it is very cheap.

'I didn't pay much for these shoes. In fact, they were as cheap as chips.'

Cry over spilt milk

When we cry over spilt milk we are upset, sad or complaining over something bad that happened in the past. It is usually used in this phrase: 'There's no use crying over spilt milk.'

 'Stop complaining about your lost pen - there's no use crying over spilt milk.'

Cup of tea

This expression is used in the negative: 'It's not my cup of tea'. It means something is not to your interests or tastes. Basically, you don't like it.

'Rap music is not my cup of tea; I prefer rock.'

Finger in every pie

When someone has a finger in every pie they are involved in many activities and have a lot of influence or power. It usually has a negative meaning.

'He's very controlling - he has a finger in every pie.'

Have one's own cake and eat it

To want more than someone can handle or deserves; to try to have two incompatible things: you can not eat the cake and still have it.

'She doesn't want to work hard, but she wants a pay rise. You can't have your cake and eat it!'

Take with a pinch of salt

To take something with a pinch of salt means that you should not completely believe what you are told. Someone is telling you something which may not be true or it is exaggerated.

'Take everything you read in that newspaper with a pinch of salt.'

Time Idioms

  • That guy has a finger in every ___.





  • They talked about the bread and ___ issues.





  • You need to start bringing home the ___.





  • It's no use crying over spilt ___.





  • It wasn't difficult. It was a piece of ___.





  • Hiking is not my cup of ___.





  • Take what he said with a pinch of ___.









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Comments

Wed, 01/07/2009 - 05:45 — Sigo

Lemon Tree

Should listen to the song Lemon Tree by Fool's Garden to get another point of view on defective dating Wink

Mon, 01/12/2009 - 12:16 — pitchpotch

Interesting observation.

Interesting observation.

Tue, 03/10/2009 - 01:49 — vulivosa

Getting better and better!!!

Peace on earth

Jokapeci

The exercises on idioms keep getting better and better and I in return get to learn more and more. Thank you very much. Batting Eyelashes

Sat, 03/21/2009 - 05:49 — lollipop

(^._.^) Thank you very much

(^._.^)
Thank you very much for your interesting lesson. I think it will help me a lot in my next English conversations. Smile

Wed, 04/01/2009 - 07:15 — tib13

thank you for the

thank you for the lessonss!

I bought a watch which is cheap as chips.Later it turned out to be a real lemon.

Fri, 04/03/2009 - 18:59 — kaw809

Someone said Chinese is the

Someone said Chinese is the most difficult language. But English is not a piece of cake. So keep your mind with a pinch of salt. Thank you, EC. It is truly my cup of tea.

Fri, 04/03/2009 - 20:06 — Yura

SUPER

Excellent tasks, excellent idioms!!! I like them all. Try to remember.

Thu, 04/09/2009 - 00:00 — NOT-BAD

thanks

this lesson is a piece of cake for me Tongue

thank you very much

realy I got benefit from it

Fri, 04/24/2009 - 10:25 — kaltrina

It was nice and help full

It was nice and help full lessons
thank you

Wed, 04/29/2009 - 18:03 — nehir

In the first impression, and ???

In the first impession Nerd , I had thought that this lesson is not my cup of tea ,then I take everything what I see Rolling Eyes with a pinch of salt and then it was a piece of cake to understand easily.Smug

Wed, 08/05/2009 - 07:39 — mshameerpk

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Tue, 02/23/2010 - 16:27 — BobHamling

There's also an interesting

There's also an interesting food idiom about an apple.

apple of her/his eye

MEANING: someone or something that one likes a lot

EXAMPLE:

The little girl is the apple of her grandfather’s eye.

Bob,

Tue, 03/29/2011 - 02:34 — anh.le

learn this everyday to bring home bacon

anh.le

1. Please don't be interested in things which is cheap as chips because thay'll be lemon after using for the first time.

2.just listen to what other people saying with a pinch of salt.

3. wearing jewellery is not my cup of tea, which just makes me busy with cleaning and keeping them shining.

4. Think before we do. Don't cry over spilt milk.

5. teaching is not a piece of cake.

6. After getting married, we often think about how to bring home more bacon.

7. teaching is my bread and butter.

8. My director always has his finger on every pie. staff don't want that at any point because they have a feeling of being watched.

 

Thu, 05/12/2011 - 13:10 — nssk

IDIOMS

EXERCISE SHOULD BE MORE FOR /:)PRACTICE=))

Sun, 06/19/2011 - 10:29 — annacrasto

i liked the idioms a lot,

i liked the idioms a lot, but when i am really hungary that time i prefer Phoenix food delivery. it serves fresh and healthy food.