I crashed the car; I won't "sugarcoat" the bad news.

Winning the race was "like taking candy from a baby" for the professional athlete. 

Angel is "as sweet as honey" in their gracious and helpful ways.

John won the lottery, and Jim went to prison; "that's the way the cookie crumbles."

Speech class is "as easy as pie" so long as you speak up!

Pam "had their finger in the pie" at the funeral; they wanted to know all the family gossip!

The policy for free education is good, albeit "half-baked" in practice.

The cat attacked the dog and then wanted him to chase her. She "can't have her cake and eat it too."

They want equality and fairness for all. That dream is just "a pie in the sky" in America.

That test was a "piece of cake!"