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10 Idioms from FOOD
10 Idioms from FOOD
1. Spill the beans
To spell means to drop.
“Spill the beans” means to tell or reveal a secret or details.
Another idiom, is “let the cat out of the bag”
For example, if I want my friend to tell me something about his life, I might say “spill the beans”
2. Bread and butter
If something is my “bread and butter”, it is my main source of income or support for living.
"Their bread and butter is reporting local events"
3. The big cheese
Not “What is the Big Cheese” but “who is the Big Cheese”.
“The Big Cheese” is the boss or the person in charge.
For example, there is a new decision in the company. So I ask “whose idea was this?” My coworker would say “that’s the big cheese”
= “the head cheese” (another idiom)
4. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
It is usually about son and father. It means the son is very similar to his father.
It could be about look. But usually it’s more about behavior.
*for some reason, it’s used for son and father more than daughter and mother.
*it’s usually about negative behaviors.
5. Bring home the bacon.
Bacon = pork
But this idiom means, earn a living or make a living. Here bacon refers to money or salary.
"You don't have to be in a high-tech industry to bring home the bacon"
6. To butter someone up.
To flatter or praise someone (to get something from them)
-for example, to say “you look pretty today. You are smart. You look handsome.”
7. Have your cake and eat it too.
To have or do two good things at the same time that are impossible to have or do at the same time.
“You can't have your cake and eat it - if you want more local services, you can't expect to pay less tax.”
8. Don't cry over spilled/spilt (BE) milk.
= to let it go = don't be angry or upset about the things that have already happened and you can't change.
“Don't cry over spilled milk—we already submitted the report, so we can't fix it now.”
9. Not someone's cup of tea.
= not somebody’s taste. = not somebody’s type.
*if someone or something is not your cup of tea, you do not like them or do not consider them interesting
“War films are not really my cup of tea.”
10. Take with a grain of salt.
Grain of salt = little piece of salt.
If you “take something with a grain of salt”, it means you don't accept it at face value. (You don't accept it as it is = you always have a little bit of suspicion)
“Take everything you hear on the news with a grain of salt” = believe 90% of it, but 10% you check and make sure
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17 июля 2019 г., 15:26
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