FOOD IDIOMS
TO BRING HOME THE BACON
To earn the money for your family.
“You work a lot of hours for this job!” “I have to
bring home the bacon…”
YOU CAN'T HAVE THE CAKE AND EAT IT
You can’t have a thing both ways.
“You can either go to a movie or get pizza, but you
can't have the cake and eat it.”
IT'S JUST A STORM IN A TEACUP
When someone makes a great fuss over something that is
not terribly important.
“Oh, that was anything serious, it was just a storm in
a teacup.”
HE'S GONE BANANAS
To be irrational and wild; to lose control.
“Keep calm, you’re going bananas!”
HE'S GONE NUTS
To go mad.
“Keep calm, don’t go nuts!”
DON'T CRY OVER SPILT MILK
Don’t cry on something that already happened.
“A: I missed my bus! I'm so angry! B: Hey, don't cry over spilled milk.”
AS COOL AS A CUCUMBER
Very calm and in control of your emotions.
“When everything seems to be going wrong, she stays as
cool as a cucumber.”
TAKE STH WITH A PINCH OF SALT
You do not completely believe what someone told you.
“You have to take these findings with a pinch of
salt.”
IT'S NOT MY CUP OF TEA
I don’t like something.
"David, would you like to go ice-skating tomorrow
evening
with me?" “Sorry, but it is not my cup of tea.”
with me?" “Sorry, but it is not my cup of tea.”
COUCH POTATO
Sedentary person.
“You have to do a lot of exercises, don’t have a couch
potato lifestyle!”
IT'S AS EASY AS A PIE
Very
easy.
“Oh, that classtest was incredibly easy! I can say
that it was as easy as a pie!”
HE'S FULL OF BEANS
Energetic, badly mistaken.
“He never stop! He’s full of beans”
SHE IS THE APPLE OF MY EYE
She is my beloved.
“I think I fall in love with her. She is the apple of
my eye.”
