| Idioms related to FOOD | ||
| IDIOMS | Meaning | Example Sentence |
| A lot on my plate | it is used when someone has many responsibilities or scheduled activities. | I just have a lot on my plate right now while I'm finishing up my degree and doing this huge project forwork. |
| Bad apple | A troublemaker | It's an opportunity for them to make clear that they are not going to tolerate a bad apple in the United States Senate. |
| Big cheese | An influential person | Ever since his promotion, he has started to feel that he is the big cheese in the company. |
| Bring home the bacon | means to earn a living for the family | His wife chooses not to work, so Robert has to bring home the bacon |
| Cool as a cucumber | Calm and composed, especially in times of stress | Practicing meditation has helped me to be as cool as a cucumber in times of trouble. |
| Couch potato | A lazy person who watches too much TV | My younger sister is a great couch potato; she can watch TV 24 hours a day. |
| Cry over spilled milk | To be unhappy because of a past event that cannot be changed | know you don't like your newhaircut, but you can't change it now. It's no use crying over spilled milk. |
| Egg head | A very studious and academic person | The Government was dominated by self-important eggheads. |
| Food for thought | Something that makes you think carefully | The lectures were very interesting and gave much food for thought. |
| Hard nut to crack | A difficult problem or a difficult person | The spy we captured is a hard nut; he hasn't saida thing since we began the interrogation. |
| Have bigger fish to fry | Have more important things to do | I won't waste time on your question. I have bigger fish to fry. |
| Have egg on your face | To suffer embarrassment as a result of some public failure | The CEO really had egg on his face after he wenton stage to demonstrate the new product and couldn't get it to work right. |
| Like two peas in a pod | Nearly identical, very similar | Those kids have the same wacky sense of humor—they're truly like two peas in a pod |
| Nutty as a fruitcake | This is used from harmless silliness to someone who needs professional help | Don't pay any attention to John; he's nutty as a fruitcake. |
| Pie in the sky | Something that is unrealistic or that cannot be achieved | If you'd spend more time workingand less time coming up with these pie-in-the-sky fantasies, you might actually get somewhere in life! |
| Piece of cake | Something easy | "I never said that training him would be a piece of cake" |
| Red as a cherry | Very red | When her bosspraised her in front of the whole office, Emily turned red as cherry. |
| Slower than molasses | Exceptionally slow or sluggish; | This old laptop my dad gave me is a piece of junk. It's slower thanmolasses! |
| Sour grapes | Pretending to dislike something you cannot have | When she failed the entrance exam, she started saying that she never wanted to go to college anyway, but I think that’s just sour grapes |
| Take something with a pinch (grain) of salt | you mean that they should notbelieve it completely because it may not all be accurate or true. | Reports from the authorities that the situation is calmshould perhaps be taken with a pinch of salt. |
| To go bananas/ To be bananas | To become crazy | The children went bananas when they saw all the icecream. |
| Top banana | the number one person in a group | If you are promoted to top banana at work, it means you are the boss. |
| Tough cookie | A very determined person | Tough cookies usually get what they want because they refuse to compromise or give up. |
| Walk on Eggshells | To be very careful about how you behave with someone because they are easily upset or made angry, or a situation where you have to be extremely cautious. | The littlest thing tends to anger my mother, so Ifeel like I have to walk on eggshells whenever I'm at her house. |
