Post on 04-Nov-2014
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I don't want my little brother to hang
around with the bad eggs on
the street.
I thought I was just going to interview
the secretary, but they let
me talk to the big cheese
himself.
Just explain the bread and butter of your report. You don't have to go into details.
I thought I was afraid of flying, but I was cool as a cucumber all the way to England.
The mirror is broken and we
can't fix it. There's no
need to cry over spilled milk.
Opera is not exactlymy cup of tea. Choosing
a location for our
new store is a hot potato
right now.
The kids
werefull of beans
after the
circus.
Your daughter is one smart
cookie. She
reads much higher
than her grade level.Take Mandy's
advice with a pinch of salt. she tends to exaggerate, sometimes
embellishing stories so much that
they're almost completely
untrue.
You're going to have to really use
your noodle on this
crossword puzzle. It's an extra
difficult one.I'm not
surprised they're getting
divorced,
they were always
chalk and cheese!
She's over fifty and should really
stop wearing mini skirts if she doesn't want to look like mutton dressed as lamb.
When it comes
to computers he really knows
his onions.
He landed her in the soup, when he told the policeman she had been drinking.
I was forced to eat crow and had to apologize for the mistake that I made about the restructuring of our company.
The commuters were packed in like sardines in the old bus.
Sales last year are small beer compared to now – we're doing really well.
Sam is very shy. If a girl starts talking to him, he will go as red as a beet.
We'd arranged to be in France that weekend but it all went pear-shaped.
Joe's blond and Rosie, his sister, is a carrot-top.
He is the one who caused the problem for himself and is now being forced to stew in his own juice.
She quit the job because of some small problems but she has jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire because now her problems are much worse.
My Mum is a great cook and every time I see her cooking, it makes my mouth water.
It was a piece of cake. I had everything done before lunch.
Please don’t spill the beans about my plans, I don’t want anyone to find out.
Nobody likes her because she is always trying to polish the apple with her teacher.
We went to the
meeting and they told us
in a nutshell
what would
be happeni
ng to everyone next year.
He is a very serious person and is a very hard nut to crack.
He was so well-oiled yesterday that he couldn’t stand up!
You'd be in a
fine/pretty pickle if
John weren't
around to
When he says the stock market is sure to recover by the end of the year, that's clearly pie in the sky.
You can tell they're brothers at a glance - they're like two peas in a pod.
The government took a carrot and stick approach to the people who were illegally protesting against the construction of the dam.
She'll go bananas if she sees the room in this state.
Baby Jane is the apple of her father’s
eye!
she has begun to hit the
sauce since her
husband lost his
job.
The company is well-known as a good place to work and is always able to hire the cream of the crop of university graduates.
the apple of one’s eye-a person that is adored by someonebread and butter - necessities, the main thing
bad egg - a person who is often in troublebe full of beans - to have a lot of energy and enthusiasm
one smart cookie - a very intelligent personhot potato - a controversial or difficult subject
cry over spilled milk – get upset over something that has happened and cannot be changeduse your noodle – use your brain
pinch of salt – to not completely believe smthmutton dressed as a lamb – woman who is dressed in a style that is more suitable for a much younger woman
like chalk and cheese - completely different from each otherknow your onions - know a lot about a particular subject
land in the soup - be in serious troubleeat crow- admit one is mistaken or defeated, take back a mistaken statement
small fry / small beer = something or someone unimportantgo pear-shaped – go terribly wrong
go bananas - become very angryhit the sauce - consume alcoholic beverages in an uncontrollable manner
spill the beans - to tell people secret informationhard nut to crack – person or situation difficult to deal with
polish the apple - try to win favor through flatterycream of the crop - the best of all
carrot and stick - reward and punishment used as persuasive measuresin a nutshell – in a few words
pie in the sky - predictions or promises which are unlikely to be fulfilledin a fair/pretty pickle - in a mess; in a difficult or unpleasant situation
well-oiled - drunk