Food Idioms

Apple of one’s eye

• Someone or something that one likes a lot.

• For example: you are the apple

of my eye.

Bad egg

• A bad person

• For example:

He’s a bad egg, stay away from him.

Big cheese

• An important person, or leader.

• For example:He is a big cheese

in his company so you should be nice to him.

Bread and Butter

• Basic needs of life, food, shelter, clothing)

• For example: The voters are worried about bread and butter issues like jobs and taxes.

Bring home the bacon

• Earn your family’s living.

• You have to work really hard if you want to bring home the bacon.

Cool as a cucumber

• Calm, not nervous or anxious.

• I was cool as a cucumber when I went for my driving test.

Couch potato

• A very lazy person.

• For example:

I’m really active, my brother on the other hand, is a real couch potato.

Cream of the crop

• The best of a group, top choice.

• For example: This is the best store to buy jeans, they only sell the cream of the crop labels.

To cry over spilled milk

• To cry or complain about something that has already happened.

• For example: Don’t cry over spilled milk, you can’t change the mark of your test, so forget about it.

Cup of tea

• Something one enjoys or does well.

• For example: I like skiing, but snow boarding is not my cup of tea.

Have one’s cake and eat it too

• You can’t have it both ways.

• For example: He refuses to compromise, he always wants to have his cake and eat it too.

Egg on one’s face

• To suffer embarrassment.

• For example: The egg was on my face after I called her the wrong name.

Full of beans

• To have a lot of energy.

• For example: She was full of beans tonight, she didn’t stop talking.

Piece of cake

• Something that is easy.

• For example: The test was a piece of cake, I finished it early.

Colour Idioms

Beet Red(Dark red, usually to describe the face)

Red Handed(Caught in the Act of doing something bad)

Red Tape(Paper work)

The Green light

• Permission

• For example: The builders were given the ‘green light’ to begin the tower.

Green with Envy

• To be very Jealous.

• For example: She is green with envy over her sister’s new boyfriend.

Born with a silver spoon in their mouth.

• Born into a rich family, or just really spoiled.

With flying colors

• With distinction.

• I passed my test with flying colors!!

Pitch Black

• No light• When the lights went

out, the room was pitch black.

Black eye

• Bruised eye• He had a black eye

after the fight.

Feeling blue

• To be sad• I felt blue after my

friend left.

Green Thumb

• Someone who is good at gardening

• My mom loves to work in her garden, she has a green thumb.