Monday, October 11, 2010

Food Idioms

Food Idioms

http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/idioms-food.htm

IdiomMeaningExample Sentence
apple of one's eyea person that is adored by someoneBaby Jessica is the apple of her father's eye.
(have a) bun in the ovenbe pregnantI don't think Jan will come to the bar because she has a bun in the oven.
bad egga person who is often in troubleI don't want my little brother hanging around with the bad eggs on the street.
big cheesevery important person (VIP)I thought I was just going to interview the secretary, but they let me talk to the big cheese himself.
bread and butternecessities, the main thingJust explain the bread and butter of your report. You don't have to go into details.

7 comments:

  1. I like it. It's very useful I already copyed the link.
    Thanks
    Daniel

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  2. All of those are new 4 me!! hehe Mari☼

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  3. jajaja I could not image me saying to someone: You`re a big cheese (VIP)! jajaja So, it´s important to know the meaning of the idioms!!
    Karol S.

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  4. This is a very useful vacabulary...!!! Thanks...!!! Miguel Sequeira

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  5. That interesting is just like "dichos" in CR i like this blog, every day I learn someting new.
    Carol in the corner

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  6. don´t get on fliying pankake jaja
    gabriel

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  7. this is really helpful for us in my case this is first contact with idioms and has been very interesting!Johan

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