Idiom | Meaning | Example Sentence |
apple of one's eye | a person that is adored by someone | Baby Jessica is the apple of her father's eye. |
(have a) bun in the oven | be pregnant | I don't think Jan will come to the bar because she has a bun in the oven. |
bad egg | a person who is often in trouble | I don't want my little brother hanging around with the bad eggs on the street. |
big cheese | very 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 butter | necessities, the main thing | Just explain the bread and butter of your report. You don't have to go into details. |
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Daniel
All of those are new 4 me!! hehe Mari☼
ReplyDeletejajaja 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!!
ReplyDeleteKarol S.
This is a very useful vacabulary...!!! Thanks...!!! Miguel Sequeira
ReplyDeleteThat interesting is just like "dichos" in CR i like this blog, every day I learn someting new.
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don´t get on fliying pankake jaja
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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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