FOOD IDIOMS and SAYING

FOOD IDIOMSand SAYING

Task: 1. Find some food idioms and sayings
2. Make some sentences for each idiom and saying
3. Explain, in which situations you can use it.
4. Draw pictures to go with your examples.
5. Make a quiz about food idioms and sayings
6. Draw pictures to go with your quiz.

to publicly admit that something you said was wrong.

I must admit I am wrong, so I will have to eat my words.

I thought I was just going to interview the secretary, but they let me talk to the big cheese himself.


= very important person (VIP)

 Please tell me the bread and butter of your report. Don’t go into details.

= necessities, the main thing

Rick wants to be rich but he doesn’t want to work. He wants to have his cake and eat it too.

= want more than your fair
share or need

He had the ball, but he dropped it! What a butterfingers!


= somebody who often drops things

I thought I was afraid of flying, but I was cool as a cucumber all the way to England.

= very relaxed

to use one’s noodle

to use one’s brain


You're going to have to really use your noodle on this crossword puzzle. It's an extra difficult one.

= a very intelligent person

Your daughter is one smart cookie. She reads much higher than her grade level.

one smart cookie

We invited the cream of the crop to entertain us at the Christmas party.

= the best

Opera isn't exactly my cup of tea.

= something you enjoy
(usually used negatively)

I'm nuts about classical music these days.

= like a lot

Harry has been out to lunch ever since he lost his job.

= crazy or mad

Don’t worry! This test is piece of cake. I finished it in twenty minutes.

= easy, simple

That second-hand car I bought was a real lemon. It broke down a week after I bought it.

= to buy something
useless or defective

a chicken

Fred will never ask Lucy for a date. He is a chicken.

= a cowardly person

They couldn't get to sleep because they were full of beans.

= to have lots of energy

He never phoned his mother. He was a bad egg.

= а person who cannot
be trusted

A couch potato.

She should get out more, she's turning into a real couch potato.

= someone who just sits on the couch watching TV

The vase’s been broken. There is no use crying over spilt milk.

Too many cooks spoil the broth

I’ll do this work alone. Don’t you know that too many cooks spoiling the broth?

Quiz

This man did something terribly wrong. Who is he?

A bad egg
get egg on your face
A bad apple

I’ll do it alone, because ……... 

it’s easy
I don’t need any help
Too many cooks spoil the broth
I cry over spilt milk

Of course I can do that!

It’s a hot potato
It’s a piece of cake
It’s bread and butter

I didn’t enjoy this book. Science fiction is not

As easy as a pie
My cup of tea
as cool as a cucumber

The kids were … … … (very energetic) after the circus.

Full of beans
Couch potatoes
Eating their words