language of food

Created by

Lenka Verhaegen

Cards (33)

Everything is an apple-pie order 
Everything is in perfect order
He brought home the bacon 
He succeeded in his undertaking
He saved his bacon 
He was able to escape death, punishment, something unpleasant
he is driving me bananas 
he is making me crazy
he won't spill the beans 
give away confidential information
he took the biscuit 
he was the best
she knows which side her bread is buttered on 
she knows where she may have advantages
you can't have your cake and eat it 
you have to choose between one of the two
it's selling like hot cakes 
it's selling very fast
they hold out a carrot to him 
they try to entice him by offering a reward
hard cheese 
bad luck
he pulled the chestnuts out of the fire for her 
he saved her by doing something dangerous
it's the cream of the crop 
the most amusing part
to have other fish to fry 
to have more important business to attend to
one man's meat is another man's poison 
what one person likes is not necessarily liked by another person
it's no use crying over spilt milk 
a loss for error for which there is no remedy
he is off his onions 
he is mentally unbalanced
take it with a grain (pinch) of salt 
don't believe everything
he was rubbing salt in her wounds 
he was increasing her feelings of injury, shame, ...
they're the salt of the earth 
they have the best quality
to sugar the pill
to make something disagreeable seem less so
i'm afraid they're sugar coated promises 
they're superficially attractive
it's not my cup of tea 
i don't like it
i wouldn't do it for all the tea in china
for any reason or gain
he is changing into a vegetable 
he is leading a dull life with little interest or activity
he knows his onions 
he is clever, experienced
they are as alike in two peas in a pod 
they are exactly alike
he has a finger in every pie 
he is concerned in a lot of matters
they were offering him a pie in the sky 
they gave him unrealistic hopes
it was as easy as pie 
it was a piece of cake, it was very easy
they dropped the project like a hot potato 
they got rid of it because it was dangerous or difficult to do
they're small potatoes 
persons o things of little importance
he did something stupid in his salad days 
when he was young and inexperienced