Food Idioms Apple of ones eye Someone or

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.