Food Item Idioms
& Phrases
A bad egg or a bad apple: A bad / dishonest / ill-behaved person
At first I trusted him, but soon I found he's a bad egg/apple.
Polish the apple: To win favour through flatter or praise
It may help your standing with the boss if you polish the apple.
An apple of discord: Cause of quarrel / unhappiness / trouble
The use of the bike was an apple of discord between Joe and his wife.
Apple pie order: In perfect order / very organized
Everything needs to be in apple-pie order before Grandma gets here!
Apple of one’s eye: A favourite / cherished person
He has five kids, but his only daughter is the apple of his eye.
Banana republic: A small country / state led by corrupt government
Before Castro, Cuba was considered something of a banana republic.
Second banana: Subordinate / next most important person
He always plays second banana in the basketball matches.
Cherry pick: To choose / select something very carefully
The new schools were accused of cherry-picking the best students in the area.
Couch potato: Keep seated and watching TV; no active life
She wants to date a man who love to travel and explore, not a couch potato.
Hot potato: Difficult / controversial issues or a sensitive situation
The issue of immigration became a political hot potato.
Small potatoes: Insignificant
Compared to her problems, mine seem like small potatoes.
Cry over spilt milk: Regret about something that has already happened or can’t be changed
Don't cry over spilt milk, we should be thinking about the next plan.
Egg on: To encourage someone to do something –unwise or bad
Jack is always egging me on to drive faster.
In a soup: In serious trouble / bad situation
That stunt landed her in the soup.
To buy a lemon: To buy something useless / worthless
Buying second-hand car is like buying a lemon.
Not give a fig: To be unconcerned or not interested in something
They can say what they like. I don't give a fig.
In your salad days: Youthful period of life
I met her in my salad days.
Sour grapes: Coveted but can’t obtained, hence belittled; disparagement of that which one cannot have
His remarks about the skating champion are sour grapes.
To put all eggs in one basket: To risk everything in one business
I applied to several colleges so I wasn't putting all my eggs in one basket.
To have finger in every pie: To be involved in lot of different things
A good approach to investing is to have a finger in many different pies.
To be full of beans: To talk nonsense + very active and energetic
His explanation is totally full of beans and doesn't answer questions at all.
He is certainly full of beans again after his illness.
To be in a pickle: To experience complication / troublesome situation
We're in a real pickle now because the hotel gave our room away!
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All girls in my team are cherry-picked by my supervisor :)
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