Image | Idiom | Explanation |
| "... apple of ..... eye."
For example:
"She was the apple of his eye." | 杨坤歌曲大全 Someone that one likes a lot. |
| "An apple a day keeps the doctor away."
For example:
"The doctor told her to eat more fresh fruit, after all an apple a day keeps the doctor away." | Eating fruit is good/healthy for you. |
| "Bring home the bacon."
For example:
"He felt it was his responsibility to bring home the bacon." | To earn a living for the family. |
| "Bread and butter."
For example:
"He was talking about bread and butter issues." | Basic needs of life (food,shelter,clothing). |
弓字旁的字有哪些 | To be a butterfingers. For example:- He had the ball, but he dropped it! What a butterfingers! | Somebody who often drops things |
| Butter someone up. For example:
"He was always buttering up the boss hoping for promotion." | To flatter someone to try to get their favor or friendship. |
| 个人评价表自我评价 Butter wouldn't melt in his / her mouth. For example:- "No one ever thought she was naughty, she always looked as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth." | If butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouth, they look as if they would never do anything wrong although you think they would. |
| 豪车标志大全 | "A piece of cake."
For example:
"She knew she had pasd the English exam, it was a piece of cake." | To find something easy to do. |
| "To ll like hot cakes."
For example:
"The new Spice Girls' album sold like hot cakes." | To ll quickly or rapidly. |
| "A big chee"
伤透我的心For example:
"Anita Roddick was the big chee at the Body Shop." | An important person, a leader (usually about business). |
| "Chalk and chee"
For example:
"I'm not surprid they're getting divorced, they were always chalk and chee." | To be the complete opposite of someone. |
| "Another bite at the cherry." For example: "Frank got another bite at the cherry when he resat his exams." | To be given a another chance of doing or getting something. |
| "As cool as a cucumber." For example: "Although he was driving at 110 mph James Bond was as cool as a cucumber." | To remain calm under pressure. |
| "A bad egg."
For example:
"He was a bad egg." | A bad person, to be avoided. |
| "Egg .... on."
For example: "He was always in trouble at school, his class mates always egged him on."
| To urge someone to do something (usually negative). |
| "Have egg on one's face."
For example:
"He ended up with egg on his face, when she found out he had been lying." | To be caught out or embarrasd. |
| "You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs."
For example:
"He worked so hard to make the company a success it made him ill, but you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs." | To do something to the detriment of something el. |
| 对标管理"To walk on eggshells." For example:- Everyone in the family had to walk on eggshells when he was in a bad mood. | To try hard not to upt someone or something. |
| "A pretty or fine kettle of fish" For example:- "They're divorced, and someone's sat them next to each other - that's a fine kettle of fish." | A difficult or awkward situation. 什么茶最减肥Thanks to Otrebs |
| "A different kettle of 五行属火字fish" For example:- "Oh! They want to place an order? That's a different kettle of fish. Of cour I'll talk to them." | A different matter or issue. Thanks to Otrebs |
| "Cry over spilt milk."
For example:
"It's no good crying over spilt milk, what's done is done." | To cry or complain about something that has already happened. |
| "As keen as mustard" For example: "He was as keen as mustard becau he really wanted to win the competition." | To be very eager. |
| "Nutty as a fruitcake."
For example:
"People say I'm as nutty as a fruitcake to run this website." | To be slightly crazy. |
| "To know your onions." For example:- "When it comes to computers he really knows his onions." | To know a lot about a particular subject. |
| "As easy as pie." For example: "Anyone can do that, it's as easy as pie." | When something is very easy to do. |
| "Have a finger in every pie."
For example:
"He was a very influential man, he emed to have a finger in every pie." | To be involved in lots of different things. |
| "A couch potato."
For example:
"She should get out more, she's turning into a real couch potato. " | Someone who just sits on the couch watching TV. |
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| "A hot potato."
For example:
"The issue of immigration was a hot potato." | A question or argument that is controversial and difficult to ttle |
| "In the soup."
For example:
"He landed her in the soup, when he told the policeman she had been drinking." | To be in rious trouble. |
| "Souped up."
For example:
"He made his car go faster by souping up the engine." | To change something to make it faster or more powerful by changing or adding something. |
| "Cup of tea."
For example:
"I really enjoyed the film, it was just my cup of tea." | |
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