Just explain the bread and

Baby Jane is butter of your report. You I thought I was

the apple of her don't have to go into details. just going to
father’s eye! interview the
I don't want my little secretary, but
brother to hang around they let me talk
to the big cheese
I thought I was afraid of
flying, but I was cool as with the bad eggs on
a cucumber all the way the street. himself.
to England.

Opera is not exactly

The mirror is my cup of tea.
broken and we
Your daughter is can't fix it.
one smart cookie. There's no need
She reads much Choosing a to cry over
The kids were higher than her location for our new spilled milk. You're going to have
full of beans grade level. store is a hot potato to really use your noodle
after the circus. right now. on this crossword
puzzle. It's an extra
difficult one.
I'm not
surprised
they're She's over fifty He landed her in the
Take Mandy's advice getting and should really soup, when he told
with a pinch of salt. divorced, stop wearing mini
she tends to skirts if she doesn't
When it the policeman
exaggerate, sometimes want to look like comes to she had been
embellishing stories mutton dressed as drinking.
lamb.
computer
so much that they're they were
almost completely always
s he really
untrue. chalk and knows his
cheese! onions.
Sam is very
I was forced to shy. If a
Sales last year girl starts
eat crow and had are small beer
to apologize for The commuters were compared talking to
the mistake that I packed in like to now – him, he will
made about the sardines in the old we're doing go as red
restructuring of bus. really well. as a beet.
We'd arranged to be in
our company. France that weekend but it
all went pear-shaped.
She'll go bananas You can tell
they're she has
if she sees the brothers at a begun to hit Joe's
room in this glance - the sauce blond
state. they're like since her and Rosie,
two peas in a husband his sister, He is the
pod. lost his job. one who
is a
carrot-top. caused the
problem
She quit the job for himself
because of some and is now
small problems but
she has jumped out being
of the frying pan and My Mum is a great cook and forced to
every time I see her cooking, it
Please into the fire because stew in his
makes my mouth water.
don’t spill now her problems
the beans are much worse. own juice.
It was a piece
about my of cake. I had
plans, I He is a very
We went everything
don’t want Nobody likes her serious person done before
anyone to because she is to the and is a very
meeting lunch.
find out. always trying to hard nut to
polish the apple and
with her teacher. they crack.
told us
The company in a
is well-known nutshel
as a good place The government took a l what
to work and is carrot and stick would
always able to approach to the people He was so well-
who were illegally
be oiled yesterday that
hire the cream You'd be in a
happeni
of the crop of protesting against the he couldn’t stand
construction of the dam. ng to up!
university fine/pretty
everyon
graduates.
picklee ifnext
John
year.
weren't around
When he says the stock market is
sure to recover by the end of the
to help you with
year, that's clearly pie in the sky. the accounts.
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 the apple of one’s eye-a person that is adored by someone
bread and butter - necessities, the main thing
bad egg - a person who is often in trouble
be full of beans - to have a lot of energy and enthusiasm
one smart cookie - a very intelligent person
hot potato - a controversial or difficult subject
cry over spilled milk – get upset over something that has happened and cannot be changed
use your noodle – use your brain
pinch of salt – to not completely believe smth
mutton dressed as a lamb – woman who is dressed in a style that is more suitable for a much younger woman
like chalk and cheese - completely different from each other
know your onions - know a lot about a particular subject
land in the soup - be in serious trouble
eat crow- admit one is mistaken or defeated, take back a mistaken statement
small fry / small beer = something or someone unimportant
go pear-shaped – go terribly wrong
go bananas - become very angry
hit the sauce - consume alcoholic beverages in an uncontrollable manner
spill the beans - to tell people secret information
hard nut to crack – person or situation difficult to deal with
polish the apple - try to win favor through flattery
cream of the crop - the best of all
carrot and stick - reward and punishment used as persuasive measures
in a nutshell – in a few words
pie in the sky - predictions or promises which are unlikely to be fulfilled
in a fair/pretty pickle - in a mess; in a difficult or unpleasant situation
well-oiled - drunk