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IDIOMS FROM FOOD

SPILL THE BEANS


TO
REVEAL
SECRET
THE BIG CHEESE
BOSS
DON’T CRY OVER SPLIT MILK
THERE IS NO
NEED TO BE
UPSET FOR
WHAT HAVE
ALREADY
DONE.
NOT SOMEBODY ‘S CUP OF TEA
NOT
SOMEBODY’S
TYPE, TASTE
OR
PREFERENCE
TO BRING HOME THE BACON
TO EARN
LIVING
TO BUTTER SOMEBODY UP
TO
FLATTER
SOMEONE
THE APPLE DOESN’T FALL FROM
THE TREE
A CHILD
USUALLY HAS A
SIMILAR
CHARACTER OR
SIMILAR
QULAITIES TO
HIS OR HER
PARENTS
BREAD AND BUTTER
A JOB OR
ACTIVITY
THAT
PROVIDED
YOU WITH
MONEY YOU
NEED TO LIVE
TAKE SOMETHING WITH A GRAIN /PINCH
OF SALT
TO U N D E RT S TA N D
T H AT S O M E T H IN G
M AY NO T B E
C O M P L E T E LY T R UE
O R A C C U R AT E
YOU CAN’T HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT
ONE CAN’T HAVE TWO INCOMPATIBLE
THINGS, OR THAT ONE SHOULD NOT TRY TO
HAVE MORE THAN IS REASONABLE. YOU
CAN’T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS AND YOU CAN’T
HAVE THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS.

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