Here are ten common food idioms and their meaning. \u00a0Below are fill-in the blank examples of how to use these idioms in context for practice. \u00a0I\u2019ll post the answers to this fill-in the blanks at the end of tomorrow\u2019s post.\u00a0 Good luck and enjoy!<\/p>\n
apple of my eye<\/strong><\/em>: something, but usually someone<\/em>, that a person cherishes or loves above all others<\/p>\n to bring home the bacon<\/strong><\/em>: to earn money, or most of the money, for a family<\/p>\n cool as a cucumber<\/strong><\/em>: to be calm even in a situation that might make a person nervous or upset<\/p>\n cup of tea<\/strong><\/em>: something a person enjoys<\/p>\n in a nut shell<\/strong><\/em>: briefly, in a few words, a summary<\/p>\n to spill the beans<\/strong><\/em>: to tell a secret to someone who is not supposed to know<\/p>\n to eat crow<\/strong><\/em>: to have to admit (often reluctantly) that you have made a mistake<\/p>\n a piece of cake<\/strong><\/em>: a task that is easily accomplished<\/p>\n to walk on eggshells<\/strong><\/em>: to be very cautious and careful around someone so that he or she does not become upset or angry<\/p>\n put all one’s eggs in one basket<\/strong><\/em>: to risk everything at once<\/p>\n Practice fill in the blanks using food idioms:<\/p>\n 1) Mark was ___________ even when his boss called him into his office on the day the company was making layoffs.<\/p>\n 2) Financially, I do not want to _______ and only invest money in just real estate.<\/p>\n 3) I was forced to _______ for the mistake I made after bragging about what I did.<\/p>\n 4) Going to the movies is not ________. \u00a0I think I\u2019ll stay home this evening instead of going.<\/p>\n 5) Everyone was ____________ around the new principal because they had heard he was easily upset and not very nice when upset.<\/p>\n 6) Ben has been working very hard to ___________ for his growing family.<\/p>\n 7) My daughter is _____________. \u00a0Everything I do, I do for her.<\/p>\n 8) The director told us, __________ , what the play was about and then passed out the scripts and asked us to get started rehearsing.<\/p>\n 9) I can finish my homework in 5 minutes and be ready to go. \u00a0This homework is ________ .<\/p>\n 10) I don\u2019t know who, but someone __________ about Kathy\u2019s surprise party.\u00a0 But she still pretended to be surprised, which was nice of her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In a few previous posts I began covering related idioms that are grouped around specific topic areas. \u00a0Today that topic area is going to be food! \u00a0In fact there are so many food related idioms (that I think are important) this is going to be the theme of tomorrows post as well. \u00a0You might…<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2012\/03\/food.jpg\")