Food for Thought – food idioms used everyday

1. If you are full of beans, are you someone that lies around home on the couch watching tv? Y/N
2. If something is a piece of cake, is it easy? Y/N
3. If you are out of the frying pan and into the fire, are you having a good day? Y/N
4. If someone is working well on their school project, are they going bananas? Y/N
5. If someone is the apple of your eye, is that someone you care about? Y/N
6. If your room was toasty would you need to turn on the heating? Y/N
7. Should you be nice to someone who is the big cheese? Y/N
8. If you bring home the bacon, would your family be eating bacon for dinner? Y/N
9. Would you become tired if you chew the fat with someone all night? Y/N
10. If you cook up a storm are you likely to have bad weather in your town? Y/N
11. Someone who doesn’t cut the mustard is someone who doesn’t make the grade? Y/N
12. If you are worth your salt it means that you sweat a lot? Y/N
13. If you eat humble pie is that something that tastes good? Y/N
14. If you have bigger fish to fry it means that you have more important things to do? Y/N
15. To have your finger in many pies means you have too much spare time? Y/N
16. If you live off the fat of the land are you a good farmer? Y/N
17. The icing on the cake is the final thing that makes something great even better? Y/N
18. If you put all your eggs in one basket, are you likely to be happy with any outcome? Y/N
19. Is a rotten apple someone you should spend time with? Y/N
20. If you spoon-feed someone are they good at learning? Y/N

1. The test was a ______________________ so I finished it well before all the other students in class.
2. Mum was the one who _________________________________, but Dad worked hard all day at home
making sure the house was in order and all the children got to school on time.
3. After the top team lost to the 10th best team in the competition, the captain was made to _____________
__________________ for what he had said about the 10th best team.
4. The party was going to be huge, but the catering company chef said he would _____________________
and everyone would be absolutely satisfied.
5. The new job was high-paying and had great work conditions, but the number of holidays he got was
_____________________________.
6. Tim was a bad boy and my mother said he was always getting in trouble. I was not allowed to hang
around with such a ______________________.
7. The man has only been working here for a month but quickly he is proving that he is _______________.
8. The young man was not able to ________________________ and he had to leave the army after only
one year.
9. I _____________________________________ so I am not able to continue working on this case when
there is a murderer out there.
10. My uncle is a ________________________ in his company so you should be very nice to him.