Food and drink idioms 1
Interactive intermediate English games
Picturesque
expressions based on food or drink
Everyone
eats
and drinks; and food and drink have provided the English language with
a number of picturesque sayings, expressions and proverbs. Here are
some of them. Can you find the right substance for each expression?Here are the items of food that you need to complete the sayings.
beans
bread butter cake eggs meat
jam salt soup
tea
This is really money
for .
This is really very easy work indeed.
This is really very easy work indeed.
Don't put all your in one basket!
Don't depend totally on one risky thing.Now you're really in the
Now you are really in a difficult situation.This really isn't my cup of
This is not really the sort of thing I like.That boy's always full of .
That boy is always happy and full of energy.She looks as if wouldn't melt in her mouth!
She looks extremely innocent.You should take what he says with a pinch of .
You can't really believe everything that he says.You can't have your and eat it.
You can't have things both ways; you must choose your point of view.One man's is another man's poison.
Things do not necessarily have the same effect on different people.Man cannot live by alone.
A thing may be very good, but not enough by itself.Answers: No answers here; ask your teacher, or your classmates, or check up these expressions online.
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