idioms idioms with food sure why not
number one your cup of tea is something
that you’re good at or you’re very
interested in for example it could be
the type of person you’re interested in
she could say that type I like that type
oh my god has Todd Lee my cup of tea
I don’t know if Americans use this one
but this is usually used in the negative
form for example so if someone says do
you want to watch football you want to
say no that’s not my sport now it’s not
really my cup of tea
what’s your cup of tea write it in the
comment number to bring home the bacon
now the bacon represents money so if you
bring home the bacon or the money then
you are the person in a family or in a
relationship who earns the most money so
if you have a job or have the highest
paying job in the family or the
relationship you bring home the bacon
but it’s not really used in a serious
way for example if the guy stays at home
all day and the girlfriend or the wife
goes to work and earns the most money
she brings home the bacon how would you
say this in a conversation
well again you wouldn’t use it in a
serious way you might just use it in a
jokey fun type way like see you honey
bring home the bacon or maybe three when
you want to say that’s crazy
you’d say that’s bananas or that’s nuts
for example
oh my god she’s in love with her brother
that is nuts that’s bananas or it’s just
Game of Thrones Game of Thrones is
bananas is amazing
next number for the Big Cheese is your
boss your manager the person in charge
of everything at work they are the Big
Cheese the manager of a company for
example again it’s not really you so
seriously more in a jokey way so for
example oh I’ve got a meeting with the
Big Cheese at work for example something
like that five to be in a pickle now
pickles are delicious but if you are in
a pickle it means you’re in a difficult
situation maybe you have a difficult
decision to make or just in general it’s
a difficult situation for example he has
a problem I agreed to work tomorrow
but I have a date tomorrow too should i
cancel the date or should I call in sick
to work it’s a problem I’m in a pickle
if you are in this pickle what would you
do me I’d probably call in sick to work
6:00 to have a lot on your plate now of
course you can change your fur here’s
her my whatever and if you have a lot of
things on your plate it means you have a
lot of responsibilities maybe a lot of
work to do so maybe you have two jobs
and then you also have to do a project
and you also have to study for something
if you have a lot on your plate you’re
very busy no free time but it could also
mean you have a lot to think about you
have a lot on your mind you’re thinking
about many problems or many things for
example
my wife left me my dog died and I lost
my job I had to find another job I have
a lot on my plate at the moment so if
you want to say to someone look I’m too
busy or I have too many things think
about it’s a difficult time for me
because of all of these things I have a
lot on my plate seven maybe you have a
similar expression in your language the
Apple polisher is that person in the
class you know the one who always does
everything for the teacher always like
what can I do for you teacher
hmm very annoying person and maybe
literally taking their Apple polishing
it bigger teacher were you an Apple
polisher in school be honest
8:2 butter someone up similar to being
an Apple polisher it means doing nice
things for someone in power but notice
Apple polisher that’s a noun you are an
Apple polisher but butter up that’s a
verb a regular verb and you’ll notice
it’s with a preposition it’s a phrasal
verb if you butter someone up you say
nice things to them or do nice things to
them
this could be your teacher it could be
your boss you butter up someone in power
so they will do something nice for you
for example
he sees his boss hi Ali you look great
completely not bald at all now why is he
doing this and someone asks why are you
complimenting the bus so much he could
say well I’m trying to butter him up
because I want more money I’m trying to
do nice things for my bus so he will do
nice things for me again doesn’t have to
be your boss could be your teacher
someone in power that could give you
something and one thing to notice that’s
a phrasal verb and we can separate the
verb and the preposition butter him up
next number nine when there’s a
situation and you don’t trust it it
could be a person it could be a thing
and it doesn’t seem genuine it doesn’t
seem real you don’t trust it you would
say it seems or smells fishy
for example let’s imagine this guy is
having an interview he gives his diploma
from university but maybe his diploma
doesn’t look completely real and he
looks at his diploma the name of the
university is the completely real not
fake University hmm does he trust it no
so he might be thinking hmm this guy
seems fishy he could also say hmm the
diploma seems a bit fishy I don’t trust
it it doesn’t seem real doesn’t seem
genuine next one number 10 is have a bun
in the oven what does that mean you’re
cooking bread no a bun in the oven
means you’re pregnant how would you use
it in a sentence like this
oh my god so they her about channel yeah
she’s got a bun in the oven
she’s pregnant next cheesy this
describes something of low quality but
usually it’s meant to describe something
that someone says now you know
particularly girls you know when a guy
comes to you and they say something
stupid and cheesy like hey did that hurt
and you’re like what when you fell from
heaven her cuz you’re an angel
ah so cheesy guys never say something
like this it’s cheesy next to spill the
beans the beans represent a secret or
secret information and if you spilled
the beans you’ll give the secret
information to someone you’ll tell the
secret how do we use it in a sentence
let’s have a look
let’s imagine you have some secret
information and the Mafia wants to get
that information
the Mafia might try interesting methods
to get that information from you and
might say this my friend we will make
you spill the beans I don’t know if any
mafia person has ever used that phrase
but that’s the example he’s saying we
will make you give us your secrets
next to bite off more than you can chew
to bite is to go like that to chew is
like with gum so think of the literal
way if you have some food animal cotton
and the food’s too big in your mouth
that you can’t you can’t chew it you
have bitten off more than you can chew
but the idiom of course isn’t talking
about food really it’s talking about
responsibility or work that you have to
do let’s imagine that maybe you’re an
Apple polisher or you’re trying to
butter up your boss and your boss says
oh can you do this extra work and you
say sure and then later your boss says
oh can you do this up a bit of work and
you’re like sure and then later your
boss is like oh also can you do this
project before the end of today and
you’re like no problem wait I have no
time to finish all of this this is too
much for me I have bitten off more than
I can chew another example
Oh buddy I can’t draw houses but imagine
it’s a really really big house and he he
is going to paint the house alone he
thinks this house is really big and I’m
just one person
so I think I’ve bitten off more than I
can chew it’s too much for me next one a
hard or bitter pill to swallow a pill is
the little medicine things like when you
have a headache you and swallow is the
air that thing so in this case the pill
is the situation and swallowing that
pill is like accepting the situation so
what does this mean it means this
situation is difficult but I have to
accept it let’s use this in a sentence
they’re supposed to be kissing but you
get that they’re kissing right for
example he is the ex-boyfriend of her
she is with her new boyfriend and he is
seeing this for the first time have you
had that situation it is a it is a hard
pill to swallow a difficult situation to
accept and the final one number 15 to
walk on eggshells
now eggshells are very delicate things
why would you walk on eggshells well
maybe in a situation with a person you
have to be very careful very delicate in
how you speak to them or interact with
them because maybe if you say the wrong
thing or do one little thing wrong they
will go crazy so for this reason you
have to walk on eggshells for example
the boss is always very angry in a bad
mood and everyone has to be very careful
with the boss because they don’t want
him to go crazy at them so when you give
in a project like here’s my project
please don’t kill me and he would say I
feel like I have to walk on eggshells
around him he has to be very careful
very delicate in the way he interacts
with him so thank you for watching our
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number one your cup of tea is something
that you’re good at or you’re very
interested in for example it could be
the type of person you’re interested in
she could say that type I like that type
oh my god has Todd Lee my cup of tea
I don’t know if Americans use this one
but this is usually used in the negative
form for example so if someone says do
you want to watch football you want to
say no that’s not my sport now it’s not
really my cup of tea
what’s your cup of tea write it in the
comment number to bring home the bacon
now the bacon represents money so if you
bring home the bacon or the money then
you are the person in a family or in a
relationship who earns the most money so
if you have a job or have the highest
paying job in the family or the
relationship you bring home the bacon
but it’s not really used in a serious
way for example if the guy stays at home
all day and the girlfriend or the wife
goes to work and earns the most money
she brings home the bacon how would you
say this in a conversation
well again you wouldn’t use it in a
serious way you might just use it in a
jokey fun type way like see you honey
bring home the bacon or maybe three when
you want to say that’s crazy
you’d say that’s bananas or that’s nuts
for example
oh my god she’s in love with her brother
that is nuts that’s bananas or it’s just
Game of Thrones Game of Thrones is
bananas is amazing
next number for the Big Cheese is your
boss your manager the person in charge
of everything at work they are the Big
Cheese the manager of a company for
example again it’s not really you so
seriously more in a jokey way so for
example oh I’ve got a meeting with the
Big Cheese at work for example something
like that five to be in a pickle now
pickles are delicious but if you are in
a pickle it means you’re in a difficult
situation maybe you have a difficult
decision to make or just in general it’s
a difficult situation for example he has
a problem I agreed to work tomorrow
but I have a date tomorrow too should i
cancel the date or should I call in sick
to work it’s a problem I’m in a pickle
if you are in this pickle what would you
do me I’d probably call in sick to work
6:00 to have a lot on your plate now of
course you can change your fur here’s
her my whatever and if you have a lot of
things on your plate it means you have a
lot of responsibilities maybe a lot of
work to do so maybe you have two jobs
and then you also have to do a project
and you also have to study for something
if you have a lot on your plate you’re
very busy no free time but it could also
mean you have a lot to think about you
have a lot on your mind you’re thinking
about many problems or many things for
example
my wife left me my dog died and I lost
my job I had to find another job I have
a lot on my plate at the moment so if
you want to say to someone look I’m too
busy or I have too many things think
about it’s a difficult time for me
because of all of these things I have a
lot on my plate seven maybe you have a
similar expression in your language the
Apple polisher is that person in the
class you know the one who always does
everything for the teacher always like
what can I do for you teacher
hmm very annoying person and maybe
literally taking their Apple polishing
it bigger teacher were you an Apple
polisher in school be honest
8:2 butter someone up similar to being
an Apple polisher it means doing nice
things for someone in power but notice
Apple polisher that’s a noun you are an
Apple polisher but butter up that’s a
verb a regular verb and you’ll notice
it’s with a preposition it’s a phrasal
verb if you butter someone up you say
nice things to them or do nice things to
them
this could be your teacher it could be
your boss you butter up someone in power
so they will do something nice for you
for example
he sees his boss hi Ali you look great
completely not bald at all now why is he
doing this and someone asks why are you
complimenting the bus so much he could
say well I’m trying to butter him up
because I want more money I’m trying to
do nice things for my bus so he will do
nice things for me again doesn’t have to
be your boss could be your teacher
someone in power that could give you
something and one thing to notice that’s
a phrasal verb and we can separate the
verb and the preposition butter him up
next number nine when there’s a
situation and you don’t trust it it
could be a person it could be a thing
and it doesn’t seem genuine it doesn’t
seem real you don’t trust it you would
say it seems or smells fishy
for example let’s imagine this guy is
having an interview he gives his diploma
from university but maybe his diploma
doesn’t look completely real and he
looks at his diploma the name of the
university is the completely real not
fake University hmm does he trust it no
so he might be thinking hmm this guy
seems fishy he could also say hmm the
diploma seems a bit fishy I don’t trust
it it doesn’t seem real doesn’t seem
genuine next one number 10 is have a bun
in the oven what does that mean you’re
cooking bread no a bun in the oven
means you’re pregnant how would you use
it in a sentence like this
oh my god so they her about channel yeah
she’s got a bun in the oven
she’s pregnant next cheesy this
describes something of low quality but
usually it’s meant to describe something
that someone says now you know
particularly girls you know when a guy
comes to you and they say something
stupid and cheesy like hey did that hurt
and you’re like what when you fell from
heaven her cuz you’re an angel
ah so cheesy guys never say something
like this it’s cheesy next to spill the
beans the beans represent a secret or
secret information and if you spilled
the beans you’ll give the secret
information to someone you’ll tell the
secret how do we use it in a sentence
let’s have a look
let’s imagine you have some secret
information and the Mafia wants to get
that information
the Mafia might try interesting methods
to get that information from you and
might say this my friend we will make
you spill the beans I don’t know if any
mafia person has ever used that phrase
but that’s the example he’s saying we
will make you give us your secrets
next to bite off more than you can chew
to bite is to go like that to chew is
like with gum so think of the literal
way if you have some food animal cotton
and the food’s too big in your mouth
that you can’t you can’t chew it you
have bitten off more than you can chew
but the idiom of course isn’t talking
about food really it’s talking about
responsibility or work that you have to
do let’s imagine that maybe you’re an
Apple polisher or you’re trying to
butter up your boss and your boss says
oh can you do this extra work and you
say sure and then later your boss says
oh can you do this up a bit of work and
you’re like sure and then later your
boss is like oh also can you do this
project before the end of today and
you’re like no problem wait I have no
time to finish all of this this is too
much for me I have bitten off more than
I can chew another example
Oh buddy I can’t draw houses but imagine
it’s a really really big house and he he
is going to paint the house alone he
thinks this house is really big and I’m
just one person
so I think I’ve bitten off more than I
can chew it’s too much for me next one a
hard or bitter pill to swallow a pill is
the little medicine things like when you
have a headache you and swallow is the
air that thing so in this case the pill
is the situation and swallowing that
pill is like accepting the situation so
what does this mean it means this
situation is difficult but I have to
accept it let’s use this in a sentence
they’re supposed to be kissing but you
get that they’re kissing right for
example he is the ex-boyfriend of her
she is with her new boyfriend and he is
seeing this for the first time have you
had that situation it is a it is a hard
pill to swallow a difficult situation to
accept and the final one number 15 to
walk on eggshells
now eggshells are very delicate things
why would you walk on eggshells well
maybe in a situation with a person you
have to be very careful very delicate in
how you speak to them or interact with
them because maybe if you say the wrong
thing or do one little thing wrong they
will go crazy so for this reason you
have to walk on eggshells for example
the boss is always very angry in a bad
mood and everyone has to be very careful
with the boss because they don’t want
him to go crazy at them so when you give
in a project like here’s my project
please don’t kill me and he would say I
feel like I have to walk on eggshells
around him he has to be very careful
very delicate in the way he interacts
with him so thank you for watching our
15 food idioms if you like that lesson
click here to subscribe or click here to
watch another video you can also help
support us making these lessons by
clicking here help us create new
exciting amazing lessons see you in the
next class bye
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