I don't want my little
brother to hang
around with the bad
eggs on
the street.
I thought I
was just going
to interview
the secretary,
but they let
me talk to the
big cheese
himself.
Just explain the bread and butter
of your report. You don't have to
go into details.
I thought I was afraid of
flying, but I was cool as
a cucumber all the way
to England.
The mirror
is broken
and we
can't fix it.
There's no
need to
cry over
spilled
milk.
Opera is
not exactly
my cup
of tea.
Choosing
a location
for our
new store
is a hot
potato
right now.
The
kids
were
full of
beans
after
the
circus.
Your
daughte
r is one
smart
cookie.
She
reads
much
higher
than her
grade
level.
Take Mandy's
advice with a
pinch of salt.
she tends to
exaggerate,
sometimes
embellishing
stories so
much that
they're almost
completely
untrue.
You're going
to have to
really use
your noodle
on this
crossword
puzzle. It's
an extra
difficult one.
I'm not
surprised
they're
getting
divorced,
they were
always
chalk and
cheese!
She's over fifty
and should really
stop wearing
mini skirts if she
doesn't want to
look like mutton
dressed as lamb.
When it
comes
to
comput
ers he
really
knows
his
onions.
He landed
her in the
soup, when
he told
the
policeman
she had been
drinking.
I was forced
to eat crow
and had to
apologize
for the
mistake
that I made
about the
restructurin
g of our
company.
The commuters
were packed in
like sardines in
the old bus.
Sales last year
are small
beer
compared
to now –
we're doing
really well.
Sam is
very shy.
If a girl
starts
talking to
him, he
will go as
red as a
beet.
We'd arranged to
be in France that
weekend but it
all went pear-
shaped.
Joe's
blond
and Rosie,
his sister,
is a
carrot-top.
He is the
one who
caused
the
problem
for
himself
and is
now
being
forced to
stew in
his own
juice.
She quit the job
because of
some small
problems but
she has jumped
out of the frying
pan and into the
fire because
now her
problems are
much worse.
My Mum is
a great
cook and
every time I
see her
cooking, it
makes my
mouth
water.
It was a piece
of cake. I had
everything
done before
lunch.
Please
don’t spill
the beans
about my
plans, I
don’t want
anyone to
find out.
Nobody likes
her because
she is always
trying to polish
the apple with
her teacher.
We went
to the
meeting
and they
told us
in a
nutshell
what
would
be
happeni
ng to
everyon
e next
year.
He is a very
serious
person and
is a very
hard nut to
crack.
He was so well-
oiled yesterday
that he couldn’t
stand up!
You'd be in
a
fine/pretty
pickle if
John
weren't
around to
When he says the stock
market is sure to recover by
the end of the year, that's
clearly pie in the sky.
You can tell
they're
brothers at a
glance -
they're like
two peas in a
pod.
The government
took a carrot and
stick approach to
the people who
were illegally
protesting against
the construction of
the dam.
She'll go bananas
if she sees the
room in this
state.
Baby Jane is
the apple of
her father’s
eye!
she has
begun
to hit
the
sauce
since
her
husband
lost his
job.
The
company
is well-
known as
a good
place to
work and
is always
able to
hire the
cream of
the crop
of
universit
y
graduate
s.
