Food Idioms:
 

 

 

 

 

 

as easy as apple pie

- very easy

The test that I wrote yesterday was as easy as apple pie.

as hungry as a bear

- very hungry

I was as hungry as a bear when I returned home from work yesterday.

bad/rotten apple

- a bad person

The boy is a bad apple and he is always in some kind of trouble.

big cheese

- an important person, a leader

My uncle is a big cheese in his company so you should be very nice to him.


butter (someone) up

- to flatter someone in order to get his or her favor or friendship

The man spends much time trying to butter up his boss so that he will not have to work so hard.

coffee break

  a break from work to rest and drink coffee/tea

We usually have a coffee break every morning at 10 o`clock.