Sample dialogue using food idioms….
Read the text and then try to give the meaning of each ot the 20 Idioms below according to the context and your guessing.
a) Have you spoken to the new girl? She’s as nutty as a fruitcake!
b) No, I tried but she’s a hard nut to crack!
a) OK, well go over and be as nice as pie, you two are like peas in a pod!
b) Don’t egg me on! She looks like butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth but I bet she’s a bad egg.
a) No, maybe we’re being unfair. She’s the apple of the teacher’s eye, and if we butter her up maybe she can have teacher eating out of her hand. That’s good for everyone!
b) Ok well if you are as cool as a cucumber, you talk to her.
a) Ok I will. (Walks over to new Girl) Hello, you look like a smart cookie. Teacher loves you!
C) Something smells fishy to me! I heard you trying to spice things up for me!
a) OH NO! Oh dear now I’ll have to eat humble pie, I was just thinking we could beef up the lessons if you get teacher to have fun!
c) Rhubarb rhubarb! I heard you. I will spill the beans to teacher. Unless…..
a) Unless what?!
c) I will spill the beans unless you dance on the table now! The lesson will be more fun! You can't have your cake and eat it too!
a) What! Oh no! You aren’t my cup of tea at all!
c) That’s the way the cookie crumbles my friend. HAHAHA!!!
She’s as nutty as a fruitcake!
she’s a hard nut to crack!
be as nice as pie
you two are like peas in a pod!
Don’t egg me on
She looks like butter
she’s a bad egg.
She’s the apple of the teacher’s eye
if we butter her up
teacher eating out of her hand
you are as cool as a cucumber
you look like a smart cookie
Something smells fishy to me
to spice things up for me!
I’ll have to eat humble pie
we could beef up the lessons
I will spill the beans to teacher
You aren’t my cup of tea at all!
That’s the way the cookie crumbles
You can't have your cake and eat it too!