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008: Food Idioms! Small Peanuts, White on Rice and so much more!

David and I cover just some of the MANY idioms that are in use in daily English conversation — some of those relating to food:  Icing on the cake, have your cake and eat it too, not my cup of tea, and more.  Learn what the idioms mean and the right situations for them.

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Show Notes:

  • White on rice
  • Butter Up
  • Tough cookie, that’s the way the cookie crumbles
  • No use crying over spilled milk
  • Piece of cake, icing on the cake, have your cake and eat it too
  • Not my cup of tea
  • To egg someone on, put all your eggs in one basket
  • Apple of my eye
  • Bun in the oven
  • Big cheese
  • Bring home the bacon
  • Cool as a cucumber
  • Basketball vs. baseball vs. soccer
  • Take it with a grain of salt
  • Small peanuts, small potatoes, working for peanuts, in a nutshell, to be nuts, a tough nut to crack

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