Idiom Spot CPE Objective p.36 Food Idioms | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

The best part of the performance was when the lead singer did a solo. (cake)

The icing on the cake was when the lead singer did a solo.

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Electric cars are certainly not selling very well. (cakes)

Electric cars are certainly not selling like hot cakes.

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Jack's got more important things to do in New York than consider taking a job in the village. (fish)

Jack's got bigger fish to fry than...

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seesaw

Swap points!

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gold

Win 50 points!

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fairy

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baam

Lose 5 points!

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He made the news of an increase in prices easier to accept by raising wages slightly.(sweetened)

He sweetened the pill of an increase in prices by raising wages slightly.

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heart

Other team wins 15 points!

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seesaw

Swap points!

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shark

Other team loses 20 points!

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thief

Give points!

seesaw

Swap points!

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magnet

Take 10 points!

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rocket

Go to first place!

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banana

Go to last place!

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They say that these days you should have various bank accounts instead of keeping all your savings in one place.(basket)

...instead of keeping all your egg in one basket.

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After boasting that his company could outperform the industry's best, he's been forced to recognise the truth. (pie)

...he's been forced to eat humble pie.

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Try not to talk too much at the meeting, you risk making a fool of yourself. (egg)

...you risk getting egg on your face.

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She's feeling very stressed and overwhelmed at work with so many presentations and her iminent promotion. (plate)

She's got a lot on her plate...

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Some of his stories are so wild that I never completely believe evrything he says.(salt)

I take everything he says with a pinch of salt.

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I almost let the cat out of the bag about Zoe's surprise party this morning when i saw her. (spill)

I almost spilled the beans about Zoe's surprise party this morning.

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baam

Lose 15 points!

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shark

Other team loses 25 points!

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gift

Win 25 points!

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banana

Go to last place!

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