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Food idioms

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the cream of the crop

the best

15

the icing on the cake /the cherry on top

something positive that happens in an already very good situation but sometimes something quite bad that happens in an already very bad situation

10

to be handed something on a (silver) platter

to acquire something easily, usually without any effort on the receiver’s part

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to bring home the bacon

to earn the income

15

to butter someone up

to flatter someone in the hopes of receiving special treatment

20

to cry over spilt milk

to get upset over something that has already happened and cannot be changed

15

to eat humble pie

to apologise and accept humiliation

15

to egg someone on

to urge someone to do something foolish

20

to go bananas/to go nuts

to lose control as a result of being extremely excited/annoyed

10

to have a bun in the oven

to be pregnant

15

to spill the beans

to reveal (usually secret) information

10

to take something with a pinch of salt

to accept that a piece of information is probably exaggerated

20

you can’t have your cake and eat it (too)

you can’t have something ‘both ways’/you can’t have the best of both worlds/you can’t have the two mutually exclusive things you desire at once

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