ENGLISH IDIOM (FOOD)

IDIOMS!

All about them...

Poll

How much do you know about idioms?

• A lot. That's easy!

• I got 50% of the topic

• I know a little bit

• I don't know anything. Teach me please!

Multiple Choice

What does IDIOM mean in Spanish?

• Idioma

• Lenguaje

• Dicho común o modismo

What is an IDIOM?

An idiom is an expression or common saying that does not literally mean what it says. 

IDIOMS IN SPANISH

• Metí la pata

• Pan comido

• Tirar la toalla

• Irse por las ramas

It's raining cats and dogs.

Look for the translation

Open Ended

TRANSLATE THE PHRASE:

IT'S RAINING CATS AND DOGS

Multiple Choice

What is its real meaning?

• It is raining hard

• Cats and dogs are falling from the sky

Cool as a cucumber

Look for the translation

Open Ended

TRANSLATE THE PHRASE:

COOL AS A CUCUMBER

Multiple Choice

What is its real meaning?

• Being relaxed

• Eat a lot of cucumber

To put your foot in your mouth

Look for the translation

Open Ended

TRANSLATE THE PHRASE:

TO PUT YOUR FOOT IN YOUR MOUTH

Multiple Choice

What is its real meaning?

• say something you shouldn't have said

• To bite your foot

Poll

Are you ready to play a game?

• Yes, 100%

• Yes, just wait a second!

Multiple Choice

Guess the idiom!

• butterflies in the stomach

• in a pickle

• to lay an egg

Multiple Choice

Guess the idiom!

• hold your horses

• frog in my throat

• spill the beans

Multiple Choice

Which idiom means "give away a secret"?

• spill the peanuts
• spill water
• spill the words
• spill the beans

Multiple Choice

Which idiom means "go badly wrong"?

• go to peanuts
• go nuts
• go pear-shaped
• go out to lunch

Multiple Choice

Which idiom means "a very bad person"?

• stale bread
• nutty moron
• a boiled egg
• a bad egg

Multiple Choice

Which idiom means "a very clever person"?

• a smart cookie
• a piece of cake
• the cream of the crop
• gravy train

Multiple Choice

Which idiom means "chat with somebody"?

• eat peanuts
• cook the beans
• chew the fat
• butter somebody up

Multiple Choice

Which idiom means "behave in a strange way"?

• go to lunch
• polish the apple
• butter somebody
• be out to lunch

Multiple Choice

Which idiom means "something that is very unlikely to happen"?

• a piece of cake
• a pie in the sky
• a cup of tea
• a big cheese

Multiple Choice

Which idiom means "really like something"?

• use one's noodles
• be nutty as a fruitcake
• be full of beans
• be nuts about

Multiple Choice

Which idiom means "problematic issues"?

• hot beans
• fried potatoes
• bread and butter
• hot potatoes

Multiple Choice

Choose the missing word in "the cream of the ______"

• cake
• crop
• butter
• company

Multiple Choice

Choose the missing word in "______ as a fruitcake"

• sweet
• fruity
• rich
• nutty

Multiple Choice

Choose the missing word in  "bring home the ______"

• meat
• money
• bacon
• butter

Multiple Choice

Choose the missing word in "be full of______"

• beans
• peanuts
• noodles
• potatoes

Multiple Choice

Choose the missing word in "have a lot on one's ______"

• arms
• head
• plate
• table

Multiple Choice

"the apple of my eye"

• not like

• favorite, like the most

• bad tasting

• fruit

Multiple Choice

"a lemon"

• good working

• reliable

• broken, not working

• fixed

Multiple Choice

"baloney"

• a lie, not true

• truthful

• court

• compliment

Multiple Choice

"cup of joe"

• tea

• soda

• coffee

• a guy named Joe

Multiple Choice

"fishy"

• suspicious, not sure of

• like a lot

• salmon

• smelly

Multiple Choice

"to go bananas"

• calm

• peaceful

• to scream or act crazy

• sad

Multiple Choice

"in a pickle"

• deli

• tasty

• in trouble or have a problem

• happy

Multiple Choice

"drive me nuts"

• to frustrate, anger, annoy

• smart

• to help

• calm and peaceful

Multiple Choice

"spill the beans"

• keep a secret

• a mystery

• tell a secret

• tasty

Multiple Choice

"spill the beans"

• keep a secret

• a mystery

• tell a secret

• tasty

Multiple Choice

"a piece of cake"

• difficult

• hard

• easy

• lazy

Multiple Choice

Baby Jessica is the apple of her father's eye.

• a person that likes apples

• a person that is adored by someone

• a person that adores his\her father

• a person that is criticized by someone

Multiple Choice

I thought I was just going to interview the secretary, but they let me talk to the big cheese himself.

• very strange person

• very big person

• very scary person

• very important person

Multiple Choice

Opera isn't exactly my cup of tea.

• something you really enjoy

• something you like very much

• something you don't enjoy

• something you would like

Multiple Choice

Have a sweet tooth

• someone who watches TV a lot

• a person who likes sweet food

• being energetic

• make more exciting