Food Idioms

"a lemon"

• good working

• reliable

• broken, not working

• fixed

"the apple of my eye"

• not like

• favorite, like the most

• bad tasting

• fruit

"baloney"

• a lie, not true

• truthful

• court

• compliment

"cup of joe"

• tea

• soda

• coffee

• a guy named Joe

"fishy"

• suspicious, not sure of

• like a lot

• salmon

• smelly

"to go bananas"

• calm

• peaceful

• to scream or act crazy

• sad

"in a pickle"

• deli

• tasty

• in trouble or have a problem

• happy

"drive me nuts"

• to frustrate, anger, annoy

• smart

• to help

• calm and peaceful

"spill the beans"

• keep a secret

• a mystery

• tell a secret

• tasty

"a piece of cake"

• difficult

• hard

• easy

• lazy