Fun English and Chinese Food Idioms

"A：I want a good grade on the exam, but I also want to have fun this weekend.

B：You can’t have your cake and eat it too."

The English idiom "you can't have your cake and eat it" means:

• You should always share your cake.

• You can't have everything.

• It's always better to eat someone else's cake.

Choose the English idiom that means "a job or activity that provides someone with the money he/she needs to live."

• milk and tea

• rice and vegetables

• bread and butter

"Keep it simple when teaching grammar! If you over-egg the pudding with too much information, your students will not understand."

What does the idiom "over-egg the pudding" mean?

• 錦上添花

• 畫蛇添足

• 雪上加霜

“It's really not worth my time. I've got a bigger fish to fry!”

The English idiom "to have a bigger fish to fry" means:

• to have something more dangerous to do

• to have something more important to do

• to have something that earns you more money

The English idiom "a man's meat is another man's poison" can be translated into which Chinese idiom?

• 人為刀俎，我為魚肉。

• 癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉。

• 青菜蘿蔔，各有所好。

"Kevin bought me flowers yesterday. It smells fishy. He never bought me flowers."

The English idiom "it smells fishy" means:

• it does not smell good

• it smells very fresh

• it seems dishonest or false

“The exam is in less than an hour, but I'm as cool as a cucumber.”

The English idiom "as cool as a cucumber" is used to say:

• someone is not prepared for a situation

• someone is being surprisingly calm

• someone is fashionably dressed

"Hiking is not my cup of tea, but my husband enjoys it."

The English idiom "it's not my cup of tea" means:

• It's not what I'm interested.

• It's none of my business.

• It's not my tea. (The waiter made a mistake)

"We plan to throw a surprise party for Lily. Look! Here she comes. Please don't spill the beans!"

The English idiom "to spill the beans" means:

• to tell the secret

• to cause a trouble

• to play a joke on someone

The English proverb "Bacchus has drowned more men than Neptune" is closest in meaning to which sign below?

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