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Food Idioms

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

As cool as a cucumber

A craving or fondness for sweet food

Very calm or very calmly, especially when this is surprising.

To be in a difficult situation.

Someone or something that is not important or impressive.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

As warm as a toast

Comfortably or pleasantly warm

Something which makes a good situation even better

Try to win favor through flattery

Said to mean that life is full of pleasure and enjoyment. This expression is often used negatively to comment on an unpleasant or difficult situation.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Big cheese/ the apple/ enchilada

To be pregnant

To be very embarrassed

Someone who has a very important job or position

To be in a difficult situation

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Bread and butter

Someone's favorite person or thing, a person or thing that he is proud of.

Said to mean that life is full of pleasure and enjoyment. This expression is often used negatively to comment on an unpleasant or difficult situation.

To have more important or more interesting things to do or attend to

A job or activity that provides you with the money you need to live

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Bring home beacon

To be very cautious or diplomatic for fear of upsetting someone

Emphasizing that they are sitting or standing so close together that they cannot move easily

To summarize or describe something in only a few words

Earn a living, provide the necessities of life.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Buy a lemon

To not know anything about something.

Something which makes a good situation even better

To buy something that is worthless or of much less value than one was led to believe.

Said to mean that life is full of pleasure and enjoyment. This expression is often used negatively to comment on an unpleasant or difficult situation

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Cream of the crop

Someone who is clever and good at dealing with difficult situations

The best of a group of similar things or people

To be in a difficult situation.

Something easy accomplished

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

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