American Idioms and Slang 4 (Fruits and Vegetables A)

If you want to get a raise, you'd better talk to the_______.

• Big Apple

• top banana

• hot potato

• carrot top

I told you not to talk to Sam about the surprise party. Why did you_______?

• go bananas

• squeeze a lemon

• spill the beans

• play second bananas to him

Barry's car is a real _____. He has to get it repaired every month!

• strawberry

• lemon

• blueberry

• mango

Tom loves his daughter very much, so we could say his daughter is________

• the apple of his eye

• a bowl of cherries

• a carrot in front of him

• in a pickle

She said she didn't want the job anyway after her application was turned down, but it was clearly __________.

• pea brained

• sour grapes

• coconut shy

• hot potato

This expression means "a person who has the most important job or position."

• Big Apple

• top banana

• hot potato

• carrot top

This slang word means "something that is unsatisfactory and defective."

• beet

• pineapple

• mango

• lemon

This expression means "to tell people secret information."

• go bananas

• squeeze a lemon

• spill the beans

• play second bananas to him

This expression means "a person who is much loved."

• the apple of one's eye

• a bowl of cherries

• a carrot in front of someone

• in a pickle

This expression is used when someone dislikes something because he/she wants it but cannot have it.

• pea brained

• sour grapes

• coconut shy

• hot potato