FOOD YEAR 2

Which idiom means "to give away a secret"?

• be full of beans

• spill the beans

• spill the tea

• butter somebody up

I would not believe everything that Tom says. He does tend to exaggerate, so I always take his words with a pinch of ... .

(a)  

Jenny has four kids and a mortgage to pay, so she really has to work hard to bring ... the bacon.

(a)  

What does the phrase "GO PEAR-SHAPED" mean?

• to behave strangely

• to lose weight

• to think logically

• to go badly wrong

Steer clear of Roger in the sales department. He's always trying to swindle people out of money. He's a bad ... .

(a)  

Although the hotel workers work very hard, they only get paid ... .

• peanuts

• walnuts

• cashews

• pistachios

I'm sure you can use your ... to come up with a creative solution to this problem.

• pasta

• rice

• spaghetti

• noodle

Bread no longer fresh and pleasant to eat; hard, musty or dry.

• stodgy

• stale

• salty

• rancid

Lunch will be eight courses, each sounding more ...-watering than the next.

(a)  

Which adjective is a synonym of the word WHOLESOME?

• intense

• nourishing

• succulent

• zesty