she tends to exaggerate, sometimes embellishing stories so much that they're almost completely untrue.. You're going to have to really use your noodle on this crossword puzzle.
Trang 1I don't want my little brother to hang around with the bad
eggs on the street
I thought I was just going
to interview the secretary, but they let
me talk to the big cheese himself
Just explain the bread and butter
of your report You don't have to
go into details.
I thought I was afraid of flying, but I was cool as
a cucumber all the way
to England.
The mirror
is broken and we can't fix it
There's no need to cry over spilled milk.
Opera is not exactly
my cup
of tea
Choosing
a location for our new store
is a hot potato right now.
The
kids
were
full of
beans
after
the
circus
Your daughter
is one smart cookie She reads much higher than her grade level.
Take Mandy's
advice with a
pinch of salt
she tends to
exaggerate,
sometimes
embellishing
stories so
much that
they're almost
completely
untrue.
You're going
to have to really use your noodle
on this crossword puzzle It's
an extra difficult one.
I'm not surprised they're getting divorced,
they were always chalk and cheese!
She's over fifty and should really stop wearing mini skirts if she doesn't want to look like mutton dressed as lamb.
When it comes
to comput ers he really knows his onions
He landed her in the soup, when
he told the policeman she had been drinking.
I was forced
to eat crow
and had to
apologize
for the
mistake
that I made
about the
restructurin
g of our
company
The commuters were packed in like sardines in the old bus.
Sales last year are small beer compared
to now – we're doing really well
Sam is very shy
If a girl starts talking to him, he will go as red as a beet
We'd arranged to
be in France that weekend but it all went pear-shaped
Joe's blond and Rosie, his sister,
is a carrot-top.
He is the one who caused the problem for himself and is now being forced to stew in his own juice
She quit the job because of some small problems but she has jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire because now her problems are much worse.
My Mum is
a great cook and every time I see her cooking, it makes my mouth water.
It was a piece
of cake I had everything done before lunch.
Please
don’t spill
the beans
about my
plans, I
don’t want
anyone to
find out.
Nobody likes her because she is always trying to polish the apple with her teacher
We went
to the meeting and they told us
in a nutshell what would
be happeni
ng to everyon
e next year.
He is a very serious person and
is a very hard nut to crack
He was so well-oiled yesterday that he couldn’t stand up!
You'd be in a fine/pretty pickle if John weren't around to
When he says the stock
market is sure to recover by
the end of the year, that's
clearly pie in the sky.
You can tell they're brothers at a glance - they're like two peas in a pod.
The government took a carrot and stick approach to the people who were illegally protesting against the construction of the dam
She'll go bananas
if she sees the
room in this
state
Baby Jane is the apple of her father’s eye!
she has begun
to hit the sauce since her husband lost his job.
The
company
is
well-known as
a good
place to
work and
is always
able to
hire the
cream of
the crop
of
universit
y
graduate
s
Trang 2the apple of one’s eye-a person that is adored by someone bread and butter - necessities, the main thing bad egg - a person who is often in trouble
be full of beans - to have a lot of energy and enthusiasm one smart cookie - a very intelligent person hot potato - a controversial or difficult subject cry over spilled milk – get upset over something that has happened and cannot be changed
use your noodle – use your brain pinch of salt – to not completely believe smth mutton dressed as a lamb – woman who is dressed in a style that is more suitable for a much younger woman
like chalk and cheese - completely different from each other know your onions - know a lot about a particular subject
land in the soup - be in serious trouble eat crow- admit one is mistaken or defeated, take back a mistaken statement
small fry / small beer = something or someone unimportant
go pear-shaped – go terribly wrong
go bananas - become very angry hit the sauce - consume alcoholic beverages in an uncontrollable manner
spill the beans - to tell people secret information hard nut to crack – person or situation difficult to deal with polish the apple - try to win favor through flattery
cream of the crop - the best of all carrot and stick - reward and punishment used as persuasive measures
in a nutshell – in a few words pie in the sky - predictions or promises which are unlikely to be fulfilled
in a fair/pretty pickle - in a mess; in a difficult or unpleasant situation
well-oiled - drunk