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English idioms: Food II

ENGLISH IDIOMS: The food II   IDIOM 1: 'bad egg ' -> MEANING: a bad person -> EXAMPLE: That man is a bad egg so you should try and avoid him if you can.   IDIOM 2: 'cut the mustard' -> MEANING: succeed, do adequately what needs to be done -> EXAMPLE: He wasn`t able to cut the mustard so he had to leave the army after only one year.   IDIOM 3: 'duck soup ' -> MEANING: a task that doesn't require much effort -> EXAMPLE: It was duck soup. I was able to finish everything early last night.   IDIOM 4: 'in the soup' -> MEANING: in serious trouble, in disorder -> EXAMPLE: She is really in the soup now. She told her boss that she was sick but he saw her downtown shopping. IDIOM 5: 'full of beans' -> MEANING: feel energetic, in high spirits -> EXAMPLE: She is full of beans tonight and doesn`t want to stop talking.

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1. 'My little sister is a bad egg be in the soup cut the mustard duck soup full of beans: she is always running, jumping, crying, talking...'
2. 'If you don't tell the truth to the policemen, you will a bad egg be in the soup cut the mustard duck soup full of beans: you will have a lot of problems.'
3. 'My son doesn't manage to a bad egg be in the soup cut the mustard duck soup full of beans: his boss told him that he was a very bad employee. He will probably be fired soon.'
4. 'Your exercise is a bad egg be in the soup cut the mustard duck soup full of beans! Even my little 5-year-old brother can do it!'
5. 'Don't phone, Tom! He's really a bad egg be in the soup cut the mustard duck soup full of beans: his previous girlfriend told me a lot of bad things about him.'

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