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    Idioms: food (English exercise n°77 - Please quote this number when contacting us)


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    Idioms: food


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    ENGLISH IDIOMS: FOOD

     

    IDIOM 1: "eat crow"
    -> MEANING: admit one is mistaken or defeated, take back a mistaken statement
    -> EXAMPLE: I was forced to eat crow and had to apologize for the mistake that I made about the restructuring of our company.

     

    IDIOM 2: "hot potato "
    -> MEANING: a question or argument that is controversial and difficult to settle
    -> EXAMPLE: The issue of building the nuclear power plant is a real hot potato for the local town council.

     

    IDIOM 3: "piece of cake"
    -> MEANING: a task that is easily accomplished
    -> EXAMPLE: It was a piece of cake. I had everything done before lunch this morning.

     

    IDIOM 4: "cool as a cucumber"
    -> MEANING: calm, not nervous or anxious
    -> EXAMPLE: He is always as cool as a cucumber and never worries about anything.


    IDIOM 5: "big cheese "
    -> MEANING: an important person, a leader
    -> EXAMPLE: He is a big cheese in his company so you should be very nice to him.





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    1. 'Have you met the new ? He said he would change everything in the company!'
    2. 'OK. I'm sorry. I was wrong. I must and tell Peter that he was right.'
    3. 'This exercise is . Even my little sister could do it!'
    4. 'Peter is always . He always solves his problems easily.'
    5. 'Are you for or against the death penalty? It is a difficult problem. It has always been a '.







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