# Food Idioms Intermediate

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- CEFR: B1 (Intermediate)
- Theme: Idioms & Expressions
- Words: 14
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Food idioms for talking about secrets, trouble and preferences, with phrases like spill the beans, in a pickle and not my cup of tea.

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## Word list

* **spill the beans**: To reveal a secret, often accidentally. — “Who **spilled the beans** about the engagement?”
* **in a pickle**: In a difficult or awkward situation. — “We're really **in a pickle** — the car broke down miles from home.”
* **a bad egg**: A dishonest or unreliable person. — “Everyone in the family trusted him, except they didn't realise he was **a bad egg**.”
* **the icing on the cake**: An extra good thing added to a situation that was already pleasing. — “Winning the trophy was **the icing on the cake** after a great season.”
* **have your cake and eat it too**: To want two things that cannot both happen at the same time. — “You can't quit your job and still expect the same salary — you can't **have your cake and eat it too**.”
* **not my cup of tea**: Something that is not to your personal taste or liking. — “Horror films are really **not my cup of tea**.”
* **sell like hot cakes**: To be bought very quickly because of high demand. — “The new phone is **selling like hot cakes**.”
* **go bananas**: To suddenly become very excited, angry, or act in a wild way. — “The crowd **went bananas** when the home team scored.”
* **go cold turkey**: To stop doing something, especially something you are addicted to, suddenly and completely. — “He decided to **go cold turkey** and quit smoking overnight.”
* **the world is your oyster**: You have the freedom and opportunity to do or achieve anything you want. — “You've graduated — **the world is your oyster** now.”
* **chew the fat**: To have a long friendly conversation. — “They would **chew the fat** on that bench every afternoon.”
* **take it with a pinch of salt**: To not completely believe something. — “Anything he says about the war you should **take it with a pinch of salt**.”
* **half-baked** /ˈhæfˌbeɪkt/: Not properly thought through. — “It was a **half-baked** plan and it failed in the first week.”
* **in hot water**: In trouble. — “He was **in hot water** with the head teacher by nine o'clock.”

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