Food Idioms - Beginner
Listening Challenge
Watch the video lesson. Which idioms do you hear?
Not my cup of Tea
A: How was the circus?
B: It was alright, I guess.
A: Really? I heard it was really good.
B: Maybe for some people. It just was not my cup of tea.
Piece of Cake
A: How was the test?
B: It was a piece of cake.
A: Really, I heard it was hard.
B: No, it was super easy.
Apples and Oranges
A: So how does you new job compare to your last job?
B: Totally different! It’s apples and oranges.
A: Oh, really? Which do you prefer?
B: Hard to say. Both have good and bad points.
A: I see.
Easy as Pie
A: So, what is your job?
B: I maintain the servers.
A: That sounds complicated.
B: It might, but it’s actually easy as pie.
A: For you maybe! Not for normal people.
Bread and Butter
A: So, what do you do for a living?
B: Well, I want to be an actress.
A: Oh, that is so interesting.
B: But, I don’t get much work.
A: Oh, then how do you get by?
B: I wait tables. That’s my bread and butter.
A: Well, anything to pay the bills.
Not my cup of tea
Not something I enjoy, not my preference
Piece of cake
Very easy to do
Apples and oranges
Very different
Easy as pie
Very easy to do
Bread and butter
Main source of income
Check out the lesson for other levels:
Intermediate Lesson on Food Idioms
Advanced Lesson on Food Idioms
Course Outline (Previous Lessons)
Lesson 1 - Homophones - words that sound the same
Lesson 2 - Homographs - words with different meanings
Course Outline (Upcoming Lessons)
Lesson 4 - Reductions & Linking
Lesson 5 - Clauses
Lesson 6 - Phrases and Multi-word Expressions
Lesson 7 - Phrasal Verbs
Lesson 8 - Similar Sounds and Words
Lesson 9 - Word Forms
Lesson 10 - Prefixes and Suffixes
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