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English for Beginner Students

Food Idioms - Beginner

Grammar and Pronunciation Course - (Lesson 3 of 10)

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.

Learn Vocabulary from the Lesson

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

 

Answer the following questions about the interview.

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

Extensive Listening for Intermediate Students

Natural Listening Practice

The best way to learn a language it to hear lots of natural language. Give these listening lessons a try!

Natural Listening Practice

The best way to learn a language it to hear lots of natural language. Give these listening lessons a try!


1383 Macho Women
1464 Vietnam / Myanmar
Abidemi talks about her summer break.

1383 Macho Women
1463 Thailand / Laos
Abidemi talks about travels to Southeast Asia.
1247 Work from Abroad
1460 House on Loan
Katie asks to stay at Todd's house.
1247 Work from Abroad
1459 Have to Move
Meg talks about moving.
1383 Macho Women
1457 International Test
Katie takes a culture test.

1350 In the Club
1446 Eating Healthy
What fruits and veggies does Todd like?

1350 In the Club
1445 Fruits and Veggies
What healthy foods does Meg like?
1350 In the Club
1426 Animals in the Zoo
Animals we love and fear.
1350 In the Club
1425 Animals on the Farm
Learn how some animals are friendly.
1406 20 Years Abroad
1420 The Home of ELLLO
Learn the Todd's house in Japan.

1406 20 Years Abroad
1419 Meg's Place
Learn the Meg's Apartment.

1350 In the Club
1406 20 Years Abroad
Todd talks about living overseas.
1350 In the Club
1405 Meg's Travels
Living in three continents.
1406 20 Years Abroad
1402 Disc Golf
John explains his sport
1303 Life in Portugal
1354 Supp for Supper
Sarah talks about making soup.
   
1303 Life in Portugal
1353 Super City
The best and worst of SF

1346 City Down Under
1346 City Down Under
Shirley talks about Melbourne.
1345 The Weekend
1345 The Weekend
Shirley talks about her weekend.
1304 When in Portugal
1304 When in Portugal
Things to do in Portugal
1303 Life in Portugal
1303 Life in Portugal
Food, life and weather


1019 Hawaii
1019 Hawaii
What makes Hawaii so special

940 Ron Food
940 Ron's Favorites
Foods Ron loves to eat

939 Mari Food
939 Mari's Favorite Foods
Foods Mari loves to eat

931 Naomi Middle School
931 Middle School
Daily life in middle school

928 Naomi Middle School
928 Free Time
Naomi's free time activities

 
927 Netball
927 Net Ball
Naomi talks about sport

918 Mari's Choices
918 Mari's Media
Mari's talks about media

917 Ron's Choices
917 Ron's Media
Ron talks about media

916 Mari's Ability
916 Mari's Abilities
Mari talks about her abilities
915 Ron's Ability
915 Ron's Abilities
Ron talks about abilities


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