2. Apple of one’s eye
• Someone or
something that
one likes a lot.
• For example:
you are the apple
of my eye.
3. Bad egg
• A bad person
• For example:
He’s a bad egg,
stay away from
him.
4. Big cheese
• An important
person, or
leader.
• For example:
He is a big cheese
in his company
so you should be
nice to him.
5. Bread and Butter
• Basic needs of life,
food, shelter,
clothing)
• For example: The
voters are worried
about bread and
butter issues like
jobs and taxes.
6. Bring home the bacon
• Earn your
family’s living.
• You have to
work really hard
if you want to
bring home the
bacon.
7. Cool as a cucumber
• Calm, not nervous
or anxious.
• I was cool as a
cucumber when I
went for my driving
test.
8. Couch potato
• A very lazy person.
• For example:
I’m really active,
my brother on the
other hand, is a
real couch potato.
9. Cream of the crop
• The best of a group,
top choice.
• For example: This is
the best store to buy
jeans, they only sell
the cream of the crop
labels.
10. To cry over spilled milk
• To cry or complain
about something that
has already
happened.
• For example: Don’t
cry over spilled milk,
you can’t change the
mark of your test, so
forget about it.
11. Cup of tea
• Something one
enjoys or does
well.
• For example: I like
skiing, but snow
boarding is not my
cup of tea.
12. Have one’s cake and eat it too
• You can’t have it both
ways.
• For example: He
refuses to
compromise, he
always wants to have
his cake and eat it
too.
13. Egg on one’s face
• To suffer
embarrassment.
• For example:
The egg was on
my face after I
called her the
wrong name.
14. Full of beans
• To have a lot of
energy.
• For example: She
was full of beans
tonight, she didn’t
stop talking.
15. Piece of cake
• Something that is
easy.
• For example: The
test was a piece of
cake, I finished it
early.
