- The new iPhone sells like hot cakes.
🍰 A piece of cake = as easy as pie – что-то очень простое, элементарное
- I was afraid of the English test, but it was a piece of cake/it was as easy as pie.
🥖 Bread and butter – средства к существованию
- Teaching is my bread and butter.
🥓To bring home the bacon – зарабатывать на жизнь
- Her husband has to bring home the bacon alone.
🍟 A hot potato – злободневная, щекотливая тема, острый вопрос
- The issue of part-time workers is a hot potato.
🥔 Couch potato - пассивный человек
- Please don't lie around like a couch potato. Get up and do something productive.
🥒 Cool as a cucumber – спокойный, безмятежный
- I was cool as a cucumber all the flight back home.
🌽Full of beans – полный энергии
- After the sleep I was full of beans again.
🥜 To be nuts about smth – быть без ума от кого-то\чего-то
- Lucy is nuts about cats.
🍌To go bananas - поехать головой, сойти с ума
- Seems like she’s going bananas after winning a lottery!
🍒 To cherry-pick - тщательно выбирать, отбирать
- We are now cherry-picking the best candidate for the opening.
☕️One’s cup of tea – (не)любимое занятие
- To tell the truth, tiktok isn’t my cup of tea.
🍏Apple of one’s eye – чей-то любимчик, «свет очей»
- Aliya is the apple of her father’s eye.
🍊To compare apples and oranges - сравнивать несравнимое
- You're comparing apples with oranges! They are two very different jobs, with different types of stress.
🧀Big cheese – важная персона, «шишка»
- Tom’s dad is a big cheese at NASA.
🍪 Smart cookie – умный, талантливый человек
- Asem is the only one smart cookie in her group.
🍭 Eye candy - что-то очень красивое, услада для глаз
- OMG your sister is a real eye candy!
🍜 To use one’s noodle – шевелить мозгами
- This time I won’t help you with the hometask. You’ll have to use your noodle!