Food Idioms
Felicia is known as the bad apple in her bunch of friends.
trouble maker or bad influence
Sam was caught red-handed stealing the purse!
doing something wrong or in the act of doing something illegal
The boys were told not to horseplay in class.
Rough, boisterious play
ran/jump/dog
dog
Look like a million bucks
bucks-thing
He is a hard nut to crack at times.
hard to understand
Once in a blue moon I order pineapples on my pizza.
Very rarely
It was the elephant in the room they simply tried to ignore.
Its a controversial issue that's too big to ignore
He/slept/flower
he and flower
Bring home the bacon
home-noun
bacon-noun
The car she bought was a lemon.
A piece of junk or it doesn't work very well
Tyrese had the blues after receiving his grade in Science.
Be sad or depressed
Jonathan do you have ants in your pants?
Means you can't sit still
rain/hop/hula hoop
Money does not grow on trees
money-thing
trees-thing
My asthma pump and water are my bread and butter when I'm at the park.
My neccessities
She was tickled pink to get the candy from her boyfriend.
Very happy
We can kill two birds with one stone by dropping off the mail when we go to the grocery store.
To solve two problems with one action
talk/skip/chair
chair
Rome wasn't built in a day
Rome-place
day-thing
You know she's the black sheep of the family.
The member of the family that's regarded as the disgrace or disappointment
The boys were making alot of noise in the bathroom. Whether or not they were fighting in the bathroom is the gray area.
It's unclear
She can be so pig-headed
That means the person is stubborn and close-minded.
Head/shoulder/bake
head and shoulder
Alex ran to her grandmother's house.
Alex-person
house-place