Edible Idioms
It's something of little importance or value, like, say, legumes in a heap.
A hill of beans
Nidologists know male wrens build an array of these abodes to impress females who come into their territory
Nests
Bicycles take flight thanks to the magical powers of a mysterious alien in this Spielberg flick
What is ET?
A chunk of Western Canada is part of this region, covering roughly one-third of the United States
What is the Great Plains?
Used in everything from daiquiris to gin fizzes, simple syrup is commonly made using equal parts water & this
What is sugar?
In a 1785 poem William Cowper referred to this as "the very spice of life"; spoken like a man who's never tried sriracha
Variety
Study of isolated species, called this "biogeography", can look at a peak or a national park, not just a place surrounded by water
Island
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" plays as Paul Newman hams it up on a bike in this film that co-starred Robert Redford
What is Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid?
The North China Plain is also called the this color Plain, like the name of the river that helped to build it up
What is yellow?
As its head tapers to a thin edge, an ax is considered one of these 5-letter simple machines
What is a wedge?
At the dinner table, it can be a tempting item, perhaps twice baked--or a subject best avoided
A hot potato
"By Means of" this 2-word process was fit enough to survive as a subtitle for Darwin's "Origin of Species
A bit of movie magic allowed this green guy to take a bike ride in 1979 & 1981 films
Who is Kermit the Frog?
The Denakil Plain is a region found in these 2 "E" countries of the Horn of Africa
What are Ethiopia and Eritrea?
Blake Lively turned up in 2025 to once again torment Anna Kendrick in the sequel to this dark comedy
What is A Simple Favor?
TV's "MythBusters" once tested whether "taking" this is "as easy" as the idiom suggests--conclusion: nope
Candy from a baby
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AlphaFold, a Google-developed AI system, has predicted the complex structures of 200 million of these substances
What are proteins?
In a 2025 HBO Max doc, Paul Reubens said people riding bicycles around the WB lot inspired the stolen-bike plot of this movie
What is Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure?
The massive European Plain stretches from the Urals all the way west to this other range on the Spanish-French border
What are the Pyrenees?
Believed to be an alteration of an English word, it's a simplified variety of language created when 2 cultures come in contact
What is a pidgin?
This 3-word term once referred to a vessel for boiling the catch at river picnics; today, "fine" or not, it means a hot mess
Kettle of fish
What is the mitochondria?
In "Better Off Dead" a psychotic paperboy pedals after this actor in pursuit of the $2 he's owed
Who is John Cusack?
The Plain of Sharon runs some 50 miles along the Mediterranean coast of this country
What is Israel?
Aaron Copland gave this 19th century Shaker tune new prominence when he featured it in "Appalachian Spring"
What is “Simple Gifts?”