Words and Their Stories: Food Expressions
12 February 2011
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. A listener from Brazil, Elenir Scardueli, sent us a list of popular expressions about food. So today we will talk about expressions that use vegetables and fruits.
For example, a cucumber is a long, green vegetable that people often eat in salads. You might say a person is
as
cool as a cucumber
if he never seems to worry about anything and stays calm in a stressful situation. If you">you put a cucumber in a solution of vinegar and spices for a long time, it becomes a pickle. But if
you
are
in a pickle
,
you are in trouble or a difficult situation.
If two people are very similar, you might say they are like
two peas in a pod.
There are several expressions about beans. If someone is very energetic, you might say she is
full of beans.
If you say something
does not amount to
a hill of beans
, you mean it is of little importance. I might say
you don’t know beans
about a subject if you do not know anything at all about it. But if you
spill the beans
, you tell something that was supposed to be a secret.
Potatoes are a popular food in many areas. But something is considered
small potatoes
if it is not important. You probably would not want to hold a
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