Food: fruit and vegetables - Notes
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Idiom, phrasal verb or slang |
The situation |
Phrases with similar meaning or sentiment |
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APPLE An apple a day keeps the doctor away |
Someone is advising you to eat healthily |
An apple a day keeps the doctor away. |
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BEETROOT To go as red as a beetroot |
A embarrassing situation |
I went as red as a beetroot. |
| CUCUMBER
To be as cool as a cucumber |
An alarming or dangerous situation | She was as cool as a cucumber / she stayed perfectly calm. |
| ONION
(thanks Mum)
To know your onions |
Someone who really knows a lot about one particular thing | She really knows her onions / she really knows a lot about this. |
| PEANUTS
to cost peanuts |
When something is cheap | It cost me peanuts. |
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And now test yourself... |
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