Feb. 13, 2016
1. He’s a bad guy.
= He’s a bad ~.
2. Traditionally speaking, men
bring home the ~.
3. Teaching English at Action is my ~ and butter. = main source of money
The iPhone is Apple’s ~ and butter.
4. A: I want to get rich, but I don’t want to work.
B: Well, you can’t have your ~ and eat it too.
5. Opera isn’t my cup of ~. = I just don’t like it very much.
6. There is no use crying over spilt ~.
7. That was easy. = That was a ~ of ~.
8. That was easy. = That was as easy as ~.
9. He told her my secret. = He spilled the ~.
10. Don’t invest all of your money into one thing. = Don’t put all of your ~ in one basket.
11. I don’t know why she is ~ me up. I guess she wants something.
12. I think there is something wrong with Donald Trump mentally. Half of the time,I think he is out to ~.
Answer: 1. egg, 2. bacon, 3. bread, 4. cake, 5. tea, 6. milk, 7. piece of cake, 8. pie, 9. beans, 10. eggs, 11. buttering, 12. lunch
Bonus:
It only takes one rotten apple to spoil the bunch.
A rotten apple spoils the barrel.
An old slang for money is “bread”.
He let the cat out of the bag. = He told a secret.
She dumped him like a hot potato.
They dropped the stock like a hot potato.
He is out to lunch.
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