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    Food Expressions

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    This document contains common English idioms related to food: 1) Idioms like "a bad egg", "apple of my eye", and "bigger fish to fry" refer to people and relationships. 2) Other expressions like "a watched pot never boils", "bread and butter", and "bun in the oven" describe waiting, work, and pregnancy. 3) Final idioms such as "butter him/her up", "buy a lemon", "go bananas", and "in a pickle" refer to trying to convince others, being crazy, and being in trouble.

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    This document contains common English idioms related to food: 1) Idioms like "a bad egg", "apple of my eye", and "bigger fish to fry" refer to people and relationships. 2) Other expressions like "a watched pot never boils", "bread and butter", and "bun in the oven" describe waiting, work, and pregnancy. 3) Final idioms such as "butter him/her up", "buy a lemon", "go bananas", and "in a pickle" refer to trying to convince others, being crazy, and being in trouble.

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    This document contains common English idioms related to food: 1) Idioms like "a bad egg", "apple of my eye", and "bigger fish to fry" refer to people and relationships. 2) Other expressions like "a watched pot never boils", "bread and butter", and "bun in the oven" describe waiting, work, and pregnancy. 3) Final idioms such as "butter him/her up", "buy a lemon", "go bananas", and "in a pickle" refer to trying to convince others, being crazy, and being in trouble.

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    This document contains common English idioms related to food: 1) Idioms like "a bad egg", "apple of my eye", and "bigger fish to fry" refer to people and relationships. 2) Other expressions like "a watched pot never boils", "bread and butter", and "bun in the oven" describe waiting, work, and pregnancy. 3) Final idioms such as "butter him/her up", "buy a lemon", "go bananas", and "in a pickle" refer to trying to convince others, being crazy, and being in trouble.

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    Food expressions

    a bad egg person who does bad things in a family or general society
    a watched pot
    never boils day-to-day work a person does to earn money
    apple of my eye full of faults
    bigger fish to fry refers to a woman who is pregnant with a child
    speaking about another person who is our favorite person or who
    bread and butter means a lot to us
    the feeling of a person who is impatiently waiting for something
    bun in the oven that seems to be taking forever
    butter him/her up there is another thing far more important than the other
    buy a lemon To act crazily and/or become insane
    couch potato To be in trouble
    go bananas to convince them to give you what you want
    in a pickle used to describe lazy people

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