TO ENGLISH IDIOMS ABOUT FRUITS Sour grapes to react badly if you hear the good news that happened to somebody else ‘Ab, that’s only sour grapes on your part because they did't offer you the promotion. | think Michael s the most suitable person for the roe. To go bananas to go a little bit crazy (we could use it a positive or in a negative way) My boss didn’t like the news. When I told him | was leaving and | was going to our biggest competitor, he just went bananas. Here's my credit card. Buy something nice, but don’t go bananas. The apple of someone's eye someone’s favourite person (usually a child or a grandchild) who they look after the most A bad apple someone who has a bad reputation and has a negative impact on other people A plum job a desirable position which is well-paid and considered relatively easy to do Don’t give a fig to not care at all about someone or something