That’s a whopper of a parking ticket!

That parking ticket is a whopper!

$50 $300
noun - something that is much bigger than the usual size.
Burger King must face whopper of a
lawsuit alleging burgers are too small,
says judge She stole the money!
She allegedly stole the money.
Allege - to say that someone has She was accused of stealing the money.
done something wrong, but it hasn’t Bob accused Sally of stealing the money.
been proven. You can’t trust Bob’s accusation.

To me, this burger doesn’t

look very appealing.
(adj - attractive/interesting)
Jennifer, your lessons are
very appealing!

A judge has ruled that Burger King must

face a class action lawsuit accusing the
chain of falsely inflating the size of
to become one of a group
Whoppers in advertisements, joining the
ranks of other fast-food giants like
McDonald's and Taco Bell.
The company is accused of inflating their profits. There’s no evidence to support
that allegation/accusation.
The suit claims
alleges
that Burger King made
Whoppers appear twice as large as they
actually are in advertisements, while the

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 actual burgers served to customers are
35% smaller than those marketed.
someone who makes a legal complaint against someone else in court
The plaintiffs claim allege
they were
"disappointed" after purchasing Burger King
products based on their appearance in
photos, only to find they were smaller when
actually served. The plaintiffs say they
would not have purchased the food items
had they known they did not look like the
advertised
lied to
images. They say they were
deceived, according to court documents.
I wouldn’t have purchased it if I had known it was so small,
If I had known it was so small, I wouldn’t have purchased it.
I didn’t know this at the time. I did purchase it.
Burger King denied the claims and asked
allegations
for a judge to dismiss the case, saying
reasonable consumers have long been
aware that food is styled in ads to make it
appealing
appear "as appetizing
only for food
as possible" and they
are not required to serve burgers that look
"exactly like the picture."

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 newest/most recent a series of (one happens after another)
The lawsuit is the latest in a string of recent
lawsuits
litigation against chain restaurants over
their food.

Last month, a New York man alleging

sued Taco
Bell for false advertising, claiming its
Mexican Pizza had only about “half of the
beef and bean filling that he expected.”

In March, a Chicago man sued Buffalo Wild

Wings, saying the company’s “boneless
wings” aren’t wings at all but actually
cheaper chicken breast tenders. Buffalo
Wild Wings has denied the allegations and
this case is not valid. (throw it in the garbage)
is asking a judge to dismiss the case,
saying that “boneless wings” wouldn’t
mislead “reasonable consumers.”

McDonald’s, Burger King and Wendy’s

were all sued last year over the size of their
cheeseburgers.

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