IDIOMS RELATED TO FOOD.

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to win a prize
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to take THE CAKE
"Violator" takes the cake with hits like "Enjoy the silence".
something that does not seem important when compared to something else.
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small beer (GB) small potatoes (US)
To nie moja bajka.
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It's not my CUP OF TEA.
mieć dużo na głowie.
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to have a lot ON YOUR PLATE.
It seems you have a lot on your plate.
to be most powerful or important person, to be a leader
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to be TOP BANANA (US)
to be eccentric or slightly crazy
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to act batty
very cheap
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cheap as chips
you can only judge the quality of sth after you have tried, used or experienced it.
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proof is in the pudding
be sold quickly and in large quantity.
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selling like hot cakes
The tickets are selling like hot cakes.
czołówka,śmietanka
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the cream of the crop
a person or thing placed in the middle of two opposing or challenging situations. Być między młotem a kowadłem.
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to be meat in the sandwich
if too many people are involved in a task it won't be done well.
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too many cooks spoil the broth
być wisienką na torcie
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be the icing on the cake/ to be cherry on the top
to be extremely cautious
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to walk on eggshells
to pretend disdain for sth you cannot have.
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sour grapes
an easy, pay well job
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a plum job
He got a plum job at an insurance company.
sth that is defective or poor quality
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lemon
The car dealer sold me a lemon.
to fail/to go wrong
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to go pear shaped
If a plan goes pear-shaped, it fails.
to have a lot of energy
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to be full of beans
a person who has a bad effect on others.
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a bad apple
She certainly is a bad apple who doesn't belong IN this group.
in a difficult situation
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in a pickle
to reach the desired standard, to succeed, to have the ability to do sth
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to cut the mustard
to be very intelligent
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to be a smart cookie
to be extremely excited mad or silly
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to be bananas
My friend went bananas.
to have more important tasks to address than the current ones
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to have bigger fish to fry

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