Food and fruits

Lesson 2
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Low hanging fruit Forbidden fruit is always the sweetest half baked Sweet tooth Food for thought Bigger fish to fry Take with a grain of salt know which side one’s bread is buttered Take the cake Bear fruit go bananas Worm in the apple when life gives you lemons Apple pie order Apples to oranges

Low hanging fruit

Title: Low hanging fruit

Meaning: a goal that can be easily reached

Example

There are a lot of things that need to be completed for our project. I would suggest that we start with the low hanging fruit

Forbidden fruit is always the sweetest

Title: Forbidden fruit is always the sweetest

Meaning: to desire something that is not within a feasible reach

Example

The guy thinks that the forbidden fruit is always the sweetest and keeps asking her out even though she has refused him several times. I seem to think that this is becoming unhealthy and obsessive

half baked

Title: half baked

Meaning: imperfectly or inadequately planned, prepared, or developed

Example

That was a half-baked idea; it would never work in practice

Sweet tooth

Title: Sweet tooth

Meaning: a great fondness for sweet-tasting foods

Example

My niece has a sweet tooth, as she continually begs me to make her something sugary

Food for thought

Title: Food for thought

Meaning: an idea or subject to think about

Example

The manager's meeting today has given me a lot of food for thought about whether I want to continue working for this company

Bigger fish to fry

Title: Bigger fish to fry

Meaning: to have other, more important things to do

Example

You are not worth my time or energy; I have bigger fish to fry

Take with a grain of salt

Title: Take with a grain of salt

Meaning: to understand that something is not completely true or right

Example

I have read the article, but I take it with a grain of salt

know which side one’s bread is buttered

Title: know which side one’s bread is buttered

Meaning: to be cognizant of where one's interests lie in a given situation

Example

He tries to come across as a neutral party, but he is very aware of which side his bread is buttered on

Take the cake

Title: Take the cake

Meaning: being the best in a competition

Example

I can't believe you said that your hypocrisy takes the cake

Bear fruit

Title: Bear fruit

Meaning: produce valuable results

Example

Bearing fruit takes time and patience

go bananas

Title: go bananas

Meaning: become very angry or act crazy

Example

She'll go bananas if she sees the house in this (dirty) condition

Worm in the apple

Title: Worm in the apple

Meaning: the presence of something very bad in the best

Example

There's nothing worse than getting a worm in your apple!

when life gives you lemons

Title: when life gives you lemons

Meaning: make the best out of a difficult situation

Example

She tried to live by the motto 'when life gives you lemons, make lemonade

Apple pie order

Title: Apple pie order

Meaning: neat and tidy in the arrangement

Example

My mother is always cleaning. The house is in apple-pie order

Apples to oranges

Title: Apples to oranges

Meaning: the items that cannot be compared with each other

Example

We cannot compare Sara and Salina. They are apples and oranges