Food idioms

He left business school and became a big cheese in the City.

A BIG CHEESE= an important person in a company/organization with a lot of influence

Stop being a couch potato! Turn off the TV and go out!

A COUCH POTATO=a person who sits and watches a lot of television and doesn’t have an active life

She walked in as cool as a cucumber, as if nothing had happened.

AS COOL AS A CUCUMBER: very calm or very calmly, especially when this is surprising

She’ll go bananas when you tell her the news.

GO BANANAS= very excited because of pleasure, anger, or another emotion

Thanks for inviting me, but ballet isn’t really my cup of tea.

not the type of thing or person that you like

The exam was a piece of cake

A PIECE OF CAKE: something that is very easy to do

I was completely wrong, and now I have egg on my face