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Tag: Idioms
It speaks for itself #5
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Easy as pie
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(as) Easy as Pie (Idiom)
Meaning : A task or job that is simple or pleasurable to finish, requiring little effort; simple.
Example : Having such a busy schedule today prevents me from making a hearty breakfast for myself, so I’ll just make a quick bowl of cereal for myself instead since it is as easy as pie to make.
Origin : This phrase is believed to come from the pleasantness and ease involved when eating a delicious pie. Basically, something is as easy as eating a pie. Evidently, during the 19th century, the word ‘pie’ was used to describe someone as being delightful or to depict something as being easy.
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Recipe :
This festive tart couldn’t be easier, with jarred mincemeat and ready made pastry.
FEEDS 10 PREP 20 mins COOK 35 mins + 15 mins to cool
Ingredients :
320g pack puff pastry, at room temperature
300g Co-op mincemeat
It speaks for itself
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Every picture tells a vocabulary story (3)
Every picture tells a vocabulary story (2)
Every picture tells a vocabulary story
Learning Idioms with photos
CUT IT OUT
Meaning : stop doing that; usually used to convey annoyance
Example : My neighbors keep playing their music really loud at night. I wish they would cut it out.
source : Camla Global
Weekly photo challenge || Close up
a piece of honeycomb
Idioms :
none of your beeswax
(British & Australian informal) an impolite way of saying that you do not want someone to know about your private life
‘So where the heck have you been?’ ‘None of your beeswax!’
be as busy as a bee
(old-fashioned) also be a busy bee (old-fashioned) to be very busy or very active
She’s as busy as a bee, always going to meetings and organizing parties.
be the bee’s knees
(British & Australian informal) to be extremely good
Have you tried this double chocolate-chip ice cream? It’s the bee’s knees, it really is.
have a bee in your bonnet
to keep talking about something again and again because you think it is important, especially something that other people do not think is important (often + about )
She’s got a real bee in her bonnet about people keeping their dogs under control.
source : the free dictionary
In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge : “Close Up”
Learning idioms with photos
- photography by vocabulary in chunks
CUT IT OUT
Meaning : stop doing that; usually used to convey annoyance
Example : My neighbors keep playing their music really loud at night. I wish they would cut it out.
source : Camla Global
