Food Phrases

Question 1

Sour grapes

He was only rude about the party because he wasn’t invited. It was just sour grapes

Answer 1

If you describe someone’s behaviour or opinion as sour grapes, you mean that that person is angry because they have not got or achieved something that they wanted:
I don’t think it’s such a great job - and that’s not just sour grapes because I didn’t get it

Question 2

A fish out of water
Everyone at thr pary except me had a good job. A big house ,and a wife and two children. Frankly, I felt like a fish out of water

Answer 2

someone who is uncomfortable in a specific situation:

I felt like a fish out of water at my new school.

Question 3

Have my cake and eat it
Alex wants to use his father’s car all the time, but still expects his father to pay all the bills. His problem is that he wants to have his cake and eat it.

Answer 3

Have all advantages of sth without the disadvantages

Question 4

Fishy

The whole thing sounded a bit fishy to me

Answer 4

informal seeming dishonest or false:

There’s something fishy going on here.

Question 5

Breadwinner

Answer 5

the member of a family who earns the money that the family needs:
Men are often expected to be the breadwinner in a family.

Question 6

Nutcase
Ali’s calm and sensible; his brother is a complete nutcase.
They’re like chalk and cheese.

Answer 6

someone who behaves in an extremely silly way or an offensive term for someone who is mentally ill

Question 7

Don’t count your chickens before they hatch

You should get the job, but don’t count your chickens

Answer 7

you should not make plans that depend on something good happening before you know that it has actually happened:
She wanted to buy a dress in case someone asked her to the dance, but I told her not to count her chickens before they hatched.

Question 8

Make a meal of it

It took two men three days to build that little wall. They really made a meal of it

Answer 8

Spend more time doing sth than is necessary

Question 9

Go pear-shaped

I said the plan would work, but it all went pear-shaped, so I had to eat my word.

Answer 9

If a plan goes pear-shaped, it fails:
We’d planned to go away for the weekend, but it all went pear-shaped.
Eat my word: admit that sth yoh said was wrong