EngQuizzitive - 44 (vocab) : idioms : Answers

Food ,glorious food!We eat three square meals a day and what a variety we eat.Vegetables ,meat,fruits,cereals...fried,stirred,roasted ,baked and when it's time for something special what a spread we have on our tables .... it's the same spread we have brought in our language too!!!!Thus we use all the goodness of our food to nourish our language in more than one! 


Apple of your eye

Origin : In the past, the coloured round portion of our eyes that we call the pupil was called the apple of the eye. This was due to its shape,which was like an apple. We would be blind without our pupils. Since the pupil is such an important part of the eye, anything that is dear to us is called the apple of our eye
Meaning : a thing that is very precious to you.
Usage : Advika is such a fine child. No wonder she is the apple of her mother’s eye. [Answer : both 1 and 2 ]

Eat humble pie

Origin : in the 14th and the 15th centauries, a pie was called ‘umble pie’. Since it sounds like humble and humble means feeling humiliated, it was soon changed to eating humble pie which meant being sorry about something.
Meaning : to feel sorry or be apologetic about something
Usage : Harry boasted about scoring the highest marks in the class but when he saw the results, he had to eat humble pie.[Answer : 2 ]

Full of beans

Origin : We all know that beans are full of protein and energy. If someone ate a lot of beans, then we would expect him to be stronger than the rest of us.So,this idiom refers to people, who are very strong and energetic.
Meaning : to be strong and energetic
Usage : Even after running uphill for ten miles, Uncle Sam seems to be full of beans while the rest of us are dead tired.[Answer : 2]

Not one's cup of tea

Origin : People in England are very particular about the tea that they drink. Even though there are so many varieties, they will not drink any other than the tea that they are used to. It’s a matter of taste. So anything that you are not used to is not just your cup of tea.
Meaning : something that is not your taste or liking.
Usage : Sneha is very bad at cooking. It’s just not her cup of tea.[Answer : 1]

Nutty as a fruitcake

Origin : First let me tell you what a fruit cake is! It is a cake made with dried fruits and a lot of nuts. Nut is a term we sometimes use to describe people who are crazy.And if someone is as nutty as the nuts in a fruitcake, then they must be really crazy.
Meaning : crazy, mad, eccentric
Usage : Everybody in the country thought that aunt Hilda was nutty as a fruitcake. She wore no warm clothes in the winter and put on two or three sweaters in the summer. [Answer : both 2 and 3]

I hope you liked reading the origin of these idioms.If you know any idioms derived from food items do post them in the comments section of this post.