Idioms- fruits
1. A bad apple | A person who negatively influences others. |
2. The apple of one’s eye | Someone who is cherished or loved above others. |
3. As American as apple pie | Something that is very typical or representative of American culture. |
4. To compare apples and oranges | To compare two very different things. |
5. Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree | Children often resemble their parents in behavior or characteristics. |
6. Go bananas | To go crazy or become very excited. |
7. A second bite of the cherry | A second chance or opportunity. |
8. Cherry-pick | To select the best or most desirable from a group. |
9. Peachy keen | Very good or excellent. |
10. Peach fuzz | The soft, downy hair on a young person’s face. |
11. Life is just a bowl of cherries | Life is pleasant and enjoyable. |
12. Sour grapes | Pretending to dislike something you can’t have. |
13. A plum job | A very good or desirable job. |
14. To be a lemon | Something that is defective or doesn’t work well. |
15. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade | Make the best of a bad situation. |
16. Like two peas in a pod | Very similar or close in appearance or behavior. |
17. Cool as a cucumber | Calm and relaxed, especially in stressful situations. |
18. To be a peach | To be very nice, helpful, or kind. |
19. Low-hanging fruit | The easiest or most obvious task or solution. |
20. To cherry-pick | To select only the best or most desirable. |
21. A bite at the cherry | An opportunity or chance. |
22. Forbidden fruit | Something that is desired but not allowed. |
23. To bear fruit | To be successful or produce good results. |
24. Apple polisher | A person who tries to gain favor through flattery. |
25. To spill the beans | To reveal a secret. |
26. To have a bun in the oven | To be pregnant. |
27. In a jam | In a difficult or troublesome situation. |
28. Top banana | The most important person in a group or organization. |
29. To be full of beans | To have lots of energy and enthusiasm. |
30. Banana skin | A mistake or error that causes embarrassment. |
31. To cherry-pick | To choose the best options. |
32. To be the cream of the crop | The best of a group. |
33. Sour as a lemon | Extremely bitter or unpleasant in attitude. |
34. To have a plum in one’s mouth | To speak in a posh or pretentious way. |
35. To eat humble pie | To apologize and accept humiliation. |
36. To sugarcoat | To make something seem better or more pleasant than it is. |
37. Fruit of your labor | The result or reward of your work. |
38. The big cheese | An important or influential person. |
39. To be nuts about something | To be very enthusiastic or passionate about something. |
40. A tough nut to crack | A difficult problem or person to deal with. |
41. The apple never falls far from the tree | Children often resemble their parents. |
42. To be a rotten apple | A person who is a bad influence. |
43. A bowl of cherries | A very pleasant or enjoyable experience. |
44. To go pear-shaped | When a plan or situation goes wrong. |
45. To put all your eggs in one basket | To risk everything on one venture. |
46. To walk on eggshells | To be very careful not to offend or upset someone. |
47. To be the top banana | To be the most important person. |
48. To be out to lunch | To be inattentive or distracted. |
49. To be a peach of a person | To be very kind and sweet. |
50. To be the cherry on top | The final thing that makes something perfect. |
51. As nutty as a fruitcake | Very crazy or eccentric. |
52. To be ripe for something | To be ready for something, often a change. |
53. To be a sweet tooth | To love sugary foods. |
54. To eat the fruit of one’s labor | To enjoy the results of your hard work. |
55. To plant a seed | To start an idea or plan that will grow in the future. |
56. To turn sour | To go bad or become unpleasant. |
57. As fresh as a daisy | Very fresh and clean. |
58. To be a fruitcake | To be crazy or eccentric. |
59. To be the grapevine | To hear news through informal channels, often rumors. |
60. As sweet as honey | Very sweet or kind. |
61. To be apple-pie order | To be very neat and organized. |
62. To have egg on your face | To be embarrassed by a mistake. |
63. To be the apple of someone’s eye | To be cherished by someone. |
64. To go nuts | To go crazy, especially with excitement. |
65. To have bigger fish to fry | To have more important things to do. |
66. To be out of one’s gourd | To be crazy or eccentric. |
67. To be a plum job | A highly desirable job. |
68. To be peachy | To be good or satisfactory. |
69. To be a fruit loop | To be silly or crazy. |
70. To be the cream of the crop | The best of a group. |
71. As cool as a cucumber | Very calm and composed. |
72. To have a finger in every pie | To be involved in many activities. |
73. To be a big cheese | To be an important person. |
74. To go through the grapevine | To hear something through rumors. |
75. To be as fit as a fiddle | To be very healthy and in good shape. |
76. To be a smart cookie | To be very intelligent and clever. |
77. To eat like a horse | To eat a lot. |
78. To cherry-pick opportunities | To choose the best opportunities selectively. |
79. To be the apple of one’s eye | To be cherished above all others. |
80. As easy as pie | Very easy or simple. |
81. To have a bun in the oven | To be pregnant. |
82. To be a lemon | To be defective or faulty. |
83. To go bananas | To go crazy with excitement. |
84. To be a top banana | To be the most important person. |
85. To have sour grapes | To pretend not to care about something you can’t have. |
86. To be sweet on someone | To be fond of or in love with someone. |
87. To be in a pickle | To be in a difficult situation. |
88. To be a cool cucumber | To be very calm and composed. |
89. To be a rotten apple | To be a bad influence among a group. |
90. As nutty as a fruitcake | Very crazy or eccentric. |
91. To have an egg on your face | To be embarrassed or look foolish. |
92. To be a basket case | To be mentally unstable or very anxious. |
93. To spill the beans | To reveal a secret. |
94. To be the cream of the crop | The best of a group. |
95. To be a bad apple | A person who negatively influences others. |
96. To eat like a bird | To eat very little. |
97. To go pear-shaped | To go wrong or not as planned. |
98. To be a lemon | Something that is defective or doesn’t work well. |
99. To eat like a horse | To eat a lot. |
100. To have a cherry on top | The final touch that makes something perfect. |
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