English idioms: Food
IDIOM 1: 'bad egg '-> MEANING: a bad person
-> EXAMPLE: That man is a bad egg so you should try and avoid him if you can.
IDIOM 2: 'cut the mustard'
-> MEANING: succeed, do adequately what
needs to be done
-> EXAMPLE: He wasn`t able to cut the mustard so he had to leave the army after only one year.
IDIOM 3: 'duck soup '
-> MEANING: a task that doesn't require much effort
-> EXAMPLE: It was duck soup.
I was able to finish everything early last night.
IDIOM 4: 'in the soup'
-> MEANING: in serious trouble, in disorder
-> EXAMPLE: She is really in the soup now. She told her boss that she was sick but he saw her downtown
shopping.
IDIOM 5: 'full of beans'
-> MEANING: feel energetic, in high spirits
-> EXAMPLE: She is full of beans tonight and doesn`t want to stop talking. :lolInteresting. bad egg 。。。{:7_259:}
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