آموزش زبان انگلیسی

apple of her/his eye

MEANING: someone or something that one likes a lot

EXAMPLE:

The little girl is the apple of her grandfather’s eye.

bad egg

MEANING: a bad person, bum

EXAMPLE:

That man is a bad egg so you should try and avoid him if you can.

big cheese

MEANING: an important person, a leader

EXAMPLE:

He is a big cheese in his company so you should be very nice to him.

bread and butter

MEANING: basic needs of life (food,shelter,clothing)

EXAMPLE:

The voters are worried about bread and butter issues like jobs and taxes.

bring home the bacon

MEANING: earn your family’s living

EXAMPLE:

Recently he has been working very hard trying to bring home the bacon. He has no time to do anything else.