Idioms & fixed expressions: half-baked ideas and sour grapes
Vocabulary · Idioms & fixed expressions · C2 · 45 min. Fourteen food idioms and metaphors for ideas and attitudes (half-baked, a recipe for disaster, sour grapes, sugarcoat, rehash, cherry-pick…), met in one family's Thanksgiving dinner, checked for meaning and correct use, extended to food metaphors for thinking, then used in a find-someone-who and a short paragraph.
About this worksheet
Fourteen food idioms and metaphors for ideas and attitudes (half-baked, a recipe for disaster, sour grapes, sugarcoat, rehash, cherry-pick…), met in one family's Thanksgiving dinner, checked for meaning and correct use, extended to food metaphors for thinking, then used in a find-someone-who and a short paragraph.
- Level
- C2
- Category
- Vocabulary
- Topic
- Idioms & fixed expressions
- Time
- About 45 minutes
- Exercises
- Key words, Gap-fill, Multiple choice, True / False, Matching, Table to fill in, Speaking / writing task
- Answer key
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On the sheet
- Key words: Food idioms for ideas and attitudes
- Gap-fill: Complete what the Okafor-Lin family say around the Thanksgiving table
- Multiple choice: What does the speaker mean? Choose the best answer.
- True / False: Are the expressions used correctly? Write T (correct) or F (incorrect)
- Matching: In English, ideas are often talked about as food. Match each expressio
- Table to fill in: Find someone who… Walk around the class and ask questions with the exp
- Speaking / writing task: Write a paragraph (120–150 words) about a family celebration or a gath
