You got 10 correct out of 10. :D 1. Kate can't keep a secret. She's always ready to _________________. bring home the bacon spill the beans cry over spilled milk take it with a grain of salt spill the beans = reveal a secret 2. Honey, I'm off to work. Someone has to _________________, you know? butter up the family have a piece of cake bring home the bacon have a cup of tea bring home the bacon = earn a living, salary 3. A: Do you like this dress? B: The color is not really my _______________. cup of tea piece of cake bread and butter grain of salt not my cup of tea = not my preference; I don't like it 4. There is so much fake news on TV that you should take the news stories _________________. with warm milk with a cup of tea with bread and butter with a grain of salt take with a grain of salt = don't trust completely 5. The college offers courses to learn all trades, but woodworking is their main ________________. bread and butter big cheese homemade bacon beans bread & butter = the thing which is a person's strength or source of success. 6. Mr. Smith was promoted to president of the company. He couldn't be happier to be the _____________. big bacon big cake big cheese big beans the big cheese = boss 7. A: Larry is a very hard worker, just like his father was. B: Well, ________________. he likes to spill the beans he brings home the bacon he's the big cheese the apple doesn't fall far from the tree the apple doesn't fall far from the tree = a child is similar to the parents 8. A: I can't believe I made that mistake on the test. B: Well, there's no point in ______________. You'll do better next time. spilling the beans crying over spilled milk eating your cake buttering me up crying over spilled milk = worrying about something that can't be changed 9. Hannah has been ______________ her supervisor for months in order to get a promotion. bring bacon to eating apples with spilling milk all over buttering up butter someone up = flatter 10. A: I got a promotion at work, but I'll have to cancel my trip to Italy this summer. B: You __________________. can take it with a grain of salt can't have your cake and eat it too can eat some bread & butter can't bring home the bacon you can't have your cake and eat it too = you have to take the good with the bad

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