Food: meat and fish - Notes
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Idiom, phrasal verb or slang |
The situation |
Phrases with similar meaning or sentiment |
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BACON (1) To bring home the bacon |
The person in a family who earns money |
It's his wife who brings home the bacon. |
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BACON (2) To save someone's bacon |
Trouble or a problematic situation |
Thanks. You really saved my bacon / you got me out of a difficult situation. |
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BEEF To beef things up |
Rehearsing a play | Come on. We need to beef things up / we need to put more life and enthusiasm into this. |
| LAMB
To be mutton dressed as lamb |
A middle aged lady who dresses like a young woman | She's mutton dressed as lamb. |
| SARDINES
To be packed in like sardines |
A crowded underground train | We were packed in like sardines. |
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