GLOSSARY
  Unit 1

To take the bull by the horns: to deal with a different situation in a brave and firm way

Two heads are better than one: that two people working together are more likely to solve a problem than one person doing it alone

To keep your head above water: you are just managing to survive despite not having much money/time/things

PIE

It is as easy as pie: if something is very easy

Pie-eyed: if someone is very drunk

To have a finger in many pies: you are involved in lots of different activities

EGG

A bad egg: someone who behaves in a bad or dishonest way

Don’t pull all your eggs in one basket: you should never rely on only one plan in case it goes wrong

He got egg on his face: to be embarrassed by something that I do wrong

BEAN

Full of beans: full of energy

I haven’t got a bean: you don’t have money at all

Spill the beans: to say a secret

It’s a hot potato: if there is a delicate issue and people can't agree

They are like two peas in a pod: they are very similar

TEA

It’s not my cup of tea: if there is something we don’t like much

I wouldn’t do it for all the tea in china: if there is something we would never do it

It’s as good as a chocolate teapot: if something is completely useless

FRUIT

He’s gone bananas: to go mildly crazy

It’s a case of sour grapes: if someone pretends not to be impressed by something because he feels jealous

A second bite of the cherry: another opportunity to do something

OTHER EXPRESSIONS

There are plenty more fish in the sea: there are other choices in a situation. It’s often said to someone who had a romantic break up

The icing on the cake: something that makes a good situation even better                    

Its just not cricket: something is unfair or dishonest

To toy with: not to take someone’s feelings seriously

A toyboy: is the younger boyfriend of an older person

Like a ton of bricks: to express something that is very heavy

To fly the nest: to leave your parents' home for the first time in order to live somewhere else.

A nest egg: an amount of money you have saved for the future

I wasn’t born yesterday: if someone is telling you a very obvious lie

To have a whale of a time: to have a fun time

Size of a whale: an impolite way of say they are large or overweight

To be in a good mood: be in a good frame of mind

A little bird told me: if you have some information but you don't want to reveal who told you

To be or to have a big mouth: it means you talk too much specially about things which should be kept in secret or avoided

FIRE

If you are playing with fire: you are doing something which could be dangerous 

If you add fuel to the fire: it means you make a bad situation even worse

RAINBOW

All the colours of the rainbow: it is very colourful

Chasing rainbows: refers to someone who is always looking for something more exciting or rewarding but it is unlikely to find it

CHEESE

The big cheese: is the most important or powerful person in a group or organization

Chalk and cheese: two people who are very different to each other 

EATING DISORDERS

Breaking point: The point at which physical, mental, or emotional strength gives way under stress.

Dropped: lose weight

Purging: to vomit

Compulsively: doing something every time without thinking

Term effects: the effects that happen after you do something

Follow in your footsteps: be like her/him

DEBATE

Chairperson: a person who presides a debate

Adjudicator: the person who decide the winner of the debate

Timekeeper: the person who controls the time

Speaker: the person who is talking in one moment

FOOD VOCABULARY

Baking powder: any mass which leavens the body with which it is mixed

Whisk up: stir something to dissolve

Sprinkle: dampen something on some food

Raw: that it is not well cooked or ripe

Cocoa: powder obteined by milling this seed

Teaspoon: is a portion smaller than a tablespoon

Tablespoon: portion that fits in a spoon

GE: genetically engineered

GM: genetically modified

GMO: genetically modified organism

OTHER VOCABULARY

Factual: real

Fortune tellers: a person who makes predictions about the future


Tarots readers: the person who adivines your future with a card game

Banned: not allow

Crop: the produce of cultivated plants

Plot of land: a small area of land covered by specific vegetation

Horoscopes: a prediction of someone's future based on the relative positions of the planets