There’s no doubt that colourful language can help liven up a text. But overusing clichés is never a good idea. Test your knowledge with this quiz that’s stuffed with food-related clichés.1. My boss is a hard to crack.orangeeggnut2. He knows I don’t enjoy doing the annual report; it’s just not my cup of .teamilkcoffee3. Now, I don’t expect life to be a bowl of .chocolatesice creamcherries4. But it’s for him to come up to me and say, "What’s eating you?" As if he doesn’t know! cookiesnutscoconuts5. But I was as cool as a and simply said, "I can’t stand the heat, so I’m getting out of the kitchen. I quit!"coconutcucumberkumquat6. And then do you know what he said to me? "Well, you can’t have your and eat it too. Here’s some food for thought: you travel to exotic places for work, while the rest of us are stuck here."cakepiedessert7. "So now you have to write the annual report, and all I can say is that there’s no such thing as a free ."meallunchdinner8. He did have a point. My family depends on me to bring home the .cheesebaconbeef9. I didn't want to have a with him, so I let it go and went back to my office to prepare the report.kumquatsquashbeef10. What can you do? I guess that's the way the crumbles!date squarecookieshortbread
