Food clichés 1

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.a) orangeb) eggc) nut
2. He knows I don’t enjoy doing the annual report; it’s just not my cup of .a) teab) milkc) coffee
3. Now, I don’t expect life to be a bowl of .a) chocolatesb) ice creamc) cherries
4. But it’s for him to come up to me and say, "What’s eating you?" As if he doesn’t know! a) bananasb) nutsc) coconuts
5. 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!"a) coconutb) cucumberc) kumquat
6. 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."a) cakeb) piec) dessert
7. "So now you have to write the annual report, and all I can say is that there’s no such thing as a free ."a) mealb) lunchc) dinner
8. Well, there wasn’t much I could say to that, so I went back to my office and prepared the report. I guess that’s the way the crumbles!a) date squareb) cookiec) shortbread