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~ Tuesday, June 10, 2003
SET OUT YOUR STALL Some fruit and veg related sayings: 1 cool as a cucumber 2 to not have a bean 3 couch potato (also now 'mouse potato') 4 to dangle a carrot 5 like peas in a pod 6 cauliflower ear (a sports injury) 7 to know your onions 8 face as red as a beetroot 9 knitting lentils (also 'knitting yoghurt', living an 'alternative' lifestyle) 10 mushroom cloud 11 to be a total cabbage (to do nothing, aka 'to veg out') 12 pea-souper (a thick fog, nothing to do with Aussie foodstuff the 'floater') 1 to not give a fig 2 go nuts 3 play gooseberry (to be an unwelcome third party) 4 to cherry pick (to select the best bits) 5 to (talk) rhubarb (to pretend to talk in the background of a film / play) 6 plum position 7 to blow a raspberry (aka Bronx cheer) 8 sour grapes 9 to play second banana (to be a sidekick or deputy) 10 the apple of one's eye 11 to be a lemon (a disappointment or sham) 12 peaches and cream (a certain complexion) |