LANGUAGE AND CULTURE Bi-weekly English lessons

LANGUAGE

A PIECE OF CAKE- easy

- Do you think you can do it? - Yeah, it will be a piece of cake.
- I thought I'd have problems but it turned out to be a piece of cake.

A SQUARE MEAL - a large, filling meal

- When I was in the army I sometimes didn't have a square meal for days at a time.
- University students often return home at the weekend to get a square meal.

A STORM IN A TEA CUP - a lot of worry or excitement about a situation that is not important

- All this panic in the newspapers about bird flu - it's just a storm in a teacup.
- If the headmaster thinks that the teachers' protests are nothing but a storm in a teacup, he's in for a big shock!

A TOUGH NUT - a difficult problem or person

- She's a tough nut. If she doesn't want to do something, nothing you say will make her change her mind.
- It's a tough nut to crack but if we all work together I think we can.


CULTURE


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