Author(s): Bridget Heos
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 32
Publisher: Lerner Publications
Language: English
Date Published: 2012-10-01
Dimensions: 178.3 x 232.4 x 15.5mm
Publication City/Country: Minneapolis, United States
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Illustrations: Index; Illustrations, color; Illustrations, black and white

In a pickle. Apple of my eye. Take the cake. Have you ever heard these crazy expressions? People use them even when no pickles, apples, or cakes are around! That's because these sayings are idioms--phrases that mean something different from what the words in them actually say. But don't let idioms leave you with egg on your face. Let's explore a variety of food-related idioms and figure out what people really mean when they use them.