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23. Use the following idiomatic phrases in a)short dialogues; b)short
situations.

- a storm in a tea-cup: to stew/fry in one's own juice; in apple-pie
order; in one's salad days; to bring smth/smb to a boil;
- to quarrel with one's bread and butter; to pour oil on the waters; pie
in the sky; to promise milk and honey; the milk is split; to return to
one's muttons; to rub salt into smb's wound; to be all sugar and
honey;
- to put the fat in the fire; to eat out of smb's hand; a hill of beans;
a fine kettle of fish; small beer; a bone in one's/smb's throat; to have
bread buttered on both sides; to be off one's onion; to eat a peck of
salt with smb; to make a meal of smth; pigeon's milk: as big as
saucers; stuff today and starve tomorrow.

24. Comment on the following proverbs.

1. Don't bite off more than you can chew.
2. Honey is sweet but the bee stings.
3. One man's meat is another man's poison.

25. Use the following proverbs in your own situations.

1. Appetite comes with eating.
2. His eyes are bigger than his stomach.
3. Hope is a good breakfast, but a bad dinner.
4. The kettle calls the pot black
5. An apple a day keeps a doctor away, and an onion or garlic a day
will keep everyone away.

Writing Assignments

1. Divide the following text into paragraphs.

In a large bowl, beat 3 large eggs, ¾ cup nonfat milk, and one 8-ounce
package of falafel mix. (falafel mix is a seasoned garbanzo meal that you
can find in your supermarket in the section for fancy foods.) In another
bowl, mix 1 pound of turkey sausage or ground turkey and a small (4-

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