BBC Food idioms – Vegetables

Oct 252012

In this episode, The Teacher introduces you to three idiomatic phrases connected with
vegetables.
1. It’s a hot potato
2. A carrot and stick
3. Like two peas in a pod

Transcript
Hello, I’m a very interesting and intelligent man. And today, this carrot, these peas and this potato are going to be teaching you some idioms in English.
I bet you’ve never been taught by some vegetables before.
Ah, my boss.
He’s not very happy with me at the moment.
He found out I’m giving you these secret video classes and he wants me to stop.
He thinks these lessons are just… silly.
It’s a hot potato.
In English, if there’s a delicate issue and people can’t agree we call it a ‘hot potato’.

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