Cucina - Lessico
Leggendo la lezione di oggi imparerai alcune espressioni idiomatiche legate alla gastronomia.
If you say that an event or situation is pie in the sky, you mean that it’s almost impossible that it will happen.
Having a woman as Prime Minister in Italy is just a pie-in-the-sky idea at the moment.
We say that something is a piece of cake when we think that it is very easy to do.
Making movies today is a piece of cake. All you need is a digital videocamera and a computer.
When you say that someone or something takes the cake or takes the biscuit, you mean that their behaviour or qualities are very surprising or irritating.
I’ve met a lot of strange people in my life, but Mary’s boyfriend definitely takes the biscuit!
postato da pmanuella il martedì 18 marzo 2008 in:
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