15 English idioms from fruit that will make you excited

15 English idioms from fruit that will make you excited

If you have ever felt very interested in English idioms with fruit names like “to go bananas” or “as cool as a cucumber”, today you will know 13 more idioms that also contribute faces of familiar fruits!

1. The apple never falls far from the tree: a person’s personality traits are close to those of the person’s parents

For example:

  • He is a fool like his father was – the apple never falls far from the tree.

2. To go bananas: to become crazy

For example:

  • I banana wents when I lost the game.
15 English idioms from fruit that will make you excited
3. A carrot top: A red-haired person

For example:

  • In my family, my brother is a carrot top.

4. As cool as a cucumber: relaxed and confident

For example:

  • She was as cool as a cucumber before her presentation because she was well-prepared.
15 English idioms from fruit that will make you excited

5. Like two peas in a pod: nearly identical, very similar

For example:

  • They’re like two peas in a pod.

6. To go beetroot: to have a red face because you are embarrassed

For example:

  • Whenever I talked about his girlfriend, he would go beetroot.

7. Couch potato: a chronic television viewer

For example:

  • My younger sister is a great couch potato; she can watch TV 24 hours a day
15 English idioms from fruit that will make you excited
8. Salad days: the youthful period of one’s life

For example:

  • But that was in my salad days, before I got married and had children.

9. A hard nut to crack: a problem that is difficult to solve;

For example:

  • He is such a hard nut to crack! (He is such a difficult person to understand!)

10. To go pear-shaped: to fail, to be unsuccessful

For example:

  • We’d planned to go away for the weekend, but it all went pear-shaped.
15 English idioms from fruit that will make you excited

11. Another bite at the cherry: another opportunity to achieve something.

For example:

  • It was your last bite at the cherry.
15 English idioms from fruit that will make you excited

12. Apples and oranges: to be different from each other

For example:

  • My brothers are apples and oranges

13. A plum job: a very easy, pleasant job that pays well.

For example:

  • He got a plum job in an insurance company.

14. To hold out/offer an olive branch: to do or say something to end a disagreement with someone.

For example:

  • He held out an olive branch to his sister by giving his house key to her.

15. Peaches and cream: a situation, process, etc., that has no trouble or problems.

For example:

  • He promised her that if she married him, life would be peaches and cream.