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1. Two little girls are playing in a park, wearing matching dresses. "How sweet they are!" a passer-by tells their proud mother. "They're as alike as two peas in a ____" what?
2. A child asking a favor might use a sweet fruit to embellish his request. When "please" isn't enough, he'll try "pretty please with a _____ on top." What's on top?
3. "Cool as a cucumber," one businessman says to another. "I was thoroughly impressed." Which of the following is most likely the subject of their conversation?
4. It's hard to think of plant matter as particularly nationalistic, especially when it's been sliced, spiced, and baked in a pastry shell. Yet one particular fruit-filled pie is a benchmark for patriotism in the US. One might call a person "as American as _____ pie"; what fruit fills in both the pie and the blank?
5. Someone blushing deeply might turn very red indeed. In the standard cliché, to what fruit or vegetable is the blusher's color compared?
6. Yesterday, he announced to his friends that he'd bought a new car; today, he's telling them it's a "lemon." What's going on with the car?
7. When it comes to criticism of artistic works, there are two main categories: the erudite kind published in newspapers and magazines, and the more direct kind practiced by the public. Suppose that the public is, idiomatically at least, throwing rotten tomatoes. What do they most likely think of the performance?
8. A friend you haven't seen in a while tells you that things have "gone pear-shaped." Which response would be most appropriate?
9. Some idioms come directly from fairy tales, or at least from the Disney versions of them. If a polite guest feels that a party has gone on too long, she may cite a fear of vegetable transmogrification as an excuse for leaving. "Look at the time!" she'll say. "I'd better go before my car turns into a ______." What food item describes the vehicle's possible fate?
10. A friend describes someone to you as "the apple of my eye." What does he most likely mean by that?
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