Bread and cheese

1. [Match]

Can you guess what these uses of bread and cheese mean?

(Notes
cheese sb off phrasal verb INFORMAL annoy someone
His reaction to my complaint really cheesed me off!
cheesed off adjective [after verb] INFORMAL annoyed, exasperated, bored or disappointed with something or someone.
eg I’m a bit cheesed off with my job.
bread-and-butter adjective (of ideas or problems) basic and relating directly to most people
Eg Unemployment and education are the sort of bread-and-butter issues that people vote on.
cheesy INFORMAL 1) clearly of cheap quality or in bad style eg a cheesy film, cheesy adverts 2) insincere, eg of a wide smile She gave a cheesy grin to the cameras.
bread and butter a person’s livelihood or main source of income
eg He’s a graphic artist, but he earns his bread and butter by working in a garage.
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Answers for Quiz [1].

• 1. survive on the level of income someone has when they are extremely poor (correct)
• 2. INFORMAL – be an excellent person or thing (correct)
• 3. large farming area which provides other areas with food (correct)
• 4. phrasal verb INFORMAL annoy someone (correct)
• 5. adjective (of ideas or problems) basic and relating directly to most people
  (correct)
• 6. completely different from each other (correct)
• 7. SAYING used to say that people need not just food, but also poetry, art, music, etc. to live happily
  (correct)
• 8. person who earns money to support his / her family (correct)
• 9. insincere; sentimental or of poor quality
  (correct)
• 10. INFORMAL – insincere; sentimental, of poor quality or taste (correct)
• 11. entertainment, political or official plans that are intended to keep people happy and to stop them from noticing or complaining about problems; activities which keep people happy and docile
  (correct)
• 12. INFORMAL said to or about someone to whom something unfortunate but minor has happened to show 1) sympathy for them 2) no sympathy for them (correct)
• 13. (of food) coated with breadcrumbs and fried (correct)
• 14. a person’s livelihood or main source of income (correct)
• 15. INFORMAL
  be careful not to act in ways that would lose you other people’s approval, or lose you an advantage
  (correct)
• 16. something that someone who is taking a photograph of you tells you to say so that your mouth makes the shape of a smile (correct)