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food idioms 02
趣味食品idioms 02 [下午茶－趣味食品习语]

bring home the bacon
MEANING: earn your family’s living
Recently I have been working very hard trying to bring home the bacon. I have no time to do anything else.

butter up
MEANING: flatter someone to try to get their favor or friendship
He spends most of his free time trying to butter up his boss so that he won’t have to work so hard.

carrot and stick
MEANING: promising to reward or punish someone at the same time
The government took a carrot and stick approach to the people who were illegally protesting against the construction of the dam.