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food idioms 08
趣味食品idioms 08 [下午茶－趣味食品习语]

hit the sauce
MEANING: drink alcohol - usually regularly
I think that she has begun to hit the sauce since her husband lost his job.

hot potato
MEANING: a question or argument that is controversial and difficult to settle
The issue of building the nuclear power plant is a real hot potato for the local town council.

in a nutshell
MEANING: briefly, in a few words
We went to the meeting and they told us in a nutshell what would be happening to everyone next year.

in the soup
MEANING: in serious trouble, in disorder
She is really in the soup now. She told her boss that she was sick but he saw her downtown shopping.