20 Common Idioms about Fruits in English 🍇🍈🍑🍓

1. The apple of your eye

• Meaning: The person who you are very fond of
• E.g. She has three children, but her youngest son is the apple of her eye.

2. Go bananas

• Meaning: To become very angry, crazy or annoyed
• E.g. She’ll go bananas if she sees the house in this (dirty) condition.

3. A bite at the cherry

• Meaning: An opportunity to achieve something:
• E.g. He definitely wants a bite of the cherry.

4. Not give a fig

• Meaning: Not to feel interested in something
• E.g. You can do what you want. I don’t give a fig.

5. Apples and oranges

• Meaning: To be different from each other
• E.g. My mom and my mother-in-law are just apples and oranges.

6. Lemon

• Meaning: A vehicle that does not work properly
• E.g. The car dealer sold me a lemon.