{"id":12614,"date":"2019-04-24T12:17:44","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T20:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/?p=12614"},"modified":"2023-01-07T08:20:49","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T16:20:49","slug":"business-english-bep-341-english-idioms-food-idioms-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2019\/04\/24\/business-english-bep-341-english-idioms-food-idioms-3\/","title":{"rendered":"BEP 341 &#8211; Business English Idioms: Food Idioms (3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-12614-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/bizpod\/BEP341-Food-Idioms3.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/bizpod\/BEP341-Food-Idioms3.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/bizpod\/BEP341-Food-Idioms3.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a title=\"Business English Lesson BEP 341 - Business English Food Idioms (3)\" href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/BEP341POD\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Business-English-BEP-341-English-Idioms-Food-3-LESSON-600x259.jpg\" alt=\"Business English Pod 341 - English Idioms for Food (3)\" width=\"600\" height=\"259\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-12617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Business-English-BEP-341-English-Idioms-Food-3-LESSON-600x259.jpg 600w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Business-English-BEP-341-English-Idioms-Food-3-LESSON-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Business-English-BEP-341-English-Idioms-Food-3-LESSON-768x332.jpg 768w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Business-English-BEP-341-English-Idioms-Food-3-LESSON-200x86.jpg 200w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Business-English-BEP-341-English-Idioms-Food-3-LESSON-400x173.jpg 400w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Business-English-BEP-341-English-Idioms-Food-3-LESSON-800x346.jpg 800w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Business-English-BEP-341-English-Idioms-Food-3-LESSON.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome back to Business English Pod for our final lesson on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/business-idioms\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">business English idioms<\/a> related to food. <\/p>\n<p>Over the past couple of weeks, we&#8217;ve looked at a lot of different <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/business-idioms\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">English idioms<\/a> connected to food. It should be no surprise that so many expressions are related to eating and drinking. After all, we do it three times a day, or more. Food is not just a necessity, it&#8217;s a big part of life and culture. <\/p>\n<p>When you&#8217;re looking at idioms, it&#8217;s important to remember that they are fixed expressions where the words don&#8217;t have a literal meaning. So when you hear that someone is &#8220;in a pickle,&#8221; you have to understand that there&#8217;s no actual pickle. It just means that someone&#8217;s in a difficult situation. You have to figure it out from the context, because there&#8217;s not really an obvious connection between pickles and difficult situations. <\/p>\n<p>In the lesson, we&#8217;ll rejoin a conversation between three colleagues. Jessie has been trying to convince Luke and Ben to join her in starting a business together. Today, we&#8217;ll hear them talking about the possible challenges of running their own business. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Listening Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1.\tWhat example does Ben give of a possibly difficult business situation?<br \/>\n2.\tWhat does Jessie say is one important benefit of running your own business?<br \/>\n3.\tAccording to Jessie, what is necessary for people to have a good business partnership?<\/p>\n<p>[tp no_translate=&#8221;y&#8221;]<strong>Premium Members: <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/BEP341SN-Food-Idioms3.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">PDF Transcript<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/BEP341QIZ\/presentation.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Quizzes<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/BEP341PC.mp3\" 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