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1. to butter both sides of one’s bread
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a. to get what you want by flattery
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2. to be one’s bread and butter
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b. to be behaving in a very strange or silly way
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3. to butter sb. up
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c. to get a very low salary
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4. to be the breadwinner
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d. to tell something that someone else wanted you to keep a secret
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5. to be full of beans
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e. to profit from two things at the same time
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6. to get paid peanuts
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f. to be an activity or job you do to get the money you need
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7. to spill the beans
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g. to be very lively, eager, full of energy
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8. not know beans about
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h. to have no money at all
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9. not be worth a hill of beans
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i. to know nothing at all about a subject
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10. not have a bean
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j. to earn the main salary
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11. be out to lunch
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k. to be worth nothing
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1. This employer can’t be trusted — he is sure .
2. It’s the kids’ party today and they .
3. I’m sorry, but he won’t suit because .
4. She earns the main salary — she is the in our family.
5. Helen hasn’t heard a word you said — she’s .
6. He works for one company during the day and at the same time he has a job with another company during the evening — he wants to .
7. I can’t pay you today –— I .
8. I don’t write just for fun — it’s my .
9. ing me up will get you nowhere.
10. He is a hotel worker. He works long hours but . He can hardly make both ends meet.
11. The story you got involved in is .
