apple of one`s eye
- someone or something that one likes a lot
eg. The little girl is the apple of her grandfather`s eye.
back to the salt mines
- back to work, humorous expression to express going back to unpleasant work
eg. Well, lunch is over so let`s go back to the salt mines for the afternoon.
bad egg
- a bad person, bum
eg. That man is a bad egg so you should try and avoid him if you can.
big cheese
- an important person, a leader
eg. He is a big cheese in his company so you should be very nice to him.
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