“One of my daughter’s friends is a bit of a bad apple. To be a bad apple is to be the bad or corrupt person within a group who may lead others astray! The second of our apple-related fall idioms (autumn idioms) isn’t as positive. This also features on our list of food idioms. “I love all my children but my youngest will always be the apple of my eye.” You are loved and cherished above all others. If you are described as the apple of someone’s eye, consider yourself very lucky. There are plenty of ways that fall and apples go hand-in-hand.
Warm apple pies, apple bobbing or harvesting ripe apples. This is just one of many idioms about hard work in English. “I realize I have been working a lot recently, but I’m confident I will be able to reap the harvest in another year.” We can use the phrase reap the harvest to refer to a physical harvest of crops, but also in any situation where someone’s hard work has paid off. Many crops are harvested in fall, after the farmer has labored during the summer to nurture them. “Wow, is that the time? I’d better leave before I turn into a pumpkin.” Reap the harvest You might use this humorous turn of words when you need to go home or to bed before it gets too late.
The first of our lovely autumn idioms is linked to a popular fairy tale, but can you guess which one? In this story the pumpkin turns into a beautiful coach and at midnight turns into the pumpkin again. These autumnal idioms are all about things associated with the season: harvesting crops, leaves falling from trees, and animals preparing for hibernation. Fall idioms and autumn idioms with examples
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