This Brit expression is the same as the US "takes the cake." If something "takes the biscuit" or "takes the cake" then that is the most surprising outcome imaginable; what has just happened beats all previous outcomes, either in a good or a bad way.
Note: remember that the Brit expression "biscuit" is the same as the US "cookie"
Example: "I've heard of bad math scores, but your's just takes the biscuit (cake)"
What the Americans call "cookie", the British call "biscuit".I had a rabbit called Biscuit.he dipped the biscuit in his tea.That really takes the biscuit. (British idiom meaning that you find something that has occurred to be annoying or surprising).
"Ill" means bad or poor -- taking something ill means taking it poorly or badly.
"To be" is not an idiom - it's a verb.
Idiom
Pest is not an idiom. It's a word.
The idiom "apple shiner" means the teacher's pet.
The meaning of the idiom in the pink of health means being in good health.
The cast of Taking the Biscuit - 2009 includes: Ed Cooper Clarke as Man Chloe Metcalfe as Woman
the term idiom is meaning idiot and eating out of the hand is to represent a person or animal taking the bait and moving in close like an?... funny question ask google this :p what is an idiosynchronicity event?
The idiom means impress someone is egg on
It's not an idiom - to cope means to deal with, or to handle
"Old hand" is an idiom meaning having lots of experience.