Straberries season

How such delicious, juicy and beautiful fruit lasts only a few months during the year??? Strawberries here in Brazil are winter fruits...and since our winter is not that long (neither that cold), we only have them for about 4 months...

I love many kinds of fruits, but strawberries are one of my top 10 (banana, papaya, seedless grapes and pineapple are some others). Have you ever tried strawberries as desert? You don't need much...a little sugar is enough to make an amazing desert... Or, maybe cream milk?...people love that around here...strawberries dipped with chocolate? Strawberries jam? I made some this year...and ate them with crackers in the morning...delicioussssss...Pies...cakes...everything goes so well with strawberries, doesn't it??

I've gotta enjoy the few last days of this season and eat as much strawberries I wish!!!

Idioms

Teaching definately brings a bunch of new information about language that I find myself quite surprised once in awhile.
Today I've decided to bring up a few idioms in English...it's funny coz we're so used to say idiomatic expressions in Portuguese...and translating them to English would just be a mess...and so the opposite way round.
There were a few expressions tha I can certantly say that I've never heard it...not in English neither Portuguese... " on the grapevine"..."to let the cat out of the bag"..."a feather in your cap"..."can't hold a candle to (someone)"..."worth its salt"...etc...
So, now that I have done my "homework"...i'd like to know...have you ever heard this expressions?? Do you know its origin? You're not supposed to check its origin on the Internet, ok??? I promisse to post the answer next week!!!!!

Love you all!!! I'm wearing my heart upon my sleeves!!!!