These are all unusual representations of words, phrases or things. Can you figure them out? One posted answer per person, please.

2. chocolate chips

7. coffee break

1. Little white lie.

6: coupe la moutarde

4. peas in a pod/ like peas in a pod

5. yellow fever?

Great answers!

Niki, I can see where you got yours, but mine is different.

3. A bolt out of the blue

I'll try Split Pea Soup for #4

Yes to both!

8. orange peel

9. royalty?

Jema, that's a good one! I have another more sneaky answer.

CCb, that's also a terrific alternate. For mine - try again.

My last tries..

9. periwinkle tea? or lavender tea?

9 - purple cross

Good tries CCb and OrleansBelle, but nope.

8. squiggle

Looks like a...
8. cheese curl

It sure does! But I have a different answer.

8. curlicue?

Try again, Jema. The color matters.

(8) Navel orange

That's it, Dar!

9: tea room? t-square?

9. true blue?

Sherlock's got it! Good solve!

So I know (and perhaps use it in a crypt!),
why does a blue T represent "True blue"? Thanks.

T = true and F = false on tests. The T is a blue color, hence true blue. Yoda style.