与水果蔬菜有关的俚语.doc

与水果蔬菜有关的俚语Apple 苹果apple of one's eye ( to be the )：to be one's favorite 掌上明珠；心爱物eg.She is the apple of her father's eye她是她父亲的掌上明珠Big Apple (the)：New York 大苹果城(即纽约)eg.I live in the Big Apple我住在大苹果城comepare apples and oranges (to)：to compare two things thatsimply cannot be compared比较两个无法相比的事物eg.That's ridiculous.Now you're comparing apples and oranges你是在那两种无法相比的东西作比较，就好像苹果和桔子How do you like the apples?”：“What do you think of that ?”*注：这是对某种冒犯性行为做出报复后说的话Banana(香蕉)bananas (to be )：to be crazy 发疯的，神经错乱的eg.That guuy's bananas!那家伙真是疯了！*注意：to go bananas:1.to become crazy。

发疯，神经错乱eg.I'm so bored I'm going bananas我厌烦的要死，都快发疯了2.to become wild with anger 狂怒，气得发疯eg.She went bananas when she found him cheating她发现他欺骗时气得要命play second banana (to)：to be second choice 第二选择，次要人物eg.I always play second banana to her我总是做她的后补top banana:main boss 领袖，头头，大老板eg.He's (the) top banana in this company他是这家公司的大老板Bean (豆)bean brain :idiot 白痴，笨蛋eg.He is such a bean brain他是个大笨蛋beans about sth. (not to know)：not to know anything aboutsth对某事物一无所知，一窍不通eg.I don't know beans about computers我对电脑一窍不通。

注意：此词语只有否定形式，“to know beans about sth这种说法不存在Bean Town :Boston,Massachusetts 豆城【指麻萨诸塞州波士顿市】*注：波士顿市以其特产烘豆而闻名Beet(甜菜)　　beet red (to be)：to be extremly red from blushing,embarrassment,etc.[因窘迫，羞愧等]脸红eg.She was so embarrased she turned beet red他窘迫得满脸通红Cabbage(洋白菜，甘蓝菜)cabbage:money 钱，金钱*注：这个词语尽管已不在常用，但偶尔也会在老影片或玩笑中听到carrot(胡萝卜)carrot in front of someone (to danglea)exp.to tempt someone with an unobtainableoffer 开空头支票[以实践不了的诺言诱惑某人]eg.The boss told me lf I perform well on the job ,we 'll talkabout a salary increase next year.But I think he's just dangling acarrot in front ofme。

老板告诉我，如果我工作表现出色，明年加工资就有商量了但我想他这不过是开了一张空头支票Cauliflower(花椰菜，菜花)cauliflower ears:swollen ears usually resulting from a boxingmatch[拳击运动员因多次受击而肿起的]开花耳朵eg.That boxer has cauliflower ears那位拳击运动员的耳朵被打开花了Cherry(樱桃)bowl of cherries (to be a )：to be wonderful 精彩的，绝妙的eg.Life isn't always a bowl of cherries生活并不总是美好的Corn (谷物；谷粒)“For corn sake!”：“Oh,my goodness!” “噢，天哪！”*注：这个词语虽然已相当过时，但中老年人仍在使用corn :n.melodrama,overemotional drama 情节剧；感情表现夸张的戏剧eg.What a bunch of corn!这一连串的情节剧真精彩啊！adj.melodramatic 情节剧的；夸张的eg.That movie was so corny!这部电影表现得太夸张了！cornball:adj.ridiculous 荒唐的，可笑的eg.Where did you buy that cornball hat?你从哪儿买来那顶滑稽的帽子？cucumber(黄瓜，胡瓜)cool as a cucumber (to be)：to be calm and composed 十分冷静，镇定自如eg.Although he's guilty of the crime ,he sure as cool as acucumber。

尽管他犯了罪，却还是那么镇定自如。