与水果有关的俚语.pdf

与水果、蔬菜相关的英语俚语与水果、蔬菜相关的英语俚语Apple 苹果1.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2.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epare apples and oranges （to）:to compare two things that simply 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 .真可笑你是在那两种无法相比的东西作比较，就好像苹果和桔子4. “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）1.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3.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4.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）1.bean brain :idiot 白痴，笨蛋eg. He is such a bean brain. 他是个大笨蛋2.beans about sth. （not to know ）:not to know anything about sth. 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。

3.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）1.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2.Cabbage （洋白菜，甘蓝菜）3.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 ）ex.to tempt someone with an unobtainable offer 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 talk about a salary increase next year.But I think he's just dangling a carrot in front of me.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 boxing match[ 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 a cucumber. 尽管他犯了罪，却还是那么镇定自如。