邊吃邊學:關(guān)于“水果蔬菜”的英語俚語

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Apple 蘋果
    apple of one's eye ( to be the ):to be one's favorite 掌上明珠;心愛物
    eg.She is the apple of her father's eye.她是她父親的掌上明珠。
    Big Apple (the):New York 大蘋果城【即紐約】
    eg.I live in the Big Apple.我住在大蘋果城。
    comepare apples and oranges (to):to compare two things that simply cannot be compared.比較兩個無法相比的事物
    eg.That's ridiculous.Now you're comparing apples and oranges .真可笑。你是在那兩種無法相比的東西作比較,就好像蘋果和桔子。
    “How do you like the apples?”:“What do you think of that ?”
    *注:這是對某種冒犯性行為做出報復(fù)后說的話。
    Banana(香蕉)
    bananas (to be ):to be crazy 發(fā)瘋的,神經(jīng)錯亂的
    eg.That guuy's bananas!那家伙真是瘋了!
    *注意:to go bananas:1.to become crazy.發(fā)瘋,神經(jīng)錯亂
    eg.I'm so bored I'm going bananas.我厭煩的要死,都快發(fā)瘋了。
    2.to become wild with anger狂怒,氣得發(fā)瘋
    eg.She went bananas when she found him cheating.她發(fā)現(xiàn)他欺騙時氣得要命。
    play second banana (to):to be second choice第二選擇,次要人物
    eg.I always play second banana to her.我總是做她的后補。
    top banana:main boss領(lǐng)袖,頭頭,大老板
    eg.He's (the) top banana in this company.他是這家公司的大老板。
    Bean (豆)
    bean brain :idiot 白癡,笨蛋
    eg.He is such a bean brain.他是個大笨蛋。
    beans about sth. (not to know):not to know anything about sth.對某事物一無所知,一竅不通
    eg.I don't know beans about computers.我對電腦一竅不通。
    *注意:此詞語只有否定形式,“to know beans about sth.”這種說法不存在。
    Bean Town :Boston,Massachusetts 豆城【指麻薩諸塞州波士頓市】
    *注:波士頓市以其特產(chǎn)烘豆而聞名。
    Beet(甜菜)
    beet red (to be):to be extremly red from blushing ,embarrassment,etc.[因窘迫,羞愧等]臉紅
    eg.She was so embarrased she turned beet red.他窘迫得滿臉通紅。
    Cabbage(洋白菜,甘藍菜)
    cabbage:money錢,金錢
    *注:這個詞語盡管已不在常用,但偶爾也會在老影片或玩笑中聽到。
    carrot(胡蘿卜)
    carrot in front of someone (to danglea)
    ex.to tempt someone with an unobtainable offer開空頭支票[以實踐不了的諾言誘惑某人]
    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.老板告訴我,如果我工作表現(xiàn)出色,明年加工資就有商量了。但我想他這不過是開了一張空頭支票。
    Cauliflower(花椰菜,菜花)
    cauliflower ears:swollen ears usually resulting from a boxing match[拳擊運動員因多次受擊而腫起的]開花耳朵
    eg.That boxer has cauliflower ears.那位拳擊運動員的耳朵被打開花了。
    Cherry(櫻桃)
    bowl of cherries (to be a ):to be wonderful 精彩的,絕妙的
    eg.Life isn't always a bowl of cherries.生活并不總是美好的。
    Corn (谷物;谷粒)
    “For corn sake!”:“Oh,my goodness!” “噢,天哪!”
    *注:這個詞語雖然已相當過時,但中老年人仍在使用。
    corn :n.melodrama,overemotional drama情節(jié)??;感情表現(xiàn)夸張的戲劇
    eg.What a bunch of corn!這一連串的情節(jié)劇真精彩?。?BR>    adj.melodramatic 情節(jié)劇的;夸張的
    eg.That movie was so corny!這部電影表現(xiàn)得太夸張了!
    cornball:adj.ridiculous 荒唐的,可笑的
    eg.Where did you buy that cornball hat?你從哪兒買來那頂滑稽的帽子?
    cucumber(黃瓜,胡瓜)
    cool as a cucumber (to be):to be calm and composed 十分冷靜,鎮(zhèn)定自如
    eg.Although he's guilty of the crime ,he sure as cool as a cucumber.盡管他犯了罪,卻還是那么鎮(zhèn)定自如。