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[English Note] 关于水果蔬菜的英语俚语

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                                                            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。

  3.comepare 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):t o 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。
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看可不可以提高英语?!!!!!!!!!
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Mr. Bean 原来是这么来的。
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