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与水果有关的英语俚语

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与水果有关的英语俚语

  俚语是语言中最鲜活最独具特色的组成部分,英文的俚语就像中文的方言一样,是语言这个大花园中陪衬主要栽培物的野花,但是正因为这些野花,这个大花园才更加生机盎然,更加朝气蓬勃。下面小编整理了关于水果的俚语,欢迎大家阅读。

  cherry 樱桃

  (1) bowl of cherries (to be a):

  to be wonderful 精彩的,绝妙的

  例:

  Life isn't always a bowl of cherries.

  生活并不总是美好的。

  (2) cherry-pick

  select carefully 精挑细选

  (3) "Life is a bowl of cherries"

  生活就像一碗樱桃。暗指生活美好简单。

  banana 香蕉

  (1) bananas (to be):

  to be crazy 发疯的,神经错乱的

  注:to go bananas:

  a. to become crazy. 发疯,神经错乱

  例:

  I'm so bored I'm going bananas.

  我烦得要死,快发疯了。

  b. to become wild with anger 狂怒,气得发疯

  例:

  She went bananas when she found him cheating.

  她发现他欺骗时气得要命。

  (2) play second banana (to):

  to be second choice

  第二选择,次要人物

  例:

  I always play second banana to her.

  我总是做她的后补。

  (3) top banana:

  main boss

  领袖,头头,大老板

  例:

  He's (the) top banana in this company.

  他是这家公司的大老板.

  apple 苹果

  (1) apple of one's eye (to be the):

  to be one's favorite 掌上明珠;心爱物

  例:

  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)

  例:

  I live in the Big Apple. 我住在大苹果城。

  (3) compare apples and oranges (to):

  to compare two things that simply cannot be compared.

  比较两个无法相比的事物

  例:

  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。

  (5) apple-pie

  整洁、井井有条

  例:

  Everything here is in apple-pie order.

  这里的一切都井然有序。

  lemon 柠檬

  shoddy goods

  劣质商品

  例:

  His car was a lemon, it broke down in a month.

  他的车质量有问题,一个月坏了两次。

  grapes 葡萄

  sour grapes

  酸葡萄,也就是我们常说的“吃不着葡萄就说葡萄酸”。

  例:

  He said he didn’t want the job anyway, but that’s just sour grapes.

  他说他不想干这份工作,只不过是吃不着葡萄说葡萄酸而已。

  注:sour grapes 虽然是复数形式,与之搭配的动词则是单数形式。

  melon 甜瓜

  It is sometimes used as slang for head or, vulgarly, for large breasts.

  有时表示“头”,有时表示“大胸”

  peach 桃子

  (1) beautiful, excellent, or sweet

  很漂亮,优秀或甜美。

  例:

  She is cute like a peach.

  她像桃子一样甜美可人。

  (2) peaches and cream

  生活很顺利

  例:

  Everything is peaches and cream.

  一切都进展顺利。

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