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关于 "水果蔬菜" 词汇的俚语 1
2008年01月12日
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The first Unit 水果和蔬菜（1）
Apple 苹果
apple of one's eye ( to be the ):to be one's favorite 掌上明珠；心爱物
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】
I live in the Big Apple.我住在大苹果城。
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
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。
“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
That guy’s bananas!那家伙真是疯了！
*注意：to go bananas:1.to become crazy.发疯，神经错乱
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
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
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
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
He is such a bean brain.他是个大笨蛋。
Beans about sth. (not to know):not to know anything about sth.对某事物一无所知，一窍不通
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【指马萨诸塞州波士顿市】
*注：波士顿市以其特产烘豆而闻名。
Beet(甜菜）
beet red (to be):to be extremely red from blushing ,embarrassment,etc.[因窘迫，羞愧等]脸红
She was so embarrassed 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)
ex. tempt someone with an unobtainable offer开空头支票[以实践不了的诺言诱惑某人]
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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