基于水果的俚语

《基于水果的俚语》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在学术论文-天天文库。

1、Apple（苹果）tobetheappleofone’seye  exp.tobeone’sfavorite掌上明珠；心爱物  ·She’stheappleofherfather’seye.她是她父亲的掌上明珠theBigApple  exp.NewYork大苹果城[即纽约]  ·IliveintheBigApple.我住在大苹果城。compareapplesandorangesexp.tocomparetwothingsthatsimplycannotbecompared比较两个无法相比的事物  ·That’sridiculous.Nowyou’recomparingapplesandora

2、nges.真可笑，你这是拿两种无法相比的东西作比较，就好像苹果和桔子。"Howdoyoulikethemapples?"  exp."Whatdoyouthinkofthat?"你认为那怎么样？  *注：这是对某种冒犯性行为做出报复后所说的话。关于apple用法的补充：  1、apple-polisher马屁精例如：Sheisarealapple-polisherforthewayshe’scrawlingaroundthebossandmakingeyesathim.她是一个马屁精，整天围着老板眉来眼去的。2、Therottenappleinjuresitsneighbours.一只烂,烂一

3、筐;一个坏朋友可以影响一群好人。3、谚语：  Throwawaytheapplebecauseofthecore.因噎废食Anappleadaykeepsthedoctoraway.日吃苹果一只，身体健康不求医。4、习惯用语：  aslikeasanappletoanoyster毫无相同之处badapple,rottenapple（美俚）坏家伙polishtheapple（美俚）拍马屁,讨好upsetsb.’sapplecart破坏某人计划Banana（香蕉）Tobebananas  Exp.Tobecrazy发疯的；神经错乱.Thatguy’sbananas!那家伙真是疯了。  togoba

4、nanas1.tobecomecrazy发疯；神经错乱  ·I’msobored.I’mgoingbananas.我厌烦得要死，都快发疯了。  2．Tobecomewildwithanger狂怒，气得发疯  ·Shewentbananaswhenshefoundhimcheating.她发现他欺骗时气得要命。Toplaysecondbanana  Exp.Tobesecondchoice第二选择；次要任务  ·Ialwaysplaysecondbananatoher.我总是做她的候补。Topbanana  --Mainboss领袖；头头；大老板  ·He’s(the)topbananainth

5、iscompany.他是这家公司的大老板。Bean(豆) Beanbrain  --Idiot白痴，笨蛋  ·He’ssuchabeanbrain.他是个大笨蛋。  此词语暗示某人的脑子只有豆子那么大。Nottoknowbeansaboutsomething---Nottoknowanythingaboutsomething对某事物一无所知  Idon’tknowbeansaboutcomputers.我对电脑一窍不通。  此词语只有否定形式，“toknowbeansaboutsomething”这种说法不存在。BeanTown  Exp.Boston,Massachusetts豆城[指马萨诸

6、塞州波士顿市]  *注：波士顿市以其特产烘豆而闻名Beet（甜菜）Beetred  --Tobeextremelyredfromblushing,embarrassment,etc.[因窘迫、羞愧等]脸红  ·Shewassoembarrassedsheturnedbeetred.她窘得满脸通红。但redbeet是指“红甜菜”噢！Cabbage（洋白菜、甘蓝菜）  n.money钱，金钱 ：这个词语尽管已不再常用，但偶尔也会在老影片或玩笑中听到。 Carrot（胡萝卜） Todangleacarrotinfrontofsomeone--Totemptsomeonewithanunobtaina

7、bleoffer开空头支票[以实践不了的诺言诱惑某人]  ·ThebosstoldmeifIperformwellonthejob,we’lltalkaboutasalaryincreasenextyear.ButIthinkhe’sjustdanglingacarrotinfrontofme.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。Cauliflo