“蔬菜水果”教你说地道俚语

 　　Apple 苹果

　　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。

　　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。

　　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。

　　“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

　　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。

　　play second banana (to):to 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。

　　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)

　　bean brain :idiot 白痴，笨蛋

　　eg.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

　　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。

　　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。

　　Beet¹(甜菜)

　　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。

　　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)

　　exp.to tempt² 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 dangling³ 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 boxer⁴ 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。

1 beet   

n.甜菜；甜菜根

参考例句：

• He farmed his pickers to work in the beet fields. 他出租他的摘棉工去甜菜地里干活。
• The sugar beet is an entirely different kind of plant.糖用甜菜是一种完全不同的作物。

2 tempt   

vt.引诱，勾引，吸引，引起…的兴趣

参考例句：

• Nothing could tempt him to such a course of action.什么都不能诱使他去那样做。
• The fact that she had become wealthy did not tempt her to alter her frugal way of life.她有钱了，可这丝毫没能让她改变节俭的生活习惯。

3 dangling   

悬吊着( dangle的现在分词 )； 摆动不定； 用某事物诱惑…； 吊胃口

参考例句：

• The tooth hung dangling by the bedpost, now. 结果，那颗牙就晃来晃去吊在床柱上了。
• The children sat on the high wall,their legs dangling. 孩子们坐在一堵高墙上，摇晃着他们的双腿。

4 boxer   

n.制箱者，拳击手

参考例句：

• The boxer gave his opponent a punch on the nose.这个拳击手朝他对手的鼻子上猛击一拳。
• He moved lightly on his toes like a boxer.他像拳击手一样踮着脚轻盈移动。