与蔬菜水果有关的俚语

 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。