关于水果的俚语.doc

Apple（苹果）to be the apple of ones eyeexp. to be ones favorite 掌上明珠；心爱物Shes the apple of her fathers eye. 她是她父亲的掌上明珠 the Big Appleexp. 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 exp. to compare two things that simply cannot be compared比较两个无法相比的事物Thats ridiculous. Now youre comparing apples and oranges. 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。How do you like them apples?exp. What do you think of that? 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：She is a real apple-polisher for the way shes crawling around the boss and making eyes at him. 她是一个马屁精，整天围着老板眉来眼去的。2、The rotten apple injures its neighbours. 一只烂, 烂一筐; 一个坏朋友可以影响一群好人。 3、谚语：Throw away the apple because of the core. 因噎废食 An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 日吃苹果一只，身体健康不求医。4、习惯用语：as like as an apple to an oyster 毫无相同之处 bad apple,rotten apple （美俚）坏家伙polish the apple （美俚）拍马屁, 讨好upset sb.s apple cart 破坏某人计划 Banana（香蕉） To be bananasExp. To be crazy 发疯的；神经错乱.That guys bananas!那家伙真是疯了。to go bananas 1. to become crazy 发疯；神经错乱Im so bored. Im going bananas. 我厌烦得要死，都快发疯了。2To 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。To play second bananaExp. To be second choice 第二选择；次要任务I always play second banana to her. 我总是做她的候补。Top banana-Main boss 领袖；头头；大老板Hes (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Hes such a bean brain. 他是个大笨蛋。此词语暗示某人的脑子只有豆子那么大。Not to know beans about something -Not to know anything about something 对某事物一无所知I dont know beans about computers. 我对电脑一窍不通。此词语只有否定形式， “to know beans about something”这种说法不存在。Bean TownExp. 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 extremely red from blushing, embarrassment, etc. 因窘迫、羞愧等脸红She was so embarrassed she turned beet red. 她窘得满脸通红。但red beet 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） To dangle a carrot in front of someone - To 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 if I perform well on the job, well talk about a salary increase next year. But I think hes 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 earsSwollen 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） (to be a) bowl of cherries-To be wonderful 精彩的，绝妙的Life isnt 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。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！*亦作：corny adj. melodramatic 情节剧的；夸张的 The 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? 你从哪儿买来的那顶滑稽的帽子？Cucumber（黄瓜，胡瓜） (to be) cool as a cucumber-to be calm and composed 十分冷静，镇定自如Although hes guilty of the crime, he sure is cool as a cucumber. 尽管他犯了罪，却还是那么镇定自如。Fruit （水果；果实） (derogatory) homosexual 贬义同性恋的人I think that guys a fruit. 我觉得那家伙是个同性恋者。1：fruit adj. (derogatory) said of an effeminate homosexual male 贬义具女人气的同性恋男子2：“fruit”一字带有很强的贬义，同性恋者群众能予接受的词为“gay”。Fruitcake-an insane person 蠢人；疯子What a fruitcake! 真是个疯子！形容词“nutty”的字面含义为“full of nuts”（满是坚果的），但通常是指“发疯的，发狂的”，因此出现了下面这个很流行的双关语：to be nuttier than a fruitcakeGrapes （葡萄） (through the) grapevineexp. coming from an unofficial source, oftentimes a rumor 从非正式途径传来的；谣言；小道消息 I heard it through the grapevine. 我是听小道消息说的。sour grapesexp. devaluing something one can not have due to jealousy 酸葡萄处于妒忌而贬低自己得不到的东西 I dont care that I didnt win the car. I wouldnt want a Jaguar anyway. Its too hard to get parts and service. I suppose thats just sour grapes. 我不在乎没有赢得那辆汽车，反正本来我也不想要美洲豹牌汽车，零部件不好配，维修也不方便。也许我只是吃不到葡萄就说葡萄酸吧。Lemon （柠檬） worthless merchandise, junk 没有价值的商品，破烂货ThatcarisreallyalemonPeacharealpeach极好的，美妙的，不过通常用来讽刺和挖苦人。Heisarealpeach.(他可真是个大好人啊！）pickle的原意是指腌制的泡菜，而这里是指困境、尴尬的处境（predicament），想一下，当你陷入困境（togetintopickle)时，是不是像泡菜一样蔫了呢？Potato1.couchpotato经常躺在沙发上嚼薯片的人，是