词语掌故解析：和蔬果有关的表达_写作素材

1、本文格式为Word版，下载可任意编辑词语掌故解析：和蔬果有关的表达_写作素材Today wewill talk about expressions that use vegetables and fruits.For example,a cucumber is a long, green vegetable thatpeople often eat in salads. You might say a person is ascool as a cucumber if he never seems to worry about anything and stayscalm in a stres

2、sful situation. If you put a cucumber in a solution of vinegar and spices for a long time, it becomes a pickle. But if you are in a pickle, you are in trouble or a difficult situation.cucumber:黄瓜ascool as a cucumber: never seems to worry about anything and stays calm in astressful situation镇定自若vineg

3、ar：醋（注意拼写）pickle:泡菜ina pickle: 处于困境之中If 2 peopleare very similar, you might say they are like 2peas in a pod.twopeas in a pod:一个豆荚里的两颗豌豆，表示两人相像There areseveral expressions about beans. If someone is very energetic, you might sayshe is full of beans. If you say something does not amount to a hill of

4、beans, you mean it isof little importance. I might say you dont knowbeans about a subject if you do not know anything at all about it. Butif you spill the beans, you tell somethingthat was supposed to be a secret.fullof beans: 精力旺盛doesnot amount to a hill of beans: 一文不值dontknow beans about a subject

5、：一窍不通spillthe beans: 泄密Potatoes area popular food in many areas. But something is considered small potatoes if it is not important. Youprobably would not want to hold a hot potato in your bare hands. This also means a problem or issue that no one wants todeal with. Someone might call you a couch pot

6、ato if you sit and watch television all day and get little or no physical exercise.smallpotatoes：小人物，不重要的hotpotato：烫手山芋acouch potato：懒人今天，我们要讨论的是那些使用了蔬菜名和水果名的俗语。比如，黄瓜是一种长型的绿色蔬菜，人们常在沙拉中吃到。当一个人从不为任何事担忧，或在紧张的形势下仍能保持冷静，你也许会说这个人“as cool as a cucumber(镇定自若)”。如果你长时间把黄瓜放在醋和辣椒的混合液中，它会变成为泡菜。但如果你正“in a pickle(

7、处于困境之中)”，那就是说你有了麻烦，或者遇到了困难。如果两个人长得非常相似，你会说他们就像“two peas in a pod（一个豆荚里的两颗豌豆）。关于豆子的俗语有好几个。如果一个人精力充沛，你可以说她“full of beans(精力旺盛)”。如果你说某样东西“does not amount to a hill of beans(一文不值)”，你的意思是说它并不重要。如果你对某件事情一无所知，我可能会说你“dont know beans about a subject（一窍不通）”。但如果你“spill the beans(泄密)”，那你说了某些本该是秘密的事情。在很多地方，土豆是一种很受欢迎的食物。但如果某个东西是不重要的，那它则被认为是“small potatoe