Apple 蘋果
apple of one’s eye ( to be the ):to be one’s favorite 掌上明珠；心愛物
eg.She is the apple of her father’s eye.她是她父親的掌上明珠。
Big Apple (the):New York 大蘋果城【即紐約】
eg.I live in the Big Apple.我住在大蘋果城。
comepare apples and oranges (to):to compare two things that simply cannot be compared.比較兩個無法相比的事物
eg.That’s ridiculous.Now you’re comparing apples and oranges .
真可笑。你是在那兩種無法相比的東西作比較，就好像蘋果和桔子。
“How do you like the apples?”：“What do you think of that ?”
*注：這是對某種冒犯性行為做出報復后說的話。
Banana(香蕉）
bananas (to be ):to be crazy 發瘋的，神經錯亂的
eg.That guuy’s bananas!那家伙真是瘋了！
*注意：to go bananas:1.to become crazy.發瘋，神經錯亂
eg.I’m so bored I’m going bananas.我厭煩的要死，都快發瘋了。
2.to become wild with anger狂怒，氣得發瘋
eg.She went bananas when she found him cheating.她發現他欺騙時氣得要命。
play second banana (to):to be second choice第二選擇，次要人物
eg.I always play second banana to her.我總是做她的后補。
top banana:main boss領袖，頭頭，大老板
eg.He’s (the) top banana in this company.他是這家公司的大老板。
Bean (豆)
bean brain :idiot 白癡，笨蛋
eg.He is such a bean brain.他是個大笨蛋。
beans about sth. (not to know):not to know anything about sth.對某事物一無所知，一竅不通
eg.I don’t know beans about computers.我對電腦一竅不通。
*注意：此詞語只有否定形式，“to know beans about sth.”這種說法不存在。
Bean Town :Boston,Massachusetts 豆城【指麻薩諸塞州波士頓市】
*注：波士頓市以其特產烘豆而聞名。
Beet(甜菜）
beet red (to be):to be extremly red from blushing ,embarrassment,etc.[因窘迫，羞愧等]臉紅
eg.She was so embarrased she turned beet red.他窘迫得滿臉通紅。
Cabbage(洋白菜，甘藍菜）
cabbage:money錢，金錢
*注：這個詞語盡管已不在常用，但偶爾也會在老影片或玩笑中聽到。
carrot(胡蘿卜)
carrot in front of someone (to danglea)
exp.to tempt someone with an unobtainable offer開空頭支票[以實踐不了的諾言誘惑某人]
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 dangling a carrot in front of me.
老板告訴我，如果我工作表現出色，明年加工資就有商量了。但我想他這不過是開了一張空頭支票。
Cauliflower(花椰菜，菜花）
cauliflower ears:swollen ears usually resulting from a boxing match[拳擊運動員因多次受擊而腫起的]開花耳朵
eg.That boxer has cauliflower ears.那位拳擊運動員的耳朵被打開花了。
Cherry（櫻桃）
bowl of cherries (to be a ):to be wonderful 精彩的，絕妙的
eg.Life isn’t always a bowl of cherries.生活并不總是美好的。
Corn (谷物；谷粒）
“For corn sake!”：“Oh,my goodness!” “噢，天哪！”
*注：這個詞語雖然已相當過時，但中老年人仍在使用。
corn :n.melodrama,overemotional drama情節劇；感情表現夸張的戲劇
eg.What a bunch of corn!這一連串的情節劇真精彩啊！
adj.melodramatic 情節劇的；夸張的
eg.That movie was so corny!這部電影表現得太夸張了！
cornball:adj.ridiculous 荒唐的，可笑的
eg.Where did you buy that cornball hat?你從哪兒買來那頂滑稽的帽子？
cucumber(黃瓜，胡瓜）
cool as a cucumber (to be):to be calm and composed 十分冷靜，鎮定自如
eg.Although he’s guilty of the crime ,he sure as cool as a cucumber.盡管他犯了罪，卻還是那么鎮定自如。 |
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