关于水果的英语谚语有哪些
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关于水果的英语谚语有哪些
关于水果的英语谚语有哪些
关于水果的英语谚语有哪些
the apple of one's eye
掌上明珠
例:May is the apple of her father's eye.
梅是她父亲的掌上明珠.
the Big Apple
纽约城
例:The little girl is from the Big Apple.
这个女孩来自于纽约城.
top banana
大老板
例:Who's your top banana?
谁是你们的老板?
a lemon
没有价值的商品
例:That car is a lemon.
那辆小汽车不值钱.
An apple a day keeps doctor away.
一天一个苹果,医生不来找.
One should eat to live,not live to eat.一只烂苹果烂一萝苹果.
apple of one's eye:这个词组大概是大家最熟悉的英语俚语之一了吧,意为掌上明珠;心爱物(to be one's favorite).像她是她妈妈的掌上明珠 就可以说:She is the apple of her mum's eye.
2.Big Apple:这个大家也很熟悉,就是指纽约(New York).
3.compare apples and oranges:这个词组的意思是比较两个无法相比的事物(to compare two things that simply can't be compared).
BANANA
1.bananas 在俚语中是指发疯的(to be crazy):I am so bored that I'm going bananas.(我烦的要死,快要发疯了.)像这个意思的词组大家比较熟悉的是 nuts,比如说 Are you nuts?(你疯了么?)
2.play second banana 这个词组的意思是次要人物,替补的.当你抱怨你打篮球总是替补时,你就可以哀怨的说一句:I always play second banana in the basketball matches.
3.top banana 是指领袖、老板(boss)的意思.当同事抱怨老板苛刻时,你也可以无奈地说一句:He's simply the top banana in our company.
Cherry
bowl of cherries 看到一碗红红的、令你垂涎三尺的樱桃,是不是感到生活是多么的美好与精彩?bowl of cherries就是指精彩的、绝妙的(to be wonderful) Life is not always a bowl of cherries,isn't it?
Fruit
fruit 是指同性恋的人(homosexual),但是这个词带有很强的贬义,千万要慎用.而同性恋人中能予接受的词是gay.
Grape
sour grapes 这个从字面就可以才出来,就是“酸葡萄”了!I don't care that I didn't win the car.I wouldn't want a car and I prefer walking,anyway.I suppose that's just sour grapes.(我不在乎我没赢得那辆轿车,本来我就不想要,我还是觉得步行比较好.也许我只
不过是吃不到葡萄说葡萄酸吧.)
Lemon
lemon 指破烂货,这可离我们的想象有点远啊.That car is really a lemon.
Peach
a real peach 极好的,美妙的,不过通常用来讽刺和挖苦人.He is a real peach.(他可真是个大好人啊!)
Prune
wrinkled as a prune prune这个单词有点生,是指李脯,杏脯.而这个词组的意思就是皱纹很多的,满面皱纹的,就像一个李脯似的.
That guy\'s bananas
那家伙真是疯了