英语中有关水果的这些俗语，你知道几个？

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2016-08-05 16:26

英语中有关水果的这些俗语，你知道几个？

The apple of one’s eye

表示某个特别珍爱的人/物。

东方和西方都把苹果视为一种吉祥的水果。

例句：John little girl is the apple of his eye, he loves her so much.

To go bananas

表示某人发疯、精神错乱、情绪不稳定！

为什么这么理解呢？香蕉有招谁了呢？香蕉招猴子喜欢，猴子看见就上蹿下跳的，后来引申为发疯。

例句：She went bananas when she found him cheating

To cherry pick

表示精挑细选。to choose something very carefully.

例句：Paul always cherry picks the best books from the second hand book shop

To not give a fig

表示毫无重视，一点儿也不放在心上。I donot care！尤其是表示你不在意某人的意见或者举动！

例句：Helen and I are no longer friends; I don’t give a fig whether she comes to the party of not.

To be a peach

如果像形容一个人是一个桃儿，其实就是想表达ta很好很nice！

例句：Thank you for helping me paint, James, you’re a peach!

To have sour grapes

sour：酸的 ，sour grapes 酸葡萄。表示：吃不着葡萄就说葡萄酸。

例句：Karen’s attitude towards the competition winner was sour grapes.

To compare apples and oranges

表示两件不同的事物，没有可比性。

例句：Comparing the salary of a person that lives in Spain and a person that lives in Sweden is like comparing apples and oranges.

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