Odie的英语课

Odie的英语课 687 Fruity idioms | 复习


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top banana (喜剧)主角,主演;(组织、机构中)最重要的人,权力最大的人,大老板,头儿

second banana 配角,次要角色;副手,二把手

The top banana didn't show up for the gig. 那个主演没有出现在现场演出。

You'll have to ask the top banana. 你得问问头儿。


not care/give a fig 根本不在乎,毫不在乎

They can say what they like. I don't give a fig. 他们愿意说什么都行,我根本不在乎。


sour grapes 吃不着葡萄说葡萄酸,酸葡萄(心理)

I think that's just sour grapes. 我觉得那是吃不着葡萄说葡萄酸。


compare apples and/to oranges(不同的东西、事情、人)不能比较的,没有可比性的

You can't compare your job to mine—that's comparing apples and oranges! 你不能拿你的工作和我的工作比,这是不能比较的。


peaches and cream 白里透红,气色很好;情况很好,事情顺利,没有问题或麻烦

Everything's been peaches and cream for the last few months. 过去几个月一切都很顺利。


lemon 残次商品,伪劣商品,有问题、有缺陷的东西,让人不满意的东西

Our new car is a lemon. 我们的新车是个次品。

lemon law [美] 次品汽车买主保护法,产品质量法,伪劣商品赔偿法

pass a lemon law 通过产品质量法/伪劣商品赔偿法


cherry-pick 仔细挑选,挑选(最好的),挑选(最有利的)

cherry-pick the best players 选择最好的球员


小练习-选择题 

1) the most important person in an organization (organization 组织,机构)

A peaches and cream   B top banana   C sour grapes


2) choose only the best from a group of people or things (a group of 一群,一组,一批……)

A cherry-pick   B not care a fig   C lemon


3) they say something is worthless because they want it themselves but cannot have it (worthless 没有价值的,不值钱的。worth 价值,后缀-less 没有……的)

A compare apples and oranges   B second banana   C sour grapes


4) a situation that has no trouble or problems (situation 情况,状况,形势,处境。trouble 麻烦,困难)

A peaches and cream   B lemon   C cherry-pick


小练习-请回答

1) not care anything at all

- ......


2) to compare things that are very different

- ......


3) something is not as good as it should be

- ......


4) the second most important person in an organization

- ......


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