有关蔬菜的英语谚语.ppt

vegetables
as cool as a cucumber
十分冷静,镇定自如
Although he's guilty of the crime ,he is as cool as a ,却还是那么镇定自如。
cucumber
To get into pickle:
How did you get yourself in this pickle?
你是怎麽陷入这个困境的?
pickle
pickle原意是指腌制的泡菜,而这里是指困境、尴尬的处境(predicament),想一下,当你陷入困境(to get into pickle)时,是不是像泡菜一样蔫了呢?
potato
potato
(很懒散的人)经常躺在沙发上嚼薯片的人
potato
直译过来就是烫手的山芋了,这里比喻棘手的问题或者是难对付的人。
potato
不重要的人或事当你对你朋友的事情爱莫能助时,你就可以说:Sorry, I can‘t help you. I am just a small potato, you know.
bean brain:
bean
idiot 白痴,笨蛋
He is such a bean 。
注意:Beans about sth. :not to know anything about ,一窍不通I don‘t know beans 。注意:此词语只有否定形式,“to know beans about sth.”这种说法不存在。Bean Town : Boston, Massachusetts 豆城【指波士顿市的马萨诸塞州】注:波士顿市以其特产烘豆而闻名。
beet red (to be):
beet
to be extremely red from blushing , embarrassment, etc.[因窘迫,羞愧等]脸红She was so embarrassed and turned beet 。
Carrot in front of someone :
The boss told me lf I perform well on the job, we’ll talk about a s