eg.That guy's bananas!那家伙真是疯了!
注意:to go bananas:
1.to become crazy.发疯,神经错乱
eg.I'm so bored ,I'm going bananas.我厌烦的要死,都快发疯了。
2.to become wild with anger狂怒,气得发疯
eg.She went bananas when she found him cheating.她发现他欺骗时气得要命。
play second banana :第二选择,次要人物
eg.I always play second banana to her.我总是做她的后补。
top banana:main boss领袖,头头,大老板
eg.He's (the) top banana in this company.他是这家公司的大老板。
eg.She is the apple of her father's eye.她是她父亲的掌上明珠。
Big Apple :New York 大苹果城【即纽约】
eg.I live in the Big Apple.我住在大苹果城。
comepare apples and oranges : 比较两个无法相比的事物
eg.That's ridiculous.Now you're comparing apples and oranges .
真可笑。你是在那两种无法相比的东西作比较,就好像苹果和桔子。
eg.He is such a bean brain.他是个大笨蛋。
beans about sth. : 对某事物一无所知,一窍不通
eg.I don't know beans about computers.我对电脑一窍不通。
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【指麻萨诸塞州波士顿市】
*注:波士顿市以其特产烘豆而闻名。
eg.She was so embarrased, she turned beet red.他窘迫得满脸通红。
*注:这个词语尽管已不在常用,但偶尔也会在老影片或玩笑中听到。
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.
老板告诉我,如果我工作表现出色,明年加工资就 有商量了。但我想他这不过是开了一张空头支票。
eg.That boxer has cauliflower ears.那位拳击运动员的耳朵被打开花 了。
eg.Life isn't always a bowl of cherries.生活并不总是美好的。
*注:这个词语虽然已相当过时,但中老年人仍在使用。
corn :(n.)情节剧;感情表现夸张的戏剧
eg.What a bunch of corn!这一连串的情节剧真精彩啊!
corny adj. 情节剧的;夸张的
eg.That movie was so corny!这部电影表现得太夸张了!
cornball:adj. 荒唐的,可笑的,乡巴佬的
eg.Where did you buy that cornball hat?你从哪儿买来那顶滑稽的帽 子?
eg.Although he's guilty of the crime ,he sure as cool as a cucumber.
尽管他犯了罪,却还是那么镇定自如。