不可吃的“食物”
2009-01-01 00:00:00馬琪
今日中學(xué)生(初二版) 2009年1期
在英語中有許多表示“食物”的名詞。有時(shí)這些詞已失去它們本身的含義，遇到這種情況，你可要當(dāng)心：下面的“食物”不可吃。
1. He has two sons，but his daughter is the apple of his eye．他有兩個(gè)兒子，但女兒才是他的掌上明珠。
2． His girlfriend is a peach.他的女朋友十分漂亮。
3． Chaplin is a very famous banana．卓別林是一個(gè)非常著名的喜劇演員。
4． Mr． Black takes the cake as storyteller．布萊克先生講故事無人能比。
5. Now all of us are in deep waters．現(xiàn)在我們處境困難。
6. His uncle is a queer fish．他叔叔是個(gè)怪人。
7． That’s just a piece of cake．那是件很容易的事。
8. —How is the new teacher?新老師怎么樣?
—He is a duck soup．他是個(gè)好好先生。
9． The math test is duck soup.這次數(shù)學(xué)測(cè)試很容易。
10. The young man is an egg head．這小伙子是個(gè)書呆子。
11. Last time nobody cried over milk about it.上次對(duì)那件事沒有人感到悲傷。
12． Don’t sandwich me between both of you.不要把我夾在你們倆之間。
13． I’ve never seen such a cabbage．我從沒見過這么呆頭呆腦的人。
14． After the accident he became a vegetable.事故過后，他成了一個(gè)植物人。
15． He always gives salt to life.他總是給生活添加刺激。
16． His father was out of bread three days ago.他父親三天前失業(yè)了。
17． She likes popular songs.Classical music is not her cup of tea.她喜歡流行歌曲，古典音樂不是她所喜歡的。
18． His novel sells like hot cakes.他的小說很暢銷。
19． This question is a hot potato．這個(gè)問題很棘手。
20． Let’s return to our mutton．讓我們言歸正傳吧。
21． Everyone knows that he a bad egg.人人都知道他是個(gè)壞蛋。
22． He is a big cheese.他是個(gè)偉大的人。
