有趣的水果俚语 apple of one's eye 掌上明珠 例：May is the apple of her father's eye. 梅是她父亲的掌上明珠; Big Apple 纽约城 例：The little girl is from the Big Apple. 这个女孩来自于纽约城; banana 大老板 例：Who's your top banana 谁是你们的老板 lemon 没有价值的商品 例：That car is a lemon. 那辆小汽车不值钱; Compare apples and orangesto 比较两个无法相比的事物 "How do you like them apples" 你认为那怎么样和"what do you think of that" 一样 Banana 香蕉 bananas to be 发疯的 play second banana to第二选择 Bean豆 Bean Brain 白痴 beans about something 对某事物一无所知 Bean Town 是Boston, Massachusetts spill the beans 泄漏秘密 Don't spill the beans. It's supposed to be a secret. 别说漏了嘴,这可是个秘密哦 Beets 甜菜 beet red 脸红 Cabbage 洋白菜 cabbage 钱 Carrot 胡萝卜 carrot in front of someone 对某人开空头支票 Cauliflower 菜花 cauliflower ears 开花耳朵 Cherry 樱桃 bowl of cherries 精彩的,绝妙的 Corn 谷物 "For corn sake" 噢,天哪 corn 情节剧； 感情表现夸张的戏剧 corny 夸张的 cornball 可笑的 Cucumber 黄瓜 cool as a cucumber 十分冷静 Fruit 水果 fruit 同性恋的人 fruity 具女人气的同性恋男子 fruitcake 蠢人,疯子 nuttier than a fruitcake 完完全全疯了 Grapes 葡萄 grapevine 从非正式途径传来的谣言,小道消息 sour grape 酸葡萄妒忌而贬低自己得不到的东西 Lettuce 生菜 Lettuce 钱 Pea 豌豆 like two peas in a pod 一模一样 pea brain 傻瓜 Peach 桃子 a real peach 极好的,美妙的通常指人,但主要用于讽刺挖苦 peach of a...是一位受人赞美的..... peachy. peachy keen 绝妙的 Pickle 腌制蔬菜 pickle 困境,尴尬的处境 Potato 马铃薯 couch potato 习惯懒散的人,终日赖在沙发上的人 hot potato 难对付的人 small potatoes 不重要的 Prune 李脯 wrinkled as a prune, prune face 满面皱纹的 Pumpkin 南瓜 pumpkin 亲爱的,宝贝 Sprout 幼苗 sprout 个子矮的年轻人 Tomato 番茄 Tomato 贬义 女孩 从水果、蔬菜中学习英语俚语 Apple苹果 to be the apple of one''s eye exp. to be one''s favorite 掌上明珠；心爱物 ·She''s the apple of her father''s eye. 她是她父亲的掌上明珠 the Big Apple exp. New York 大苹果城即纽约 ·I live in the Big Apple. 我住在大苹果城; compare apples and oranges exp. to compare two things that simply cannot be compared比较两个无法相比的事物 ·That''s ridiculous. Now you''re comparing apples and oranges. 真可笑,你这是拿两种无法相比的东西作比较,就好像苹果和桔子; "How do you like them apples" exp. "What do you think of that" 你认为那怎么样注：这是对某种冒犯性行为做出报复后所说的话;关于apple用法的补充：1、apple-polisher 马屁精例如：She is a real apple-polisher for the way she''s crawling around the boss and making eyes at him. 她是一个马屁精,整天围着老板眉来眼去的;2、The rotten apple injures its neighbours. 一只烂, 烂一筐; 一个坏朋友可以影响一群好人;3、谚语：Throw away the apple because of the core. 因噎废食An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 日吃苹果一只,身体健康不求医;4、习惯用语：as like as an apple to an oyster 毫无相同之处bad apple,rotten apple 美俚坏家伙polish the apple 美俚拍马屁, 讨好upset sb.''s apple cart 破坏某人计划Banana香蕉To be bananasExp. To be crazy 发疯的；神经错乱的·That guy’s bananas那家伙真是疯了;注意：to go bananasexp.1. to become crazy 发疯；神经错乱·I’m so bored. I’m going bananas. 我厌烦得要死,都快发疯了;2．To become wild with anger 狂怒,气得发疯·She went bananas when she found him cheating. 她发现他欺骗时气得要命;To play second bananaExp. To be second choice 第二选择；次要任务·I always play second banana to her. 我总是做她的候补;Top bananaExp. Main boss 领袖；头头；大老板·He’s the top banana in this company. 他是这家公司的大老板; Pea 豌豆 突然发现英语水果俚语中用来讲人笨笨的词语还真不少呢, 上期才看到一个fruitcake 蠢人,这期又来了一个 pea brain 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/7df9909aae51f01dc281e53a580216fc700a53b3.html