2017-03-12 常远托福
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作为一枚吃货，你应该看看下面有关吃喝的一些英语习语。
1. curry favor 讨好，奉承，拍马屁（curry是咖喱）
He's always trying to curry favor with the boss.
他总是想方设法拍老板马屁。
2. be in apple-pie order 井然有序；井井有条
Their house is always in apple-pie order.
他们家总是收拾得井井有条。
3. jam tomorrow 可望不可及的东西
As children we were always being promised jam tomorrow, if only we would be patient.
孩提时大人总是许诺只要我们耐心点儿就会给我们好东西。
4. (as) cool as a cucumber 冷静，泰然自若
She walked in as cool as a cucumber, as if nothing had happened.
她泰然自若地走进来，好像什么事也没发生过。
5. be like chalk and cheese 截然不同；迥异（chalk 粉笔，cheese 奶酪）
My brother and I are like chalk and cheese.
我哥哥和我截然不同。
6. bean counter （尤指大公司的）会计师
It looked like the project was going to be approved, but the bean counters said it wasn't cost-effective.
眼看这个项目就要获批准了，但会计师们认为它不划算。
7. bring home the bacon 养家糊口（bacon 培根）
I can't sit around all day - someone's got to bring home the bacon.
我不能整天坐着无所事事——家里总得有个养家糊口的人。
8. chew the cud 深思，反复思考（cud 咀嚼的东西）
He sat for a moment chewing the cud before he spoke.
他坐着沉思了片刻才开口说话。
9.sour grapes 酸葡萄（指由于得不到而贬低某物；吃不到葡萄，说葡萄是酸的）
I don't think it's such a great job - and that's not just sour grapes because I didn't get it.
我认为这份工作不怎么样——我可不是因为吃不着葡萄说葡萄酸。
10. spill the beans 泄露秘密
So whospilled thebeans about heraffair with David?
所以到底是谁把她和大卫的私情泄露出去的？
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