Odie的英语课 687 Fruity idioms | 复习

681~686 复习① top banana （喜剧）主角，主演；（组织、机构中）最重要的人，权力最大的人，大老板，头儿second banana 配角，次要角色；副手，二把手The top banana didn't show up for the gig. 那个主演没有出现在现场演出。You'll have to ask the top banana. 你得问问头儿。② not care/give a fig 根本不在乎，毫不在乎They can say what they like. I don't give a fig. 他们愿意说什么都行，我根本不在乎。③ sour grapes 吃不着葡萄说葡萄酸，酸葡萄（心理）I think that's just sour grapes. 我觉得那是吃不着葡萄说葡萄酸。④ compare apples and/to oranges（不同的东西、事情、人）不能比较的，没有可比性的You can't compare your job to mine—that's comparing apples and oranges! 你不能拿你的工作和我的工作比，这是不能比较的。⑤ peaches and cream 白里透红，气色很好；情况很好，事情顺利，没有问题或麻烦Everything's been peaches and cream for the last few months. 过去几个月一切都很顺利。⑥ lemon 残次商品，伪劣商品，有问题、有缺陷的东西，让人不满意的东西Our new car is a lemon. 我们的新车是个次品。lemon law [美] 次品汽车买主保护法，产品质量法，伪劣商品赔偿法pass a lemon law 通过产品质量法/伪劣商品赔偿法⑦ cherry-pick 仔细挑选，挑选（最好的），挑选（最有利的）cherry-pick the best players 选择最好的球员小练习-选择题 1) the most important person in an organization （organization 组织，机构）A peaches and cream   B top banana   C sour grapes2) choose only the best from a group of people or things （a group of 一群，一组，一批……）A cherry-pick   B not care a fig   C lemon3) they say something is worthless because they want it themselves but cannot have it （worthless 没有价值的，不值钱的。worth 价值，后缀-less 没有……的）A compare apples and oranges   B second banana   C sour grapes4) a situation that has no trouble or problems （situation 情况，状况，形势，处境。trouble 麻烦，困难）A peaches and cream   B lemon   C cherry-pick小练习-请回答1) not care anything at all- ......2) to compare things that are very different- ......3) something is not as good as it should be- ......4) the second most important person in an organization- ......