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俚语 是语言中最鲜活最独具特色的组成部分，英文的俚语就像中文的方言一样，是语言这个大花园中陪衬主要栽培物的野花，但是正因为这些野花，这个大花园才更加生机盎然，更加朝气蓬勃。下面我整理了关于水果的俚语，欢迎大家阅读。
cherry 樱桃
(1) bowl of cherries (to be a):
to be wonderful 精彩的，绝妙的
例：
Life isn't always a bowl of cherries.
生活并不总是美好的。
(2) cherry-pick
select carefully 精挑细选
(3) "Life is a bowl of cherries"
生活就像一碗樱桃。暗指生活美好简单。
banana 香蕉
(1) bananas (to be):
to be crazy 发疯的,神经错乱的
注：to go bananas:
a. to become crazy. 发疯,神经错乱
例：
I'm so bored I'm going bananas.
我烦得要死，快发疯了。
b. to become wild with anger 狂怒,气得发疯
例：
She went bananas when she found him cheating.
她发现他欺骗时气得要命。
(2) play second banana (to):
to be second choice
第二选择，次要人物
例：
I always play second banana to her.
我总是做她的后补。
(3) top banana:
main boss
领袖，头头，大老板
例：
He's (the) top banana in this company.
他是这家公司的大老板.
apple 苹果
(1) apple of one's eye (to be the):
to be one's favorite 掌上明珠;心爱物
例：
She is the apple of her father's eye.
她是她父亲的掌上明珠。
(2) Big Apple (the):
New York
大苹果城(即纽约)
例：
I live in the Big Apple. 我住在大苹果城。
(3) compare apples and oranges (to):
to compare two things that simply cannot be compared.
比较两个无法相比的事物
例：
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。
(4) "How do you like the apples?"
"What do you think of that ?"
注：这是对某种冒犯性行为做出报复后说的话。
(5) apple-pie
整洁、井井有条
例：
Everything here is in apple-pie order.
这里的一切都井然有序。
lemon 柠檬
shoddy goods
劣质商品
例：
His car was a lemon, it broke down in a month.
他的车质量有问题，一个月坏了两次。
grapes 葡萄
sour grapes
酸葡萄，也就是我们常说的“吃不着葡萄就说葡萄酸”。
例：
He said he didn’t want the job anyway, but that’s just sour grapes.
他说他不想干这份工作，只不过是吃不着葡萄说葡萄酸而已。
注：sour grapes 虽然是复数形式，与之搭配的动词则是单数形式。
melon 甜瓜
It is sometimes used as slang for head or, vulgarly, for large breasts.
有时表示“头”，有时表示“大胸”
peach 桃子
(1) beautiful, excellent, or sweet
很漂亮，优秀或甜美。
例：
She is cute like a peach.
她像桃子一样甜美可人。
(2) peaches and cream
生活很顺利
例：
Everything is peaches and cream.
一切都进展顺利。
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He was professor of physics in the high school, possessor of a large family, a meagre salary, and a select fund of parrot-learned knowledge.他是中学的物理老师，养着一大家人，薪水微薄，有一肚子精挑细选的人云亦云的知识。-- 汉英 - 翻译参考When men cook, they sure are picky about what ingredient they use .当男人做饭时，他们会精挑细选所用的原料。-- life - 汉英To tickle the taste buds even further, theses ingredients are carefully chosen from around the world.为进一步刺激味蕾，这些材料全是从世界各地精挑细选的。-- 空中美语-生活篇-活出新意与自我 - Lick the Heat（免费使用）Seventy-three-year-old George McNeilon selected his food in Value Mart more carefully than NASA chose its candidates for the space shuttle.七十三岁的乔治 - 麦克尼朗在特价市场精挑细选着各种食品，其小心程度比美国国家航空和航天局为航天飞机挑选飞行员有过之而无不及。-- 天天英语 - shoutaoStill, speculation has grown that senior jobs may be in jeopardy, especially after Culture Minister Giuliano Urbani boasted ahead of the festival that with his hand-picked team in place this would be a year to remember.尽管如此,人们纷纷猜测电影节主办方的高层面临着危机。尤其是意大利文化部长吉利安诺·尤班尼在电影节开幕前就夸下海口,称此次电影节的班底是他亲自精挑细选的,这将使今年的电影节令人难忘。-- 英汉 - 翻译样例 - 社会a shopper who picked over the grapes Before purchasing them.一个买葡萄时精挑细选的顾客-- 英汉 - 翻译样例Trendy boutiques with designer names alternate with large fashion houses, famous jewellers and the select temples of the gourmet.追求时髦的时装店以设计师的名字命名，与大型时装屋、著名珠宝商店和美食家们精挑细选的食品场所相映成趣。-- life - 汉英Other seeds came here carried by expert hands,but ours came here flying,carried by the wind.其他的种子是被精挑细选带到这儿的，但我们是被风吹过来的。-- literature - 汉英When men cook, they sure is picky about what ingredient they use.当男人做饭时，他们会精挑细选所用的原料。-- 网友提供The seeds must be carefully chosen; they must fall on good ground; they must be sedulously tended, if the vivifying fruits are to be at band when needed.它的种子必须要精挑细选，然后播撒到肥沃的土壤中，要想得到籽粒饱满、要时随手可摘的果实，还必须对他们精心呵护。
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精挑细选 : selective1，她对于自己穿的衣服精挑细选。She is selective in the dresses she wears.2，每件产品的生产，均精挑细选，严格把关，使产品更臻完美。Balk production, are chosen strictly controlled, so that their products can come to perfection.
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