2012CET六级话题词汇（4）

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apple-polisher 溜须拍马的人，动词是 apple-polish
the apple of one’s eye 掌上明珠，大写的(the)Big Apple,是美国的纽约市。
May is the apple of her father’s eye.   
0 y3 _; u) m$ t  N" Q; Fapple-pie order 指“非常有序”
Everything here is in apple-pie order.   
0 i7 C* q5 T8 @* Lpeaches and cream 漂亮的粉红色
& B7 U& y# y1 p& Va peaches-and-cream complexion 白里透红的面容.   
3 A! Q( e: _" j4 Z' a2 U! X* vtop/big banana 大老板
( W6 M9 S9 ]3 }Who’s your top/big banana?谁是你们的老板？   
go bananas是指一个人“大发雷霆”。
Tom was worried that his parents would go bananas when they found out that he had put a dent in their car.汤姆担心一旦他父亲发现他们的汽车被他撞出一块凹痕，就会大发雷霆。
Sour grapes 酸葡萄，也就是我们常说的“吃不着葡萄就说葡萄酸”。
1 u: |% |1 D' A9 _) z0 SHe 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。这里要注意，sour grapes 虽然是复数形式，与之搭配的动词则是单数形式。
have/get two bites at the cherry 有做某事的第二次机会，作第二次的尝试