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
. t6 F5 ]" z. i, M6 h8 b$ Wthe 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.   
apple-pie order 指“非常有序”
Everything here is in apple-pie order.   
peaches and cream 漂亮的粉红色
3 o6 U+ ^' O# qa peaches-and-cream complexion 白里透红的面容.   
top/big banana 大老板
8 O& ]2 @2 f/ t- t. J$ O% MWho’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。
7 J: E, p3 P8 d/ FSour grapes 酸葡萄，也就是我们常说的“吃不着葡萄就说葡萄酸”。
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。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