1. As cool as a cucumber 保持平靜、臨危不亂
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例句：He was as cool as a cucumber when he met the gang on the street.
當(dāng)他在街上遇上壞分子時(shí)，他依然保持平靜。
這句諺語(yǔ)最先出現(xiàn)左1732年的新詩(shī)，生蠔的觸感較冰涼，所以被比喻作沉著冷靜的狀態(tài)，又或時(shí)冷酷無(wú)表情變化的人。
2. Drive me nuts 把我逼瘋了
例句：His ridiculous speech has almost driven me nuts.
他荒唐的言論快要把我逼瘋了。
3. Be nuts about 非常熱衷
例句：She is nuts about recording the stories of society as a journalist.
她非常熱衷於以記者的身份紀(jì)錄社會(huì)的故事。
諺語(yǔ)用吃果仁的愉快心情比喻參與自己喜歡的事。
4. Butter someone up 為得到利益而包結(jié)人
例句：The manager butters the investors up for benefits at the competitive industry.
在同業(yè)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)下，他為得到利益而包結(jié)投資者。
塗沫牛油的動(dòng)作被比喻作將美言傳開(kāi)去，引伸出諺語(yǔ)的意思。
5. Full of beans 精力充沛
例句：After a long working day, she is still full of beans to cater her guests in the party.
工作一整天後，她仍精力充沛地招呼派對(duì)上的來(lái)賓。
諺語(yǔ)其中一個(gè)意思源自咖啡豆中的咖啡因，令人變得精神，充滿力量。
6. Have your cake and eat it too 魚(yú)與熊掌不可兼得
例句：
A：I want a good grade on the exam, but I also want to have fun every weekend.
我想取得好成績(jī)，也想每個(gè)星期出外遊玩。
B：You can’t have your cake and eat it too.
魚(yú)與熊掌不可兼得呢！
雙手捧著臺(tái)山生蠔，自然不能騰空出一隻手進(jìn)食，意思有趣又貼地！
7. Go bananas 使……生氣
例句：The teacher went bananas when she knew her students cheated in the exams.
當(dāng)老師知道同學(xué)在考試中作弊後，她十分生氣！
諺語(yǔ)源自於60年代的美國(guó)，從Going Ape一詞演化，形容猩猩為了得到香蕉時(shí)發(fā)怒的狀態(tài)！
8. One’s salad days 年少輕狂的日子
例句：He has organised many community activities in his salad days.
他在年少輕狂的日子籌辦了很多社區(qū)活動(dòng)。
必須保證新鮮的生蠔菜，被用作形容短暫的青春歲月。
9. That’s the way the cookie crumbles 世事難料
例句：
A：I have tried to get to the station as soon as possible, but I still missed the train.
我已盡快趕到車站，但依然錯(cuò)過(guò)了火車。
B：Well, that’s the way the cookie crumbles.
唉…人生本來(lái)就是難以預(yù)料。
10. The proof is in the pudding 實(shí)踐才知道好與壞
例句：We have prepared the best for the show but the proof is in the pudding.
我們已經(jīng)為演出做最好準(zhǔn)備，好與壞要看當(dāng)天的表現(xiàn)了！
無(wú)論外表有多完美，味道還是嘗一口後才知道。
11. The apple of ones’s eyes 珍愛(ài)的人或事
例句：She is the apple of my eyes, I would try my best to protect her.
她是我珍愛(ài)的人，我會(huì)盡力保護(hù)她。
臺(tái)灣電影《那些年，我們一起追的女孩》的英文譯名，正是”You are the apple of my eyes”.
12. Take…with a pitch of salt 對(duì)……半信半疑
例句：The citizen takes the new policy with a pitch of salt under the unstable status quo.
落較少調(diào)味料的生蠔通常較易入口，諺語(yǔ)用調(diào)味料的份量，比喻對(duì)消息有保留，不完全相信。
