【水果 英文片語】11個有關「水果」的英文俚語!

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「You are the apple of my eye.」除了表面上的意思:「你是我眼裡的蘋果。」之外,還有甚麼深層涵義呢?

English As A Native 的講師Anna提出了時11個含有「水果」的道地英文俚語,一開始看不出其含意,但了解它們的意思之後會覺得非常有趣!

1. Apple of my eye

Explanation: someone you cherish above all others 最珍視的人

2. Plum

Explanation: silly person / slang term for testicles 蠢蛋、睪丸的俚語

3. It’s a peach

Explanation: describes something that is great / fantastic 形容某件事物非常棒

4. Go bananas

Explanation: to go crazy 情緒失控、陷入瘋狂

5. A bad apple

Explanation: an unpleasant person 形容不討人喜歡的人

6. Sour grapes

Explanation: feel bitter 酸葡萄心理、忌妒

7. Melon / melons

Explanation: silly or foolish person / big breasts
單數時意思是「蠢人」,而在複數型態則有形容某人胸前豐滿的意思。

8. Melon head

Explanation: person with an unusually large head 形容某人頭很大

9. A lemon

Explanation: something you buy which is defective / broken 形容買到瑕疵品

10. The apple never falls far from the tree

Explanation: children are like their parents 有其父必有其子

11. Fruity

Explanation: Sexually suggestive / playful 有趣的,但也有性暗示的意思。

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