1. Have a lot on one's plate
盤子里有好多東東?作為一枚吃貨,你是不是感覺又能大飽口福了?千萬別多想……這個短語實際的意思是指手頭有很多事情要做。
例:I've got enough on my plate to keep me busy this summer.
我手頭事情好多,這一夏天夠我忙活了。
2. Nutty as a fruitcake
Fruitcake除了指水果干果餡料十足的蛋糕,還能表示“蛇精病”……Nutty既可以指“含有干果的”,也用來形容人很古怪。所以看到這個短語,吃貨們請hold住口水吧!
例:He's as nutty as a fruitcake.
他這個人古怪得很。
3. Cool as a cucumber
炎炎夏日咬上一口黃瓜真是爽啊!不過,這個短語不是用來形容吃黃瓜的美好體驗的,而是指人在緊要時刻,依然很淡定!
例:Even in the emergency, she remained as cool as a cucumber.
即便在非常時刻,她也能十分冷靜。
4. Big cheese
看到這個詞,你是否腦補出一大塊奶酪擺在了你的面前?這里的big cheese不是奶酪,而是指重要的大人物。
例:You'll have to ask the big cheese.
你得問問老大。
5. Salad days
Salad days不是吃沙拉的日子,而是指少不更事的年輕時期。
例:I met her in my salad days.
我在少不更事時遇到了她。
6. pig out 狼吞虎咽、大吃特吃
Would you like to pig out with us tonight ?
今晚想不想跟我們一起去胡吃海喝一頓?
7. eat up 吃光、吃完、盡情吃
You can eat up the rest of the food.
你可以把剩余的食物吃光。
8. eat out 上館子吃、出去吃飯
It's a good idea to eat out once a while.
隔段時間在外面吃一頓真不錯。
9. eat in 在家吃飯
Are you going to eat in or eat out?
你今天打算在家吃飯還是在飯館吃飯?
10. eat like a bird 吃得很少
Girls always eat like a bird in order to keep a slender figure.
女孩子們吃的很少,為的是保持苗條的身材。
11. grab a bite 隨便吃幾口墊墊肚子
Let's grab a bite before we go.
走之前咱們先趕緊墊墊肚子吧!
12. I've had enough/I'm full 我吃飽了
I'm full. That big lunch made me sleepy.
我吃飽了,那頓豐盛的午餐使我昏昏欲睡。
13. be on a hunger strike 絕食
The prisoners went on a hunger strike.
犯人們進行絕食抗議。