趣味英语单词典故 01 Apple-Pie Order
身为一个吃货,你得知道这些英文习语
身为一个吃货，怎么能不知道几个与食物相关的习语呢？今天小编就带你来看看那些与吃有关的英文习语。
1curry favour讨好，奉承，拍马屁curry：咖喱➤He's always trying to curry favour with the boss.他总是想方设法拍老板马屁。
2be in apple-pie order井然有序，整齐，井井有条apple-pie：苹果派➤Their house is always in apple-pie order.他们家总是收拾得井井有条。
3jam tomorrow许而不予的好东西，可望不可及的东西jam：果酱➤As children we were always being promised jam tomorrow, if only we would be patient.孩提时大人总是许诺只要我们耐心点儿就会给我们好东西。
4(as) cool as a cucumber镇静，冷静，泰然自若cucumber: 黄瓜➤She walked in as cool as a cucumber, as if nothing had happened. 她泰然自若地走进来，好像什么事也没发生过。
5be like chalk and cheese截然不同，迥异cheese：奶酪➤My brother and I are like chalk and cheese.我哥哥和我截然不同。
6like two peas in a pod（尤指外观）非常相像pea：豌豆➤The twins are like two peas in a pod.那对双胞胎长得极像。
7bean counter（尤指大公司的）会计师bean：豆类➤It looked like the project was going to be approved, but the bean counters said it wasn't cost-effective.眼看这个项目就要获批准了，但会计师们认为它不划算。
食物谚语
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• lemon 劣质商品 • Eg. His car was a lemon-it broke down twice in a month. • 他的车质量有问题，一个月内坏了两次。 • a lemon 没有价值的商品;一个愚蠢的人 Eg：That car is a lemon. Sour grapes 吃不着葡萄就说葡萄酸 Eg. 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。
• an apple of discord争斗之源；祸根 • Adam’s apple 喉结；喉核 • an apple of Sodom/a Dead Sea apple所 多玛苹果／死海苹果，金玉其外，败絮其 中 • Eg. 1) She had seen the fruit of victory turn into an apple of Sodom. • 她亲眼看到胜利的果实变成一场空欢喜。 • 2)The thing I bought yesterday was found to be an apple of Sodom. • 我发现昨天买的东西外表好看而实际无用。ຫໍສະໝຸດ •• • • • •
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Grapes of wrath 激动骚扰之源； 暴乱或愤怒的根源 Strawberry mark 红胎记 top/big banana 大老板 Eg. Who’s your top/big banana? go bananas 大发雷霆;发狂 Eg. 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。
与apple有关的习语典故探源
与apple有关的习语典故探源
曹霞
【期刊名称】《英语知识》
【年(卷),期】2003(000)008
【摘要】1.the apple-pie order像苹果饼一样整齐关于这一习语的出处莫衷一是,但人们普遍认为这一习语起源于美国的新英格兰。
当地的妇女喜欢整齐,什么东西都井然有序,就连做苹果饼时,都要将苹果均匀地切成片儿,一排一排整整齐齐地放进饼里。
“像苹果饼一样整齐”的习语便应运而生了,以此比喻“有条不紊”、“条理分明”。
例如:
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【作者】曹霞
【作者单位】山西财经大学副教授
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英语视听说
英语视听说Unit 1-21. take the pot luck(Ali Baba Goes to Town) 吃便饭在外国，主人家里经常用一个pot来装储备的食物，所以如果有客人来访而且主人又没有准备客人的食物的话，就会把pot里的食物拿出来，有什么吃什么。
因此叫：碰运气，看pot里有什么。
pot luck dinner 百乐餐百乐餐是在聚餐的时候每个人都带一道自己的菜大家一起吃。
2. cut the cheese(American Graffiti) 放屁的委婉说法- Who cut the cheese?- He who smelt it dealt it.—谁刚才放屁了？—谁第一个叫的就是谁放的。
（贼喊捉贼）cheese 有些是很臭的，所以cut the cheese就会很臭，跟放屁一样。
Nature is calling=piss(尿尿)I want to somewhere. (委婉的“我去上厕所”的说法)BM=take a shit（中性）3. （campare）oranges and apples 两种不同的事Big apple: New York city4.banana = madtop banana=superior 老板go banana=angryWhat’s banana girl. (完全西化的亚洲女孩)5.hot cakes 指畅销的如刚出炉的蛋糕一样You can’t eat the cake and have it, too. 鱼和熊掌不可兼得。
Icing on the cake. 锦上添花Fruitcake蠢蛋、傻逼（英语）moron 笨蛋6.apple-pie order 井井有条You let the cat out of the bag. 你泄密了。
Don’t let the cat out of the bag.要守口如瓶。
7. a hot potato(Chinatown) “烫手山芋”棘手的问题或难对付的人drop like a hot potato 尽快断绝关系couch potato 边吃零食边看电视的胖子8.salad days “少不更事的青涩年代”The salad days over for someone. 某人的好日子到头了。
英语俗语
有关apple 2006/11/22 09:34 英语周报大学版有关apple有关apple安徽农业大学夏青Apple除了一般我们都知道的意思，例如：“An apple a day keeps the doctor away .”(一日一苹果，医生远离我。
)还有别的有趣的含义。
它在俗语中有“家伙，同伴”的意思，通常会在apple前加一个形容词组成新词，如：smooth apple指自认为温柔或迷人的家伙，wise apple指粗鲁无礼的年轻人。
下面介绍一些关于apple的相关习语。
1、the app le of sb’s eye亦作the apple of the eye，意为“为人钟爱的人或物(a person who is most dear to the person specified)”。
本习语源出于《圣经(Psalms，17，8)》：“Keep me as the appleof the eye，hide me under the shadow of thy wings”。
常用来喻指“掌上明珠”。
[例句]His daughter is the apple of his eye. 他将女儿视为掌上明珠。
2、Adam’s apple源自《圣经•旧约•创世纪》。
据载，人类始祖亚当在伊甸园里偷吃禁果时，一不小心将一块果肉卡在喉咙里，却又不上不下，留下一个疙瘩。
这个故事随《圣经》广泛流传，后来就用Adam’s apple表示“(男人的)喉结”。
[例句]I find that your Adam’s apple isn’t apparent.我发现你的喉结不明显。
3、apple of discord源于希腊神话中的“金苹果”故事。
三女神因争夺作为最美丽象征的金苹果而导致特洛伊战争。
由此，人们就用apple of discord来喻指“祸根；争端(cause of contention)”。
[例句]The use of the car was an apple of discord between Joe and his wife. 该由谁来用这辆车，是乔和妻子争吵的原因。
英语词汇典故
Another belief is based on fact. The expression is "One rotten apple spoils the barrel." When an apple begins to go bad, it ruins all the other apples around it in the container. The expression has come to mean that one bad person in a group can cause everyone to act bad.
It was not an easy decision to make. How could they choose among Juno, Minerva and Venus. Paris was given the task of deciding. He decided to give the golden apple to Venus. Juno and Minerva were very angry and threatened him. This, the myth says, began the long Trojan war.
At one time, the tomato was called a love apple. That was a mistake. This is how the mistake happened.
In the sixteenth century, Spain imported the tomato from South America after Spanish explorers had landed there. Spain then exported the tomato to Morocco. Italian traders carried it on to Italy. The Italian name for the tomato was pomo di Moro – apple of the Moors.
Slang
Slang （about fruit）Apple:1、Apple pie 非常地道的美国人(a native American)Eg：“As American as apple pie.”就像苹果派一样具有美国特色。
（It is a feature of American life. Americans like to eat apple pie since they had just emigrated from Europe to America. And every housewife would often make apple pie in America. ）2、apple-pie order 非常整洁、井井有条(sth is neat and in organized place)(It is said that in the 18th century before the American war for independence, there is an American housewife, who always made a lot of apple pies, which took the whole family a week to eat, in the beginning of each week, and then put them on the food shelf, each case is put apple pie in a daily amount. And all the apple - pie are put very neatly, it is very convenient to take when they want to eat. And it gradually became this word.)3、apple-polisher 溜须拍马的人,马屁精(is one who gives gifts to win friendship or special treatment. It is not exactly a bribe, but is close to it)（This is a saying that first emerged in school, based on the practice of a student bringing a favorite teacher an apple for a treat. When the student polished the apple he gave to the teacher, his fellow students thought, wow, that’s going too far. He’s an“apple polisher.”）4、the apple of one’s eye 掌上明珠（It comes from Bible，in the Bible，there is sentence："Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of the wings". Here, the apple, means the pupil(瞳孔，眼珠), pupil is the most important part of the eye, losing it, light will not be able to enter the eye through the hole in the center of the iris(虹膜), and people would become blind. So, this idiom is used as a metaphor to describe a cherished person or object.）5、the Big Apple 美国的纽约市Bean Town :Boston（There are many explanations about this, the most interesting one is aboutAmerican jazz musicians. About one hundred years ago, a group of jazz musicians often tour around the country to make money. Musicians often compared their destination to the apples on the tree. They went to the town to give a show, which liked to pick the apples on the tree, and because New York is the city that they earned most, so they called it "the Big Apple". ）6、apple of Sodom(=Dead Sea apple) 华而不实东西; 虚有其表的事物; 金玉其外、败絮其中(something that is not worth its value)(Sodom is a city near the Dead Sea. In ancient time, there was a very tall apple tree in this city, its fruit is very beautiful and attractive. All the people who passed here could not help to pick one to taste. However, when handed it and peeled off the skin, there is a mass of things liked dust, which can’t eat. According to the legend, this is god's punishment to people here.)Banana：1、top/big banana (=main boss) 大老板,领袖;最滑稽的演员;政府官员（One hundred years ago, at that time, America didn’t have the film and television. There was a stage, the content is popular music, dancing, and telling jokes. Sometimes, after the actors told a joke, others would give him a banana. Slowly, people called the funniest actors top banana. And with time went by, it had another meaning, the main boss.）2、go bananas 1）to become wild with anger大发雷霆；狂怒2）to become crazy 发疯，神经错乱（When the monkey see a bunch of bananas，they will get carried away with excitement, barks and jumps. So this phrase shows people’s feelings is out of control，just like monkeys.）Lemon：A lemon 劣质商品，次品(Because lemon is too sour, too bitter to eat, about 19th century, people used it to describe a person, who is sharp and not easy to get along with. Then it turned to be something bad, and was known as “defective goods”.)。
与 apple 有关的习语
4.in apple pie order 有条不紊，井然有序
这个习语的由来尚有争论。在美国，有人认为它产生在新大陆移民时期。 那时，家庭主妇要烤苹果派时，需将苹果一片片切成同样的大小，这样 烘烤出来的苹果派才会香酥可口。所以这个习语用来形容东西摆放得整 整齐齐，井然有序。
例句：Her room is always in apple pie order. 他的房间总是整整齐齐的。
圣诞节苹果价格也疯狂 穿上马甲一个苹果卖15元 坑爹 价啊，有木有!
Today, we are going to learn some
idiomatic expressions of “apple” .
Here we go !!!
和apple有关的俗语典故
（1）apple of love 爱情的信物
5. apple polish 讨好，拍马屁，贿赂
美国是个尊师重教的国家，近百年前，美国小学生特别尊敬老师。 有些小学生喜欢在老师的桌上放一个擦得鲜亮的苹果，想以此巴结 老师。所以，“擦苹果”（apple polish）逐渐产生了贬义，表示 “讨好，拍马屁，贿赂”的意思，用于讽刺那些不顾客观实际，专 门谄媚奉承，讨好别人的行为。而“擦苹果的人” （apple polisher） 就成了“阿谀逢迎者，马屁精”。
英汉水果习语对比研究
知识文库 第15期6英汉水果习语对比研究叶丹1徐溧2习语( idiom)是语言的精华，它包括俚语(slang)俗语(colloquialism)和谚语(proverb)等，是各民族在社会实践中积累下来的一种约定俗成的特殊语言形式。
其来源有风俗习惯、经济文化、宗教历史、日常生活等，体现了不同民族的文化价值观和思维特征。
水果常见于人类日常生活中，英、汉文化里都有许多与水果相关的习语。
但东西方地理位置、土壤气候异同，因而产出的水果也有异同。
地理文化的异同影响东西方习俗、生活的异同，表现在语言文化层面也有异同。
若想知晓各国自古出产和盛产何种水果，从其水果习语里可窥得一斑。
1.Apple/苹果(1)英语中有许多“Apple”的习语: Adam’s apple (喉结)；the apple of one’s eye (掌上明珠/心爱之物)；Apple of Sodom/Dead Sea apple (华而不实，徒有其表的东西和事物)；Golden apple/ apple of discord (祸根)；Big Apple (纽约)；Apple polisher (拍马屁者)；from the egg to the apple (自始至终)；apple pie order (井井有条)；apple-pie bed (被褥折叠得使人伸不直腿的床铺)；as American as apple pie(地道的美国人)；an apple of love (西红柿)； rotten apple(害群之马)； An apple a day keeps the doctor away等。
(2)汉语中没有“苹果”的习语。
苹果原产于欧洲和中亚细亚。
现代汉语所说的“苹果”源于梵语，为古印度佛经中被称为“频婆”的一种水果。
又说中国古代的林檎、柰、花红等水果被认为是中国土生苹果品种或与苹果相似的水果。
《千字文》有“果珍李柰”。
2. Banana /香蕉(1)英语中也有许多“banana”的习语：banana (喜剧演员)；top banana (大腕)；second banana (次要滑稽演员)；big banana (大老板/鹰钩鼻子)；go bananas （情绪失控）；banana seat (自行车的轻便车座)；Banana Republic(外国势力介入、经济作物较单一不稳定的国家)；banana oil (胡说/花言巧语)等。
水果英语趣味表达
• 她们争执不下，闹到众神之父宙斯(Zeus)那里，但宙斯碍 于难言之隐，不愿偏袒任何一方，就要她们去找特洛伊的 王子帕里斯(Paris)评判。三位女神为了获得金苹果，都各 自私许帕里斯以某种好处：赫拉许给他以广袤国土和掌握 富饶财宝的权利，雅典娜许以文武全才和胜利的荣誉，阿 芙罗狄蒂则许他成为世界上最美艳女子的丈夫。年青的帕 里斯在富贵、荣誉和美女之间选择了后者，便把金苹果判 给爱与美之神。为此，赫拉和雅典娜怀恨帕里斯，连带也 憎恨整个特洛伊人。后来阿芙罗狄蒂为了履行诺言，帮助 帕里斯拐走了斯巴达国王墨涅俄斯的王后---绝世美女海伦 (Helen)，从而引起了历时10年的特洛伊战争。不和女神 厄里斯丢下的那个苹果，不仅成了天上3位女神之间不和 的根源，而且也成为了人间2个民族之间战争的起因
• He said he didn’t want to just because nobody asked him to, can’t you see it is sour grapes? • 他说他不想去仅仅是因为没人邀请他去，你没看出来他是吃 不到葡萄就说葡萄是酸的吗？
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• 1.Excuse my French原谅我说话粗鲁 ; 【国家名的特殊用法】 • 2.Indian giver送东西日后又讨回的人; • 3.Spanish castle不切实际; • 4.Spanish athlete爱吹牛的人; • 5.Italian hand幕后操纵; • 6.Irish bull自相矛盾; • 7.Dutch courage酒后之勇; • 8.French leave不辞而别; • 9.Greek gift害人的礼物; • 10.Russian boot长统靴
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01 Apple-Pie Order
1.Today, we tell about the expression apple-pie order.
2.It means in perfect order, very well organized.
3.Nobody is sure where and when the expression apple-pie order began.
4.Some say that Scottish and English writers use the expression a long time ago.
5.Other say it first was used in the northeastern American states known as New England.
6.The housewives of New England cut their apples in even slices.
7.Then they filled pie pans with them in an organized way -- row upon row.
8.As one writer said, the women of New England love to have everything in its place.
9.This perhaps explains why it generally is believed that the expression Apple-Pie-Order began in
New England.
10.Another old expression describes the opposite condition -- wild disorder.
11.That expression is apple of discord. It comes from ancient mythology.
12.The myth says that all the gods and goddesses were sitting around a table to celebrate the
marriage of Thetis and Peleus.
13.One of the gods-Discord was a troublemaker.
14.He threw a golden apple on the table to be given as a prize to the most beautiful goddess.
15.It was not an easy decision to make.
16.How could they choose among Juno, Minerva and Venus?
17.Paris was given the task of deciding.
18.He decided to give the golden apple to Venus.
19.Juno and Minerva were very angry and threatened him.
20.This, the myth says, began the long Trojan War.
21.At one time the tomato was called a love apple.
22.That was a mistake.
23.This is how the mistake happened.
24.In the sixteenth century, Spain imported tomato from south America after Spanish explorers
had landed there.
25.Spain then exported tomato to Morocco.
26.Italian traders carried it onto Italy.
27.The Italian name for tomato was pomo de Mauro, apple of the Moores.
28.When French growers imported it from Italy,
29.they thought de Mauro meant d'amour,
30.the French word for love,
31.and so pomme d'amour became the apple of love.
32.People believe many things about the apple.
33.One belief is that it has great powers of keeping people healthy.
34.A very common expression is "an apple a day keeps the doctor away".
35.Another belief is based on fact.
36.The expression is "one rotten apple spoils the barrel".
37.When an apple begins to go bad,
38.it ruins all the other apples around it in the container.
39.The expression has come to mean that one bad person in a group can cause everyone to act bad.。