1.curry favour 討好，奉承，拍馬屁

　　curry 咖喱

　　He's always trying to curry favour with the boss.

　　他總是想方設(shè)法拍老板馬屁。

　　2. be in apple-pie order

　　井然有序;整齊;井井有條

　　apple-pie 蘋果派

　　Their house is always in apple-pie order.

　　他們家總是收拾得井井有條。

　　3. jam tomorrow 許而不予的好東西，可望不可及的東西

　　jam 果醬

　　As children we were always being promised jam tomorrow, if only we would be patient.

　　孩提時(shí)大人總是許諾只要我們耐心點(diǎn)兒就會(huì)給我們好東西。

　　4. (as) cool as a cucumber 鎮(zhèn)靜，冷靜，泰然自若

　　cucumber 黃瓜

　　She walked in as cool as a cucumber, as if nothing had happened.

　　她泰然自若地走進(jìn)來，好像什么事也沒發(fā)生過。

　　5. be like chalk and cheese 截然不同;迥異

　　chalk 粉筆

　　cheese 奶酪

　　My brother and I are like chalk and cheese.

　　我哥哥和我截然不同。

　　6. like two peas in a pod (尤指外觀)非常相像

　　pea 豌豆

　　The twins are like two peas in a pod.

　　那對(duì)雙胞胎長(zhǎng)得極像。

　　7. bean counter (尤指大公司的)會(huì)計(jì)師

　　bean 豆類

　　It looked like the project was going to be approved, but the bean counters said it wasn't cost-effective.

　　眼看這個(gè)項(xiàng)目就要獲批準(zhǔn)了，但會(huì)計(jì)師們認(rèn)為它不劃算。

　　8. bring home the bacon 養(yǎng)家糊口

　　bacon是培根

　　I can't sit around all day - someone's got to bring home the bacon.

　　我不能整天坐著無所事事——家里總得有個(gè)養(yǎng)家糊口的人。

　　9. chew the cud 深思，反復(fù)思考

　　cud 咀嚼物

　　He sat for a moment chewing the cud before he spoke.

　　他坐著沉思了片刻才開口說話。

　　10. eat crow / eat humble pie 認(rèn)錯(cuò);道歉

　　pie 餡餅

　　After boasting that his company could outperform the industry's best, he's been forced to eat humble pie.

　　他吹噓他的公司可以壓倒業(yè)內(nèi)最好的企業(yè)，但之后，他就不得不承認(rèn)言過其實(shí)了。

　　11. sour grapes 酸葡萄(指由于得不到而貶低某物)

　　grape 葡萄

　　I don't think it's such a great job - and that's not just sour grapes because I didn't get it.

　　我認(rèn)為這份工作不怎么樣——我可不是因?yàn)槌圆恢�葡萄說葡萄酸。

　　12. spill the beans 泄露秘密

　　bean 豆類

　　So who spilled the beans about her affair with David?

　　所以到底是誰把她和大衛(wèi)的私情泄露出去的?