实用口语丨身为一个吃货，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。

1

curry 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。

2

be 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。

3

jam 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。

5

be 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。

6

like 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。

7

bean 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。

8

bring home the bacon

养家糊口

bacon：培根

I can't sit around all day - someone's got to bring home the bacon. 
我不能整天坐着无所事事——家里总得有个养家糊口的人。

9

chew the cud 

深思，反复思考

cud：咀嚼物

He sat for a moment chewing the cud before he spoke. 
他坐着沉思了片刻才开口说话。

10

eat crow/humble pie

认错，道歉

pie：馅饼

After boasting that his company could outperform the industry's best, he's been forced to eat humble pie. 
他吹嘘他的公司可以压倒业内最好的企业，但之后，他就不得不承认言过其实了。

11

sour grapes

酸葡萄（指由于得不到而贬低某物）

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. 
我认为这份工作不怎么样——我可不是因为吃不着葡萄说葡萄酸。

12

spill the beans

泄露秘密

bean：豆类

So who spilled the beans about her affair with David?
所以到底是谁把她和大卫的私情泄露出去的？

（编辑：杜娟）