这些食物单词居然和食物没半毛钱关系

作为一名吃货，你可知道有些能吃的单词换个场景后和吃的根本不搭边儿了？你是否能熟练运用这些关于吃喝的词句？

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下面我们就来看看这些换了马甲的食物单词：

1.curry favour 讨好，奉承，拍马屁（curry是咖喱）

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是苹果派）

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是果酱）

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是黄瓜）

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（chalk是粉笔，cheese是奶酪）

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是豌豆）

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是豆类）

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是培根）

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是咀嚼物）

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 / eat humble pie 认错；道歉（pie是馅饼）

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是葡萄）

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是豆类）

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？