Apple 苹果

apple of one's eye ( to be the ):to be one's favorite 掌上明珠；心爱物

eg.She is the apple of her father's eye.她是她父亲的掌上明珠。

Big Apple (the):New York 大苹果城【即纽约】

eg.I live in the Big Apple.我住在大苹果城。

comepare apples and oranges (to):to compare two things that simply cannot be compared.比较两个无法相比的事物

eg.That's ridiculous.Now you're comparing apples and oranges .真可笑。你是在那两种无法相比的东西作比较，就好像苹果和桔子。

“How do you like the apples?”：“What do you think of that ?”

*注：这是对某种冒犯性行为做出报复后说的话。

Banana(香蕉)

bananas (to be ):to be crazy 发疯的，神经错乱的

eg.That guuy's bananas!那家伙真是疯了！

*注意：to go bananas:1.to become crazy.发疯，神经错乱

eg.I'm so bored I'm going bananas.我厌烦的要死，都快发疯了。

2.to become wild with anger狂怒，气得发疯

eg.She went bananas when she found him cheating.她发现他欺骗时气得要命。

play second banana (to):to be second choice第二选择，次要人物

eg.I always play second banana to her.我总是做她的后补。

top banana:main boss领袖，头头，大老板

eg.He's (the) top banana in this company.他是这家公司的大老板。

Bean (豆)

bean brain :idiot 白痴，笨蛋

eg.He is such a bean brain.他是个大笨蛋。

beans about sth. (not to know):not to know anything about sth.对某事物一无所知，一窍不通

eg.I don't know beans about computers.我对电脑一窍不通。

*注意：此词语只有否定形式，“to know beans about sth.”这种说法不存在。

Bean Town :Boston,Massachusetts 豆城【指麻萨诸塞州波士顿市】

*注：波士顿市以其特产烘豆而闻名。

Beet(甜菜)

beet red (to be):to be extremly red from blushing ,embarrassment,etc.[因窘迫，羞愧等]脸红

eg.She was so embarrased she turned beet red.他窘迫得满脸通红。

Cabbage(洋白菜，甘蓝菜)

cabbage:money钱，金钱

*注：这个词语尽管已不在常用，但偶尔也会在老影片或玩笑中听到。