apple of one's eye ( to be the ):to be one's favorite 掌上明珠；心愛物
is the apple of her father's eye.她是她父親的掌上明珠。
Big Apple (the):New York 大蘋果城即紐約
eg.I live in the Big Apple.我住在大蘋果城。
epare apples and oranges (to):to pare o things that simply cannot be pared.比較兩個無法相比的事物
's you're paring apples and oranges .
真可笑。妳是在那兩種無法相比的東西作比較，就好像蘋果和桔子。
“How do you like the apples?”：“What do you think of that ?”
*註：這是對某種冒犯性行為做出報復後說的話。
Banana(香蕉）
bananas (to be ):to be crazy 發瘋的，神經錯亂的
guuy's bananas!那家夥真是瘋了！
*註意：to go bananas: bee crazy.發瘋，神經錯亂
eg.I'm so bored I'm going bananas.我厭煩的要死，都快發瘋了。
bee wild with anger狂怒，氣得發瘋
went bananas when she found him cheating.她發現他欺騙時氣得要命。
play second banana (to):to be second choice第二選擇，次要人物
eg.I always play second banana to her.我總是做她的後補。
top banana:main boss領袖，頭頭，大老板
's (the) top banana in this pany.他是這家公司的大老板。
Bean (豆)
bean brain :idiot *** ，笨蛋
is such a bean brain.他是個大笨蛋。
beans about sth. (not to know):not to know anything about sth.對某事物壹無所知，壹竅不通
eg.I don't know beans about puters.我對電腦壹竅不通。
*註意：此詞語只有否定形式，“to know beans about sth.”這種說法不存在。
Bean Town :Boston
Massachusetts 豆城指麻薩諸塞州波士頓市
*註：波士頓市以其特產烘豆而聞名。
Beet(甜菜）
beet red (to be):to be extremly red from blushing
embarras *** ent
etc.[因窘迫，羞愧等]臉紅
was so embarrased she turned beet red.他窘迫得滿臉通紅。
Cabbage(洋白菜，甘藍菜）
cabbage:money錢，金錢
*註：這個詞語盡管已不在常用，但偶爾也會在老影片或玩笑中聽到。
carrot(胡蘿蔔)
carrot in front of someone (to danglea)
tempt someone with an unobtainable offer開空頭支票[以實踐不了的諾言誘惑某人]
boss told me lf I perform well on the job
we 'll talk about a salary increase next I think he's just dangling a carrot in front of me.
老板告訴我，如果我工作表現出色，明年加工資就有商量了。但我想他這不過是開了壹張空頭支票。
Cauliflower(花椰菜，菜花）
cauliflower ears:swollen ears usually resulting from a boxing match[拳擊運動員因多次受擊而腫起的]開花耳朵
boxer has cauliflower ears.那位拳擊運動員的耳朵被打開花了。
Cherry（櫻桃）
bowl of cherries (to be a ):to be wonderful 精彩的，絕妙的
isn't always a bowl of cherries.生活並不總是美好的。
Corn (谷物；谷粒）
“For corn sake!”：“Oh
my goodness!” “噢，天哪！”
*註：這個詞語雖然已相當過時，但中老年人仍在使用。
corn :drama
overemotional drama情節劇；感情表現誇張的戲劇
a bunch of corn!這壹連串的情節劇真精彩啊！
dramatic 情節劇的；誇張的
movie was so corny!這部電影表現得太誇張了！
cornball:culous 荒唐的，可笑的
e did you buy that cornball hat?妳從哪兒買來那頂滑稽的帽子？
cucumber(黃瓜，胡瓜）
cool as a cucumber (to be):to be calm and posed 十分冷靜，鎮定自如
ough he's guilty of the crime
he sure as cool as a cucumber.盡管他犯了罪，卻還是那麽鎮定自如。