16种蔬菜英语地道用法
蔬菜，生活必需品之一，总是出现在传统表达中。假如他们都会说话而且说的是歪国话，我们肯定会听的云里雾里。看过下面这些包含蔬菜的地道口语用法后，我保证，麻麻再也不用担心你听不懂英语了。好了，奔跑吧，蔬菜，duang duang duang！
be “full of beans” is to talk nonsense, and to “not know beans” is to be ignorant or uninformed.
“full of beans”指所讲内容毫无意义，“not know beans”表示无知或缺乏常识。
be “not worth a hill of beans” is to be worthless.
毫无价值，微不足道。
“spill the beans” is to tell a secret.
泄露秘密。
“dangle a carrot” before someone is to encourage them with an incentive.
在某人面前吊一个胡萝卜是指刺激，鼓励某人，吊某人胃口。
carrot in “carrot and stick” is an incentive or reward. (The stick is the punishment.)
在大棒与胡萝卜（软硬兼施）中，carrot指奖励刺激，stick是惩罚措施。
6.A “carrot top” is a red-haired person.
红头发的人。
one “as cool as a cucumber” is very self-possessed under pressure.
在压力下仍然保持自我，泰然自若。(冷静沉着；镇静勇敢)
“pass an olive branch” is to make peaceful or reconciliatory overtures.
抛橄榄枝，指倾向和平或和解的提议。
9.A “pea-brained” person is stupid.
愚蠢的人。（头脑简单如豌豆）
or something else very dense can be described as being “as thick as pea soup.”
雾或其它很浓密的东西可以描述为as thick as pea soup，像豌豆汤一样浓。
be “like two peas in a pod” is to be very close with or similar to someone.
长得很像或走的很近。
be “in a pickle” is to experience complication.
处境困难或尴尬。
13.A “couch potato” is someone who spends an excessive amount of time seated watching television or playing video games. “couch potato”
指花大量时间坐着看电视或玩电玩。
14.A “hot potato” is a controversial or difficult issue, but to “drop (someone or something) like a hot potato” is to abandon the person or thing.
难题，棘手的问题，drop (someone or something) like a hot potato指放弃像个烫手山芋的人或事。
thing that is “small potatoes” is insignificant.
不重要的事。
16.“Salad days” refers to the youthful period of one’s life.
青葱岁月。
