早安英文 第329期:原来 second banana 不表示第二根香蕉

 英语学习笔记：

the apple of one's eye 某人的掌上明珠

the Big Apple 纽约城

She is such an apple-polisher. She always agrees with whatever the boss says.

她是个马屁精，不管老板说什么，她都赞同。

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

有其父必有其子。

I don't like being second banana to anyone.

我不想做任何人的替补。

Life is like a box of cherries.

生活美好简单。

Life isn't always a bowl of cherries.

生活不如意十之八九。

I do not give a fig¹ what society thinks.

我不在乎这个社会怎么看怎么想。

1 fig   

n.无花果(树)

参考例句：

• The doctor finished the fig he had been eating and selected another.这位医生吃完了嘴里的无花果，又挑了一个。
• You can't find a person who doesn't know fig in the United States.你找不到任何一个在美国的人不知道无花果的。