早安英文 第554期:这些甜品俚语学会超好用

 

1.I have a sweet tooth....

我爱吃甜食。

2.have your cake and eat it: 吃掉蛋糕同时又保有它。两全其美的事儿，好事成双

Usually you can't have your cake and eat it.

鱼与熊掌不可兼得

3.the icing on the cake＝a cherry on top 锦上添花，英文里面呢，我们讲蛋糕上的糖衣，或者刚刚我讲的那个，冰淇淋顶上的一个樱桃。

My new boyfriend¹ is very intelligent². That he is handsome is just the icing on the cake.

我的新男朋友很聪明。然后他还很帅气，真是锦上添花。

4.as American as apple pie: 非常地道美国式的

这些甜品俚语学会超好用

5.be in apple-pie order 像苹果派一样，形容井然有序，整整齐齐

6.as flat as a pancake: 像薄煎饼一样平坦，又平又薄。特别地，形容女生的时候，表示，平胸。

Look at that girl. She is as flat as a pancake.

看那个女孩子，胸好平。

7.That's the way the cookie crumbles³. 事已定局，无可变更

We lost the game, but that’s just the way the cookie crumbles.

我们输了比赛，但是事已至此，只能这样了。

8.something is selling like hot cakes. 某物热销，畅销，卖得很好。

9.a slice of cake 分一杯羹

1 boyfriend   

n.男朋友

参考例句：

• The girl was so angry that she hung up on her boyfriend.那姑娘一气之下挂断了男朋友的电话。
• My boyfriend gathered some beautiful flowers for me. 我的男朋友为我采来一些美丽的花。

2 intelligent   

adj.聪明的，伶俐的，有才智的

参考例句：

• All human beings are much more intelligent than animal.整个人类都比动物聪明得多。
• She was intelligent enough to turn off the gas.她关掉了煤气,够机灵的。

3 crumbles   

酥皮水果甜点( crumble的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This cake crumbles too easily. 这种蛋糕太容易碎了。
• This bread crumbles ever so easily. 这种面包非常容易碎。