詞語掌故解析：和蔬果有關的表達
Today wewill talk about expressions that use vegetables and fruits.
For example,a cucumber is a long, green vegetable thatpeople often eat in salads. You might say a person is ascool as a cucumber if he never seems to worry about anything and stayscalm in a stressful situation. If you put a cucumber in a solution of vinegar and spices for a long time, it becomes a pickle. But if you are in a pickle, you are in trouble or a difficult situation.
cucumber:黃瓜
ascool as a cucumber: never seems to worry about anything and stays calm in astressful situation鎮定自若
vinegar：醋（注意拼寫）
pickle:泡菜
ina pickle: 處于困境之中
If 2 peopleare very similar, you might say they are like 2peas in a pod.
twopeas in a pod:一個豆莢里的兩顆豌豆，表示兩人相像
There areseveral expressions about beans. If someone is very energetic, you might sayshe is full of beans. If you say something does not amount to a hill of beans, you mean it isof little importance. I might say you don't knowbeans about a subject if you do not know anything at all about it. Butif you spill the beans, you tell somethingthat was supposed to be a secret.
fullof beans: 精力旺盛
doesnot amount to a hill of beans: 一文不值
don'tknow beans about a subject：一竅不通
spillthe beans: 泄密
Potatoes area popular food in many areas. But something is considered small potatoes if it is not important. Youprobably would not want to hold a hot potato in your bare hands. This also means a problem or issue that no one wants todeal with. Someone might call you a couch potato if you sit and watch television all day and get little or no physical exercise.
smallpotatoes：小人物，不重要的`
hotpotato：燙手山芋
acouch potato：懶人
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今天，我們要討論的是那些使用了蔬菜名和水果名的俗語。
比如，黃瓜是一種長型的綠色蔬菜，人們常在沙拉中吃到。當一個人從不為任何事擔憂，或在緊張的形勢下仍能保持冷靜，你也許會說這個人“as cool as a cucumber(鎮定自若)”。如果你長時間把黃瓜放在醋和辣椒的混合液中，它會變成為泡菜。但如果你正“in a pickle(處于困境之中)”，那就是說你有了麻煩，或者遇到了困難。
如果兩個人長得非常相似，你會說他們就像“two peas in a pod（一個豆莢里的兩顆豌豆）"。
關于豆子的俗語有好幾個。如果一個人精力充沛，你可以說她“full of beans(精力旺盛)”。如果你說某樣東西“does not amount to a hill of beans(一文不值)”，你的意思是說它并不重要。如果你對某件事情一無所知，我可能會說你“don’t know beans about a subject（一竅不通）”。但如果你“spill the beans(泄密)”，那你說了某些本該是秘密的事情。
在很多地方，土豆是一種很受歡迎的食物。但如果某個東西是不重要的，那它則被認為是“small potatoes(小人物，不重要的)”。你大概不想徒手捧著“hot potato(燙手山芋)”，這代表了沒有人想去處理的難題。如果你成天坐著看電視，很少鍛煉，也許會有人稱你為“a couch potato(懶人)”。