分類: 英語成語園地-食物篇

搞砸；做某事做得很差。

例句：

• I guess I really laid an egg, huh? (我想我真的搞砸了，嗯？)
• The cast laid an egg in both performances. (這些卡司在兩場表演中都演得很差)

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一天一蘋果，醫生遠離我。

例句：

• Remember to take an apple in your dinner today. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. (記得今天晚餐要吃蘋果。一天一蘋果，醫生遠離我)
• Grandma always fed us lots of apples when we visited her. She believed that an apple a day keeps the doctor away. (每次我們去看奶奶，她總是給我們吃很多蘋果。她相信一天一蘋果，醫生遠離我)

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人生 (本來) 就是這麼回事

註：這成語字面的意思是「餅乾掉到地上就會碎掉」，用來比喻人生本來就是這麼回事，因此當希望落空或遭遇不幸、不好或不如意的事情時可別太在意，也不要氣餒或惱怒。美國還有 That's the way the ball bounces. 的說法。

例句：

• I can't believe they chose Peter for the job but not me. Ah well, that's the way the cookie crumbles. (我不敢相信，他們竟然挑選彼得來擔任這項工作而不是我。啊，算了，人生就是這麼回事)
• You'll just have to accept this result. That's the way the ball bounces. (你只能接受這項結果。人生就是這麼回事)

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微不足道的人；無關緊要的事；瑣事 (trivia)。

例句：

• Randy owns a lot of property but he is still small beer compared to Kevin. (蘭迪擁有許多資產，但跟凱文比起來，他仍然算不了什麼)
• My mother is busy with small beer every day. (我母親每天忙於瑣事)

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社會中堅；誠實、正派、值得信賴的好人。

例句：

• We think of ourselves as the salt of the earth. (我們自認是社會中堅)
• His father is the salt of the earth. (他父親是個正派的好人)

註：本成語源自《聖經》《馬太福音》(Matthew) 中的 "You are the salt of the earth." (你們是世上的鹽)。

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搶某人的飯碗；剝奪某人的生計。

例句：

• If Paul does that work, he'll be taking the bread out of the mouths of his fellow workers. (如果保羅從事那項工作，他就會搶了他同事的飯碗)
• Lowering wages is taking the bread out of the workers' mouths. (降低工資將剝奪這些工人的生計)

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某人少不更事的時期；某人年輕識淺的青少年時期；某人年輕沒有經驗的時期。

例句：

• I recall the joys I experienced during the Lunar New Year in my salad days. (我想起青少年時期農曆過年期間我所經歷的歡樂)
• In our salad days, we were apt to get into all sorts of mischief on the weekends. (在我們少不更事的時期，每到週末我們就會亂搞各種惡作劇)

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在某人傷口抹鹽；使某人痛上加痛；使某人更加難堪。

例句：

• Losing was bad enough and having to watch them receiving the trophy just rubbed salt into our wounds. (吃敗仗已經夠糟了，還要看他們領獎，簡直就是在我們的傷口抹鹽)
• The manager is really unpopular because he is always rubbing salt in the wounds of his employees by criticizing them harshly. (這位經理真不得人緣，因為他老是嚴厲指責他的員工，使他們更加難堪)

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懷孕；有喜。

例句：

• Honey, I've something to tell you ... I've a bun in the oven. (親愛的，我有事告訴你 … 我有喜了)
• Do you know Anna has got a bun in the oven? (你知道安娜懷孕了嗎?)

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