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Food metaphor Food can serve as a metaphor for family, religion, sex, gender, social position, and group identity, among other things. These principal metaphors appear across cultures, but are organized locally as different peoples speak of different foods and equate them with specific elements of their lives. The following overview of food as metaphor provides explanations of the different metaphorical constructs with a variety of specific local examples.  peach［桃子］ 　　 peach 因为其形状优雅、色泽白里透红而深受人们的喜爱。因此，英语中就常用peach 来比喻“年轻漂亮的女人”, “令人敬佩的人”或“出色、优秀的事物”等。 　　　　 Miss peng was a pecah. 澎老师是个令人敬佩的人. lemon 在英语中被用来指质量低劣的、令人很不满意的产品，特别指新生产出来但 有很多毛病的汽车。 There is a lemon in my garage. 我车库里有一辆质量很差的汽车。 plum［李子］ plum被用来比喻那些“最好的东西”、“令人非常羡慕的东西”或 “意外的收获”等。 Every time he always reserves for himself the best plums. 每次他总是把最好的留给自己 tomato(西红柿) tomato因其鲜红欲滴的颜色，光洁美丽的外表，常用来喻指“美貌女子” watermelon(西瓜) watermelon是人们喜爱的夏季消暑水果，动词短语“swallowa watermelon seed”意为“吞下一颗瓜籽”，由此含蓄委婉地转义为妇女“怀孕 桃李 peach and plum students 老油条 deep-fried dough strips foxy old hand 醋坛子 a jug of vinegar envious/green-eyed person 饭桶 rice barrel big-eater/good-for-nothing 滚刀肉 tough meat unreasonable trouble-maker 樱桃小口 cherry-like mouth very small and pretty mouth 杏仁眼 apricot-shaped eyes big and round eyes 肤如凝脂 skin like congealed fat fair,soft and glossy skin 泡蘑菇 to play for time 吃醋 to become jealous 吃闭门羹 be denied entry 炒冷饭 to repeat the same thing over and over 喝西北风 to drink northwest wind,live on air,have nothing to eat Smooth apple 讨人喜欢的人 A crab 令人讨厌的人 A cupcake 漂亮的姑娘 A plum 最好的东西，好差事 A lemon 尴尬的人，次品 A big fish 重要人物 An oyster 沉默寡言的人 Butter and egg man 挥金如土的阔佬 Pea soup 饭桶 Ham actor 自以为是、表演过火的蹩脚演员 ? 1.Country pumpk