饮食文化与英语习.pptVIP

饮食文化与英语习语 奥总统在胡主席访问美国前恶补了中文，于是，在国宴时对胡主席卖弄中文— “我终于明白了，中国文化其实就是吃的文化：岗位叫饭碗,谋生叫糊口；受雇叫混饭，混得好叫吃得开，受人欢迎叫吃香；受到照顾叫吃小灶，花积蓄叫吃老本；男人老是用女人的钱叫吃软饭；干活多了叫吃不消，受人伤害叫吃亏，男女嫉妒叫吃醋；犹豫不决叫吃不准，办事不力叫吃干饭, 负不起责任叫吃不了兜着走。” 　??? 胡主席听后很生气，说：“要你总结中美关系，你却总结中国文化，是不是吃饱了撑的？！” The table robs more than a thief. 消耗在餐桌上的财富比窃贼偷去的还多。 Good wine needs no bush. 酒香不怕巷子深。 Please sit above the salt. 邀请贵宾坐上席. eat sb．out of house and home 吃穷某人，吃得倾家荡产 Whenever his boss reprimands him，he eats crow with no resistance． 无论老板何时责骂他，他都忍气吞声，毫不反抗。 One has no business to eat a man‘s salt and then say nasty things about him． 一个人没有权利享受着人家的款待，又讲人家的坏话。 The proof of the pudding is in the eating 试过之后, 才能判断好坏; It is a real bread-and-butter satellite． 这是个实用价值很高的卫星 Like a hot knife through butter 某件事很容易做。 Praise is not pudding ?? 宁要实惠 不要恭维; I have already doubled your salary．You are still not satisfied．Do you want jam on it? 我已经给你的工资翻了一倍，你还不满意，你太贪心了吧? It is hard cheese for him if he can’t go to the cinema with us． 他要是不能同我们一起去看电影，那真是不走运 Wage increase is only jam tomorrow for him． 涨工资对他来说只不过是兑现不了的许诺 She always wants to have a finger in every pie if her neighbour are planning any little festivity． 她的邻居如果打算搞点喜庆活动，她都要插上一手 Their idea about increasing salary is just a pie in the sky． 他们打箅加薪的想法纯粹足空中楼阁。 Finally I had to tell him to drink his beer． 最后我只好叫他闭嘴。 We all have to work extra hard and long hours to finish this contract on time．and if you don’t like the heat，get out of the kitchen． 要及时完成合同，我们都必须格外努力，加班工作。如果你接受不了我们的要求，就算了。 Travelling is just his cup of tea． 旅行正是他所喜爱的。 If you have lost nothing more than six pence，you are making a storm in a teacup about it． 如果你只是丢失了6便士。那你是小题大做。 If life gives you lemons, make lemonade。在困境中也要做到最好。 家常便饭 bread and cheese ?? 吃饭 break bread ?? 挣饭吃 to earn one’s bread 白饭 bread of idleness ?? 抢某人的饭碗; to take the bread out of one’s mouth ?? 失业 out of bread ?? 混饭吃 on the bread line ?? use one’s noodles 思考, 仔细斟酌 be nuts about 对…十分热衷! Talk turkey 坦率地说 strong meat 是 难以消化的食品 stew in one’s ow