Học tiếng anh qua những Idioms chủ đề ‘Fruits’

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• Cherry

1. A bite at the cherry

Meaning: An opportunity to achieve something

Example: He definitely wants a bite of the cherry.

 

2. As red as a cherry

Meaning: Very red

Example: Her cheeks were as red as a cherry.

 

3. Cherry-pick

Meaning: To “cherry-pick” is to select carefully.

Example: I can’t believe he left the company and then cherry-picked the best employee in my department!

 

4. Life is a bowl of cherries

Meaning: Life is a bowl of cherries means that life is easy.

Example: Life’s not exactly a bowl of cherries when you’re an international champ.

 

• Plum

1. A plum job

Meaning: Very good job

Example: He got a plum job in an insurance company.

 

2. Speak with a plum in (one’s) mouth

Meaning: To speak in a manner that is indicative of a high social class. Primarily heard in UK.

Example: He spoke with such a plum in his mouth that none of us working-class sods could stand to listen to him.

 

• Apple

1. Apples and Oranges

Meaning: Of two different classes, not comparable

Example: Comparing beer and good chardonnay is like comparing apples and oranges – they’re two different things.

Note: This is generally used with a form of “compare.”

 

2. As American as apple pie

Meaning: As American as apple pie means that something is quint essentially representative of American culture or values.

Example: Baseball is as American as apple pie.

 

3. Bad apple (especially US)

Meaning: A person who is corrupt or wicked

Example: It is hoped the inquiry will pick out the bad apples in the police force.

 

4. The apple never falls far from the tree

Meaning: To say that “the apple never falls far from the tree” is to suggest that a person’s personality traits are close to those of the person’s parents.

Example: Her daughter soon showed her own musical talent, proving that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

 

5. The apple of your eye

Meaning: The person who you are very fond of

Example: She has three children, but her youngest son is the apple of her eye.

 

6. Upset the apple cart

Meaning: To “upset the apple cart” is to ruin plans.

Example: Look, he’s not trying to upset the apple cart—he just needs to meet laterin the day now, that’s all.

 

 

• Bananas

1. Go bananas

Meaning: To become very angry, crazy or annoyed

Example: She’ll go bananas if she sees the house in this (dirty) condition.

 

2. Second banana

Meaning: A “second banana” is a subordinate, and the “top banana” is the leader.

Example: I generally don’t mind playing second banana when I’m with such a legendary comedian, but it would be nice to be the one getting all the laughs once in a while.

 

3. Top banana

Meaning: The “top banana” is the leader.

Example: You’ll have to ask the top banana. He’s out right now.

 

4. To go bananas

Meaning: To become crazy

Example: I’ll end up going bananas if I have to work in this cubicle for one more day!

 

• Peach

1. Peach

Meaning: A person or thing that is beautiful

Example: You brought me coffee? Ah, you’re a peach.

 

2. Peaches and cream

Meaning: When everything is “peaches and cream”, life is going well.

Example: I’ve heard that women in older times actually bathed with milk to maintain a peaches-and-cream complexion.

 

• Grapes

Sour grapes

Meaning: One is said to have “sour grapes” when one be littles something one covets but cannot obtain.

Example: Criticizing it is just sour grapes, but you still really want it.

 

• Lemon

Lemon

Meaning: A vehicle that does not work properly

Example: The car dealer sold me a lemon.

 

• Fig

Not give a fig

Meaning: Not to feel interested in something

Example: You can do what you want. I don’t give a fig.

 

• Straw

(The) Last Straw

Meaning: A problem, burden, or mistake that finally makes someone run out of patience

Example: I’ve put up with all your mistakes on this project, but this is the last straw. I’m removing you from the team.

Note: A related idiom is “the straw the broke the camel’s back.”

 

• Cucumber

Cool as a cucumber

Meaning: A person who is able to remain calm

Example: I was petrified to take the stage, but Alice was as cool as a cucumber.

 

• Pear

Go pear-shaped

Meaning: To fail; to be unsuccessful

Example: What are we going to do this weekend if our plans go pear-shaped?

 

To Bear Fruit

Meaning: To develop in a profitable or positive way

Example: All the effort we put in on the software is finally beginning to bear fruit – sales for our department are up 20 percent.

 

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