1.curry favour 討好，奉承，拍馬屁
curry 咖喱
He's always trying to curry favour with the boss.
他總是想方設法拍老闆馬屁。
2. be in apple-pie order
井然有序;整齊;井井有條
apple-pie 蘋果派
Their house is always in apple-pie order.
他們家總是收拾得井井有條。
3. jam tomorrow 許而不予的好東西，可望不可及的東西
jam 果醬
As children we were always being promised jam tomorrow, if only we would be patient.
孩提時大人總是許諾只要我們耐心點兒就會給我們好東西。
4. (as) cool as a cucumber 鎮靜，冷靜，泰然自若
cucumber 黃瓜
She walked in as cool as a cucumber, as if nothing had happened.
她泰然自若地走進來，好像什麼事也沒發生過。
5. be like chalk and cheese 截然不同;迥異
chalk 粉筆
cheese 奶酪
My brother and I are like chalk and cheese.
我哥哥和我截然不同。
6. like two peas in a pod (尤指外觀)非常相像
pea 豌豆
The twins are like two peas in a pod.
那對雙胞胎長得極像。
7. bean counter (尤指大公司的)會計師
bean 豆類
It looked like the project was going to be approved, but the bean counters said it wasn't cost-effective.
眼看這個項目就要獲批准了，但會計師們認為它不划算。
8. bring home the bacon 養家餬口
bacon是培根
I can't sit around all day - someone's got to bring home the bacon.
我不能整天坐著無所事事——家裡總得有個養家餬口的人。
9. chew the cud 深思，反覆思考
cud 咀嚼物
He sat for a moment chewing the cud before he spoke.
他坐著沉思了片刻才開口說話。
10. eat crow / eat humble pie 認錯;道歉
pie 餡餅
After boasting that his company could outperform the industry's best, he's been forced to eat humble pie.
他吹噓他的公司可以壓倒業內最好的企業，但之後，他就不得不承認言過其實了。
11. sour grapes 酸葡萄(指由於得不到而貶低某物)
grape 葡萄
I don't think it's such a great job - and that's not just sour grapes because I didn't get it.
我認為這份工作不怎麼樣——我可不是因為吃不著葡萄說葡萄酸。
12. spill the beans 洩露秘密
bean 豆類
So who spilled the beans about her affair with David?
所以到底是誰把她和大衛的私情洩露出去的?