8个与pie和cake相关的习语
1. take the cake: 名列第一;优胜 Of all the hard-hearted women, she takes the cake. 女性中能像她那么铁石心肠的,恐怕再也没谁了。 2. eat humble pie: 忍气吞声;低头认罪 I think I'm right, but if I'm wrong, I'll eat humble pie. 我觉得我是对的。不过如果能证明我错,我甘愿认罪。 3. go/sell like hot cakes: 热销,畅销 I'm sure this new line of coats will go like hot cakes. 我确信这种新款外套一定会畅销。 4. a piece of cake/as easy as pie: 小菜一碟,小事一桩 Glad to help. It was a piece of cake. 很高兴能帮上忙。这一点也不难。 5. eat one's cake and have it too: 得其利而无其害,两者兼得(多用于否定句中) Don't buy a car if you want to walk and stay healthy. You can't eat your cake and have it too. 如果你想要走路、想要保持健康,就别买车。鱼和熊掌不可兼得。 6. pie in the sky: 渺茫的希望 Their plans to set up their own business are just pie in the sky. 他们创办自己公司的计划只不过是空想罢了。 7. cakes and ale: 欢乐,物质享受,生活中的好东西(ale是一种酒) Any reasonable person knows that life is not all cakes and ale. 任何理性的人都知道,生活不可能总是充满鲜花和美酒。 8. a piece (or slice) of the pie: 一份好处,一杯羹 When the business started making money, everyone in his family wanted a piece of the pie. 他的生意开始赚钱后,家里每个人都想分一杯羹。 |