在线英语导语:吃货们,当看到与馅饼与蛋糕有关的词组是否满脑子的馅饼,蛋糕呢,但其实,这类的实质意思还是跟原来的相差甚远,目前大家一块儿看看,大家爱吃也要高IQ !
1. take the cake: 名列第一;优胜
Of all the hard-hearted women, she takes the cake.
女人中能像她那样铁石心肠的,恐怕再也没哪个了。
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.
我感觉我是对的。不过假如能证明我错,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必然会畅销。
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.
非常高兴能帮上忙。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.
假如你想要走路、想要维持健康,就不要买车。鱼和熊掌不可兼得。
6. pie in the sky: 渺茫的期望
Their plans to set up their own business are just pie in the sky.
他们创办自己企业的计划只是空想罢了。
7. cakes and ale: 欢乐,物质享受,日常的好东西(ale是一种酒)
Any reasonable person knows that life is not all cakes and ale.
任何理性的人都了解,生活不可能一直充满鲜花和美酒。
8. a piece 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.
他的业务开始挣钱后,家每一个人都想分一杯羹。
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