今天我们来学一些跟【蔬果】有关的俚语

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1. As cool as a cucumber 指人在困难的情况下非常冷静，泰然自若。

Everyone was busy trying to get things ready, but Tom just sat there, cool as a cucumber.

大家都在忙着做准备，只有他泰然自若地坐在那里。

2. A couch potato 沙发土豆，特指整天窝在沙发里看电视的人。

He turned into a couch potato since he quit his job, which made his parents worry.

他辞职之后就成天窝在沙发上看电视，这让他的父母十分担心。

3. Know somebody’s onions 对某一方面很内行。

He’s spent years studying Arabic archaeology, so he really knows his onions.

他研究阿拉伯考古已经很多年了，他在这方面知识很渊博。