【吃货必备】关于“吃”的一些小习语

在英语世界里，有很多词汇明明挂着食物的名堂但是却和本来的意思大相径庭，欺骗了不少无知的吃货~ 明明写着吃，但是却吃不到的词汇，但在我们平时实际的口语表达中还是挺实用的！其实乍一看这些词都是大家所熟悉的，但就是可能不会想到这些词组成起来会是这个意思。然而这些词也是比较容易被大家接受的。接下来我们来举一些相关的例子：

Bite your tongue 咬舌自尽（kidding~） 忍住不说
　　Meaning: you stop yourself from saying something because you realize it might cause offense or be hurtful.
　　Example: I bit my tongue many times during my last debate against my classmate.

Chew the fat 闲聊
　　Meaning: to chat or gossip
　　Example: I enjoy meeting my friends to chew the fat.

Coffee/tea break 小憩
　　Meaning: to take a short break from work to rest and drink coffee, smoke a cigarette etc..
　　Example: I usually have a coffee break around 11.30.

Dish the dirt 嚼舌根，散布流言蜚语
　　Meaning: to spread gossip about someone
　　Example: My cousin likes to dish the dirt on people she doesn’t like, but how could this be right and make people think highly of her?

Cup of tea 喜欢的人或事
　　Meaning: used to describe something one enjoys or does well
　　Example: I really enjoyed watching this movie, it was just my cup of tea.

Eat dirt 忍气吞声，忍辱负重
　　Meaning: to act humble, accept another’s insult or bad treatment
　　Example: He bullied his employees and made them eat dirt.

Eat humble pie 赔罪，道歉
　　Meaning: to be humble, admit one’s error and apologize.
　　Example: Everyone in my uncle’s company has to eat humble pie when my uncle proves they are wrong.

Out to lunch 发疯似的，心不在焉的
　　Meaning: to behave crazily or madly
　　Example: I always thought my roommate acted a little out to lunch.

Have a full plate/have a lot on plate 自顾不暇，很多事忙不过来
　　Meaning: have a lot to do.
　　Example: Career and family, it seems like my uncle has a full plate, but he actually balances it very well.

To be spoon-fed 被过分宠坏的，被填鸭式教育的
　　Meaning: It can mean to be treated in a way that discourages independent thought or action, by overindulgence or provided with knowledge or information in an oversimplified way.
　　Example: To be honest, I think I am not that kind of girl who could get a good grade by spoon-fed education.

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