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1.To be “full of beans” is to talk nonsense, and to “not know beans” is to be ignorant or uninformed.
“full of beans”指所讲内容毫无意义，“not know beans”表示无知或缺少知识。
2.To be “not worth a hill of beans” is to be worthless.
毫无价值，微不足道。
3.To “spill the beans” is to tell a secret.
泄露秘密。
4.To “dangle a carrot” before someone is to encourage them with an incentive.
在某人面前吊一个胡萝卜是指刺激，鼓励某人，吊某人胃口。
5.The carrot in “carrot and stick” is an incentive or reward.
在大棒与胡萝卜中，carrot指奖励刺激，stick是惩罚手段。
6.A “carrot TOP” is a red|haired person.
红头发的人。
7.Someone “as cool as a cucumber” is very self|possessed under pressure.
在重压下仍然维持自我，泰然自若。
8.To “pass an olive branch” is to make peaceful or reconciliatory overtures.
抛橄榄枝，指倾向和平或和解的建议。
9.A “pea|brained” person is stupid.
愚蠢的人。
10.Fog or something else very dense can be described as being “as thick as pea soup.”
雾或其它非常浓密的东西可以描述为as thick as pea soup，像豌豆汤一样浓。
11.To be “like two peas in a pod” is to be very close with or similar to someone.
长得非常像或走的非常近。
12.To be “in a pickle” is to experience complication.
处境困难或尴尬。
13.A “couch potato” is someone who spends an excessive amount of time seated watching television or playing video games. “couch potato”
指花很多时间坐着看电视或玩电玩。
14.A “hot potato” is a controversial or difficult issue, but to “drop like a hot potato” is to abandon the person or thing.
难点，棘手的问题，drop like a hot potato指舍弃像个烫手山芋的人或事。
15.Something that is “small potatoes” is insignificant.
无关紧要的事。
16.“Salad days” refers to the youthful period of one’s life.
青葱岁月。
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