作為一枚吃貨，如果不熟誦一些關于吃喝的英文習語，怎么對得起這個名頭。

　　­1. curry favour 討好，奉承，拍馬屁（curry是咖喱）

　　He's always trying to curry favour with the boss.

　　他總是想方設法拍老板馬屁。

　　2. be in apple-pie order 井然有序；整齊；井井有條（apple-pie是蘋果派）

　　Their house is always in apple-pie order.

　　他們家總是收拾得井井有條。

　　3. jam tomorrow 許而不予的好東西，可望不可及的東西（jam是果醬）

　　As children we were always being promised jam tomorrow, if only we would be patient.

　　孩提時大人總是許諾只要我們耐心點兒就會給我們好東西。

　　4. (as) cool as a cucumber 鎮靜，冷靜，泰然自若（cucumber是黃瓜）

　　She walked in as cool as a cucumber, as if nothing had happened.

　　她泰然自若地走進來，好像什么事也沒發生過。

　　5. be like chalk and cheese 截然不同；迥異（chalk是粉筆，cheese是奶酪）

　　My brother and I are like chalk and cheese.

　　我哥哥和我截然不同。

　　6. like two peas in a pod （尤指外觀）非常相像（pea是豌豆）

　　The twins are like two peas in a pod.

　　那對雙胞胎長得極像。

　　7. bean counter （尤指大公司的）會計師（bean是豆類）

　　It looked like the project was going to be approved, but the bean counters said it wasn't cost-effective.

　　眼看這個項目就要獲批準了，但會計師們認為它不劃算。

　　8. bring home the bacon 養家糊口（bacon是培根）

　　I can't sit around all day - someone's got to bring home the bacon.

　　我不能整天坐著無所事事——家里總得有個養家糊口的人。

　　9. chew the cud 深思，反復思考（cud是咀嚼物）

　　He sat for a moment chewing the cud before he spoke.

　　他坐著沉思了片刻才開口說話。

　　10. eat crow / eat humble pie 認錯；道歉（pie是餡餅）

　　After boasting that his company could outperform the industry's best, he's been forced to eat humble pie.

　　他吹噓他的公司可以壓倒業內最好的企業，但之后，他就不得不承認言過其實了。

　　11. sour grapes 酸葡萄（指由于得不到而貶低某物，grape是葡萄）

　　I don't think it's such a great job - and that's not just sour grapes because I didn't get it.

　　我認為這份工作不怎么樣——我可不是因為吃不著葡萄說葡萄酸。

　　12. spill the beans 泄露秘密（bean是豆類）

　　So who spilled the beans about her affair with David?

　　所以到底是誰把她和大衛的私情泄露出去的？