分類: 英語成語 – 食物篇

(因恐懼、不安等) 怕得渾身發抖；緊張得直打哆嗦；嚇得腿軟。

這片語通常用進行式。

例句：

• John shook like a jelly as he waited for his turn to bungee jump. (約翰在等候輪到他高空彈跳時，渾身抖得很厲害)
• I saw her just before her talk and she was shaking like a leaf. (就在她說話前，我看到她緊張得直打哆嗦)

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說話故作高雅；仿效上層社會的腔調說話。

例句：

• All I can remember is that he was overweight and spoke with a plum in his mouth. (我所能記得的是，他體重過胖而且說話故作高雅狀)
• Nowadays a lot of workers frequently have a plum in their mouth. (現今許多工人常常仿效上層人士的腔調說話)

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把 (某人) 吃窮，吃空。

例句：

• The man was eating his parents out of house and home until he found a job. (這名男子在未找到工作之前，真的把他父母吃窮了)
• My two sons are eating me out of house and home. (我兩個兒子快把我吃空了)

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同一件事有兩次機會；同一件事的第二次機會。

例句：

• One is not often given two bites at the cherry in the world of business. (在商界，倘若失去一次機會，很可能就沒有第二次機會了)
• He failed the exam last summer, but fortunately he gets two bites at the cherry and will do the re-sit in September. (他今夏的考試沒有過關，但幸運地他獲得了第二次機會，將在九月再考一次)
• He’s very lucky – he gets a second bite at the cherry in October if he fails the exam in June. (他非常幸運 — 如果六月的考試沒有過關，他十月還有機會再考一次)

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容易到手的東西或人；容易受騙的人；易被愚弄的人；歹徒可輕易下手的對象。

例句：

• I heard when I was working on the site that that woman was easy meat. (我在那裡工作時就聽說那女人很容易到手)
• The elderly living alone are an easy mark for scam gangs. (獨居老人很容易成為詐騙集團下手的目標)

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