VOA慢速英语:Words and Their Stories: Food Expressions, Part Two

短语讲解：

1. If something is new and improved, we say it is the best thing since sliced bread.

the best thing since sliced bread 有史以来最好的事情
例句：He thinks their new album is the best thing since sliced bread.
他认为他们那套新唱片是最好的东西。

2. Half a loaf is better than none means that getting part of what you want is better than getting nothing at all.

Half a loaf is better than none 一半面包比无好
例句：Half a loaf is better than none.
一半面包比无好。

3. But you are in big trouble if someone tells you you’re toast.

you’re toast 你完了
例句：How could you forget that? You're toast, man.
你怎么会忘了呢？老兄，你完了。

4. If you say something is a piece of cake, it means something is really easy, like a test you take in school.

a piece of cake 小菜一碟
例句：Learning to speak english is a piece of cake.
学说英语是小菜一碟。

5. Icing on the cake means something good that happens in addition to another good thing.

Icing on the cake 锦上添花
例句：Your wedding present was the icing on the cake.
您送来的结婚贺礼堪称锦上添花。

6. If a new product is popular and selling well, you might say it is selling like hotcakes.

selling like hotcakes 畅销
例句：The record is selling like hotcakes.
这张唱片很畅销。

7. Flat as a pancake describes something that is, well, really flat.

flat as a pancake 平坦如饼
例句：Most of our county is as flat as a pancake. 
我们县大部分地方非常平坦。  
 
8. A tough cookie is not something you want to eat.

a tough cookie 硬汉子
例句：He's a tough cookie. 
他是个硬汉子. 

9. This person could be a sharp cookie or someone who is not easily fooled. Very often things do not go the way we planned.

a sharp cookie 精明的人
例句：He's a sharp cookie.
他是个精明的人。

10. Instead of getting angry or sad, you might just accept it and say that’s the way the cookie crumbles.

that’s the way the cookie crumbles 人生就是如此，现实就是这样
例句：It’s too bad you lost the contest but that’s the way the cookie crumbles. 
你输了比赛实在很遗憾，但事已至此，也只好这样了。 

11. If something is easy to do, you could say it is easy as pie.

easy as pie 易如反掌
例句：All the examinations were as easy as pie. 
所有的考试都很容易。 

12. In other words, you might have to eat humble pie.

eat humble pie 忍气吞声
例句：Be careful of what you say or you'll have to eat humble pie. 
说话当心点，否则你就得道歉赔罪。 

13. If you have an idea or plan that is not really possible, someone might say it is pie in the sky.

pie in the sky 空想
例句：It's pie in the sky. 
那是不可能的. 

14. If something is really easy to do, you might say it is like taking candy from a baby. But that would not be a very nice thing to do!

taking candy from a baby 轻而易举
例句：That's like taking a candy from a baby. 
[美口]那是举手之劳，那是再容易不过的事。