英語中“青蔥歲月”竟是“吃沙拉的那些日子”

燙手的山芋，棘手的問題

He didn’t like the task, so he dropped it like a hot potato.

他不喜歡這個任務(wù)，所以他想丟掉燙手的山芋一樣丟掉了它。

Spill the beans

泄露秘密

No matter how many times mum will ask you about the broken glass, don’t spill the beans.

不管媽媽問你多少次關(guān)于打破玻璃杯的事，都不要泄露秘密。

As cool as a cucumber

冷靜沉著

He was really nervous but he acted as cool as a cucumber.

他十分緊張，但是表現(xiàn)得沉著冷靜。

Salad days

青蔥歲月

My salad days, when I was green in judgment, cold in blood.” (William Shakespeare)

在我年紀輕輕的日子里，我閱歷尚淺，血氣方剛。(威廉•莎士比亞)

Grandpa said, “During my salad days, I did a lot of mistakes”.

爺爺說：“我在年輕時做過很多錯事。”

To be full of beans

精力旺盛

The children were too full of beans to sit still.

小孩子一般都精力旺盛，很難穩(wěn)穩(wěn)地坐著。