C120 từ · Cao cấp

Từ vựng tiếng Anh về Thành ngữ về đồ ăn — C1

Các thành ngữ về đồ ăn dùng để nói về sự am hiểu, thành thật và kế hoạch viển vông, như eat humble pie, know your onions và pie in the sky.

20 câu

Các từ trong bài

sour grapes
Nghĩa tiếng Việt
Chê bai vì không đạt được
Định nghĩa tiếng Anh
Pretending not to want something after failing to get it.
Ví dụ: He said the award didn't matter, but it sounded like sour grapes.
the proof is in the pudding
Nghĩa tiếng Việt
Xem kết quả
Định nghĩa tiếng Anh
The real value of something can only be judged by the actual results it produces.
Ví dụ: The plan sounds great, but the proof is in the pudding — let's see if it actually works.
spice things up
Nghĩa tiếng Việt
Thêm hấp dẫn
Định nghĩa tiếng Anh
To make an activity or event more interesting or exciting than it currently is.
Ví dụ: They added a dance number to spice things up for the finale.
a bun in the oven
Nghĩa tiếng Việt
Đang mang thai
Định nghĩa tiếng Anh
Expecting a baby.
Ví dụ: They announced they had a bun in the oven at the family dinner.
gravy train
Nghĩa tiếng Việt
Kiếm tiền dễ
Định nghĩa tiếng Anh
A situation where money can be earned easily, with little effort.
Ví dụ: Once the contract was signed, the whole department was on the gravy train.
eat humble pie
Nghĩa tiếng Việt
Nhận sai
Định nghĩa tiếng Anh
To admit you were wrong and apologise, often after being proven mistaken.
Ví dụ: After his prediction failed, he had to eat humble pie in front of the whole office.
when life gives you lemons, make lemonade
Nghĩa tiếng Việt
Biến khó khăn thành cơ hội
Định nghĩa tiếng Anh
Try to find something positive in a bad or difficult situation.
Ví dụ: She lost her job but started a business — when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
know your onions
Nghĩa tiếng Việt
Am hiểu sâu
Định nghĩa tiếng Anh
To be very knowledgeable and skilled in a particular subject.
Ví dụ: Ask the mechanic — he really knows his onions.
sugarcoat something
Nghĩa tiếng Việt
Nói giảm nói tránh
Định nghĩa tiếng Anh
To make an unpleasant fact or situation seem better or more pleasant than it really is.
Ví dụ: Please don't sugarcoat it — just tell me the truth.
meat and potatoes
Nghĩa tiếng Việt
Phần cốt lõi
Định nghĩa tiếng Anh
The most basic, important or essential part of something.
Ví dụ: Let's skip the intro and get to the meat and potatoes of the plan.
a curate's egg
Nghĩa tiếng Việt
Vừa tốt vừa xấu
Định nghĩa tiếng Anh
Something that is partly good and partly bad.
Ví dụ: The report was a curate's egg, praised and quietly ignored.
as flat as a pancake
Nghĩa tiếng Việt
Phẳng lì (hoặc uể oải)
Định nghĩa tiếng Anh
Completely flat, or completely lacking in energy.
Ví dụ: The tyre was as flat as a pancake by Tuesday morning.
out of the frying pan into the fire
Nghĩa tiếng Việt
Tránh vỏ dưa gặp vỏ dừa
Định nghĩa tiếng Anh
From a bad situation into a worse one.
Ví dụ: He left one impossible job for another, out of the frying pan into the fire.
salad days
Nghĩa tiếng Việt
Thời trẻ dại
Định nghĩa tiếng Anh
The time when you were young and inexperienced.
Ví dụ: He talks about his salad days in the same three anecdotes.
cook the books
Nghĩa tiếng Việt
Sửa sổ sách gian lận
Định nghĩa tiếng Anh
To change financial records dishonestly.
Ví dụ: Somebody had been trying to cook the books for three years.
eat out of someone's hand
Nghĩa tiếng Việt
Nghe theo hết
Định nghĩa tiếng Anh
To do exactly what someone wants, willingly.
Ví dụ: Within a week the whole committee would eat out of someone's hand.
grist to the mill
Nghĩa tiếng Việt
Chất liệu tốt
Định nghĩa tiếng Anh
Something useful that can be put to good use.
Ví dụ: Every complaint was grist to the mill for the inquiry.
pie in the sky
Nghĩa tiếng Việt
Ước mơ hão
Định nghĩa tiếng Anh
A hope or plan that is very unlikely to happen.
Ví dụ: The second bridge was pie in the sky and everyone knew it.
the upper crust
Nghĩa tiếng Việt
Giới thượng lưu
Định nghĩa tiếng Anh
The highest social class.
Ví dụ: The club was the upper crust and made sure you knew it.
a hard nut
Nghĩa tiếng Việt
Kẻ khó nhằn
Định nghĩa tiếng Anh
A person or problem that is very difficult to deal with.
Ví dụ: That committee is a hard nut and always has been.