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8个与pie和cake相关的习语

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1. take the cake: 名列第一；优胜

Of all the hard-hearted women, she takes the cake.

女性中能像她那么铁石心肠的，恐怕再也没谁了。

2. eat humble¹ pie²: 忍气吞声；低头认罪

I think I'm right, but if I'm wrong, I'll eat humble pie.

我觉得我是对的。不过如果能证明我错，我甘愿认罪。

3. go/sell like hot cakes: 热销，畅销

I'm sure this new line of coats will go like hot cakes.

我确信这种新款外套一定会畅销。

4. a piece of cake/as³ easy as pie: 小菜一碟，小事一桩

Glad to help. It was⁴ a piece of cake.

很高兴能帮上忙。这一点也不难。

5. eat one's cake and have it too: 得其利而无其害，两者兼得（多用于否定句中）

Don't buy a car if you want to walk and stay healthy. You can't eat your cake and have it too.

如果你想要走路、想要保持健康，就别买车。鱼和熊掌不可兼得。

6. pie in the sky: 渺茫的希望

Their plans⁵ to set⁶ up their own⁷ business⁸ are just pie in the sky.

他们创办自己公司的计划只不过是空想罢了。

7. cakes and ale: 欢乐，物质享受，生活中的好东西（ale是一种酒）

Any reasonable⁹ person¹⁰ knows that life¹¹ is not all cakes and ale.

任何理性的人都知道，生活不可能总是充满鲜花和美酒。

8. a piece (or slice) of the pie: 一份好处，一杯羹

When the business started making money, everyone in his family wanted a piece of the pie.

他的生意开始赚钱后，家里每个人都想分一杯羹。

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1 humble
adj.谦卑的，恭顺的；地位低下的；v.降低，贬低
参考例句：
In my humble opinion,he will win the election.依我拙见，他将在选举中获胜。 Defeat and failure make people humble.挫折与失败会使人谦卑。

2 pie
n.饼图，派，馅饼；杂乱；喜鹊；爱说话的人；vt.弄乱
参考例句：
Can you manage another slice of pie?你能再吃一片馅饼吗？ I think I'll have a piece of apple pie.我想来一块苹果馅饼。

3 as
conj.按照；如同
参考例句：
He got work in a hotel as a waiter.他在一家旅馆找到了当服务生的工作。 In the hotel,the old men were drinking away as usual.在旅馆里，这些老人和往常一样喝个不停。

4 was
v.(is,am的过去式)是，在
参考例句：
He said he was right.他说他是正确的。 He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

5 plans
n.计划( plan的名词复数 )；打算；平面图；示意图v.计划，打算，设计( plan的第三人称单数 )
参考例句：
We have to discover his plans and act accordingly. 我们得找出他的计划，照着办。 There are plans afoot to increase taxation. 正在拟订增税方案。

6 set
n.组合，集合，设定；一套，一副，一局比赛；v.放置，设定；(太阳)落下去
参考例句：
He set to with a will and soon finished it.他下定决心做这件事，很快就完成了。 The bus set the children down just outside the school gate.公共汽车让孩子们正好在学校门口下车。

7 own
v.拥有，持有；adj.(属于)自己的，特有的
参考例句：
I need my own space.我需要自己的空间。 Everything I own is yours.我所有的一切都是你的。

8 business
n.商业，买卖，交易，生意，事情，事物，营业，商行
参考例句：
My father built his business on years of hard work. 我父亲多年奋斗创立了自己的事业。 We must finish up this business in a day or two. 我们必须在一两天内把这事结束。

9 reasonable
adj.合理的，有道理的；通情达理的，公道的
参考例句：
Many restaurants do a very reasonable set menu at lunchtime.许多餐馆中午都提供价钱合理的客饭。 I'll buy the car if the price is reasonable.如果价钱公道，我就把这辆车买下。

10 person
n.人
参考例句：
I would never trust in that kind of person.我绝不会相信那种人。 She is the very person I wanted to see.她正是我要见的人。

11 life
n.生活；生命
参考例句：
The doctor came in time to save his life.医生及时来抢救他的生命。 At last he knew the meaning of life.终于，他知道了生命的意义。