Yesterday we introduced three Apple-related phrases and their sources, today we continue, class sharing some other Apple-related expressions, I hope you like it.
Yesterday's Knowledge Review:
an apple of love 西红柿
The apple pie order is well organized
Apple of discord controversy, bane
Let's move on to other related expressions:
1、apple-polisher
Apple-polisher originally meant flattering man, spirit, and its origin is because in the past, primary school students often put brightly polished apples on the teacher's table before class to win the teacher's favor. Thus the apple-polisher metaphor refers to the "greeter".
Example:
John is an apple-polisher，he always agrees with whatever the boss says.
John was a, and no matter what the boss said, he agreed.
2、apple of Sodom
Apple of Sodom means a lot like "white elephant," both of which refer to "flashy things."
The word apple of Sodom is derived from the Covenant old testament and the book of Genesis. It is reported that Sodom was a city near the ancient Dead Sea. Because of the deep sins of the inhabitants there, after God sent fire to burn Sodom, apple trees grew on the scorched earth, and the fruit produced was attractive in appearance, but when plucked, it smoked into ashes. Therefore, the apple of Sodom is used as a metaphor for "flashy things; vain things."
Nobody likes it，it's nothing but an apple of Sodom.
Nobody likes it, it's just a superficial thing.
3、Adam's apple
Adam's Apple, Adam's Apple, didn't mean that. It is also derived from the Bible, the Old Testament, and the Book of Genesis. It is reported that when Adam, the ancestor of mankind, stole the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, he accidentally stuck a piece of flesh in his throat, but he could not get up and down, leaving a knot. The story circulated widely with the Bible, and later used Adam's apple to mean "[man's] throat knot."
Why do men have an Adam's apple but women don't?
Why do men have throat knots and women don't?
4、the apple of the eye
Literally means "the apple in someone's eyes", in fact, it means "someone's favorite person or thing, the pearl in the palm", which has been mentioned before, presumably everyone is not unfamiliar.
Penny's only son was the apple of her eye.
Penny's only son is her heart and liver baby.
Today's Knowledge Summary:
Apple-polisher
Apple of Sodom flashy stuff
Adam's apple 喉结
The apple of the eye palm pearl
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