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在美国俚语里是请老师吃苹果以换取关照的学生，还不忘把苹果擦得亮光光的，自然是马屁拍的够到位。
She is a real apple-polisher for the way she's crawling
around the boss and making eyes at him.
她是一个马屁精，整天围着老板眉来眼去的。
和apple-polisher的同义词有：brown-nose：谄媚者。
Jack is a brown-nose and none of his colleagues likes
him in the company.
杰克是个马屁精，公司里没有一个同事喜欢他。
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有些人总能把花园收拾得绿色怡人，养出来的花草光亮健康，这种有园艺天赋的人一定羡煞那些笨手笨脚的人。
John is a green thumb, you can figure it out from his
most beautiful garden in our town.
约翰是个园艺方面的能工巧匠，他的花园是我们镇上是最漂亮的。
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2:What do bees say when they come home? |
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penny是一美分，pinch的意思是“捏”，那些连一分钱都要在手里捏得紧紧的、舍不得花出去的人自然是比较吝啬的人了，铁公鸡一毛不拔。
Closefisted和penny-pincher有异曲同工之妙，把拳头握的很紧，也是非常小器的人了，在这里closefisted是形容词，意为吝啬的。
Tony is a penny-pincher, because he gets a good salary, but
he always borrows money from his friends and never pays it back.
托尼是个吝啬鬼，自己挣很多钱还和朋友借，而且从来都不还。
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3: Why didn’t the bicycle go dancing? |
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Hog是大肥猪。“A road hog”是贬语，指道路上霸道而不礼让的一名驾车人。
他自私的霸占着过多的空间，又不肯给别的车辆让道。
There's a read hog up ahead who is driving too slowly
and blocking traffic.
前面有个司机故意妨碍别人超越，他开得太慢，阻塞了交通。
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4:What travels all around the world yet stays in one corner? |
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鸭子无论是下水嬉戏，还是上岸休息，一般都是以成群结队的方式进行活动；而一只孤僻的，古怪的鸭子则离开鸭群，独自活动。
在这里，queer
duck就引申为一个古怪的、不合群的人。
He is really a queer duck.他可真是个怪人。
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5:What kind of dog doesn't bite or bark? |
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Walk在这里指鸡圈的围栏。把两只公鸡关进同一个鸡栏里，它们便欧斗不止，直到强者得胜为止。
从而，“the cock of the walk”比喻一个逞强的人，自以为了不起和拥有无上权利的人。
“Ever since he won the election of the president in student
union, Alex thinks he’s the cock of the walk around here.”
自从艾利克斯在学生会主席选举中获胜，他就觉得自己在很了不得。
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就像猜中文谜语要动用我们的想象能力和中文思维一样，在猜英文谜语的时候，要注意不要把谜面翻译成中文，然后用中文思维方式来考虑谜底，这样可能会永远都猜不出答案。要用英文的思维方式，从发音、拼写、语境等多个方面考虑。
Answer to riddles:
1、Cow-operation.(co-operation)
2、“Hi, honey.”
3、It was two tired.
4、A stamp.
5、Hot dog.
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