“as cool as a cucumber”是“像黄瓜一样酷”？

　　修辞是语言学习中一个重要的部分，它可以让语言更有魅力，也更有趣味性。在英语中也有很多短语都有比喻的含义，大体上可分为明喻simile、暗喻metaphor，明喻是用as、like等词将具有某种共同特征的，两种不同事物连接起来的一种修辞手法，表达方法是：A像B。下面就来了解几个明喻相关表达：

　　01

　　sell like hot cakes

　　畅销

　　“畅销”的英文表达中用了一个比喻

　　sell like hot cakes“卖得像刚出炉的蛋糕一样”

　　These new products are selling like hot cakes.

　　这些新产品十分畅销。

　　对话

　　A:How about the sale of this book?

　　这本书卖得怎么样?

　　B:It sells like hot cakes.

　　它非常畅销。

　　如果想要表示“已售完”时

　　可以用be out of stock这个短语

　　02

　　as clear as day

　　一清二楚;容易理解

　　字面意思就是：像白天一样清楚

　　英文释义：very easy to understand

　　I can remember as clear as day how i wanted to cancel my lesson that morning.

　　我可以非常清晰地记得那天早上我如何想取消我的课程。

　　03

　　look like a million dollars

　　显得容光焕发，看上去十分漂亮

　　不要直接翻译成：看起来像一百万美元

　　英文释义：to look very good

　　As she stepped out in her wedding dress, she looked like a million dollars.

　　当她穿着婚纱走出来时，看起来美呆了。

　　04

　　as light as a feather

　　轻如鸿毛

　　直译：像羽毛一样轻

　　light：形容词，轻的;轻松的

　　Since she is as light as a feather, I had no problem in carrying her all the way to the hospital.

　　因为她的身体非常轻，所以我一口气就把她背到了医院，一点也不感到累。

　　as light as a feather可以形容各式各样的东西

　　如果是形容食品，意思是：清淡的

　　The white chocolate cake is not that sweet and is as light as a feather.

　　那个白巧克力蛋糕不是太甜，非常清淡。

　　05

　　like a cat on hot bricks

　　焦躁不安;热锅上的蚂蚁

　　直译：就像热砖上的猫

　　She was like a cat on hot bricks before her driving test.

　　她考驾驶执照前十分紧张不安。

　　You are like a cat on hot bricks with your running to the window to look for the postman.

　　你老是跑到窗口去望邮递员，真像热锅上的蚂蚁。

　　还有另外的表达方式：

　　like a cat on hot cakes

　　like an ant on a hot pan

　　06

　　as free as a bird

　　自由自在，无拘无束

　　直译：像小鸟一样自由

　　But In fact, I like that feel of as free as a bird.

　　但事实上，我还是喜欢那种一个人自由自在的感觉!

　　You are free of constraints, making you feel "as free as a bird".

　　现在的你无拘无束，就像一只自由的小鸟。

　　Ps:

　　as mild as a dove

　　非常温和

　　as plain as the nose in your face

　　一清二楚

　　as cool as a cucumber

　　极为冷静

　　as blind as a bat

　　有眼无珠

　　as hungry as a hunter

　　非常饥饿

　　like a hot knife through butter

　　非常容易，易如反掌