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原标题：英语小常识 | small potato啥意思？小马铃薯?
嗨， 又到长颈鹿英语常识小课堂了
长话短说，咱们先来改一下上星期的作业
"Of course Dad gets mad at me sometimes for no good reason. but if I ever need it, I know he would give me the shirt off his back."
这句话的话的意思是“我父亲有时对我发火也不见得有啥道理。可是，只需我需要，他老是会尽悉数力气协助我。”
shirt off one’s back是指一个在你祸殃的时分能拿出他一切的悉数，包括他的衬衣，来协助的人。
没做对的宝宝自行温习啦~
今日咱们的主角是心爱的potato先生。
POTATO作为咱们日子中常见的蔬菜，信赖我们都不陌生。因活像马铃铛而得名"马铃薯",最早见于康熙年间的《松溪县志食货》。
英语potato来自西班牙语patata。据西班牙皇家学院称，此西班牙词汇由泰依诺语batata（红薯）和克丘亚语papa（马铃薯）混合而来的。
potato指“马铃薯、马铃薯”，番薯称"sweet potato",可是，英语中的potato真的都可以吃吗？这可不必定哦！今日，咱们一同来学学potato的不一样用法吧！
a small potato
不重要、微缺乏道（无关重要）的人或事
释义：one that is of trivial importance
来看看例句，加深了解。
Last week's storm was small potatoescompared to the blizzard we had two years ago.
与两年前的暴风雪比较，上星期的暴风雨微缺乏道。
Don't buy it. He is only small potatoesin his company.
别信他说的，他在他们公司就是个小人物。
I can do nothing. I am just a small potatohere in my company. So, what can I do?
我干不了啥事，我在公司只不过是个小人物。那么我还能做些啥呢？
couch potato
电视迷；极为懒散的人
释义：a person who watches too much television
You are really a couch potato！Get up and exercise a little bit, ok?
你个电视迷！快起来训练一会儿，好吗？
I becomes a couch 
potato during dancing competition season.
我一到舞蹈赛季降临之时，我就变成了电视迷。
The elder son is a bookworm while the younger one is a couch potato.
大儿子是个书虫，而小儿子则是个电视迷。
clean potato
正确的事物，仇人的事；正派的人
释义：things which are right or people who are honest and upright
We always regard him as a clean potatofor he never lies to us.
咱们一向把他作为一个非常正派的人，因为他从不对咱们说谎。
hot potato
扎手的山芋；扎手的疑问
释义：a subject or problem that is of great difficulty to deal with
It seems that we need to do something to handle this hot potato, only in this way are we safe.
看来咱们得做点啥来处置这个扎手的疑问了，只需这样咱们才干安让无恙。
Sounds like it could turn into ahot potatofor you.
听起来这对你来说可以会变成扎手的疑问。
If I were you, I'd drop that client like a hot potato.
假定我是你，我会扔掉像热马铃薯相同的客户。
今日的英语小常识你学会了吗
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My wife is such a beautiful lady that he even wants to dig my potatoes.
语句中“dig my potatoes”是啥意思呢？
A. 拿走我一切积储
B. 横刀夺爱
细心好学的你请写下的你答案
咱们下期发布哦
当别人说他 lose his shirt 时，作业并不是不见了衬衣这么简略！
“洗衣裳”不能说“wash clothes”，那该怎么说？
a big fish，一条不能吃的鱼
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