9个花香四溢的英语俚语

英文中有不少和花草植物有关的表达，大家一起来感受花香四溢吧！

Coming up roses

进展顺利；蓬勃发展

据说这个短语来自1950年代的一出百老汇音乐剧 Gypsy: A Musical Fable，剧中的其中一首歌就叫做 Everything’s Coming up Roses，这句话的涵义也是源自于歌词，表示事情进展顺利，渐入佳境。

come up/out smelling of/like roses

虽卷入…仍保持名誉；证明清白

When the results of the fraud investigation were announced last week, the staff came up smelling of roses.

上星期公布的诈骗案调查结果证明员工们是清白的。

not all roses/ not a bed of roses

不尽如人意；并非尽善尽美

Being in a relationship is not all roses, you know.

你知道，谈恋爱并非总是柔情蜜意，也有不如意的事。

go to seed

（人）变得不修边幅；（地方）变得破败

After he retired, he really went to seed.

退休之后，他真的变得不修边幅了。

be as fresh as a daisy

精神饱满

为什么会用daisy来比喻呢？据说这是因为雏菊是一种会“睡觉”的花，晚上的时候雏菊的花瓣会合起来，白天的时候再打开。如此懂得休息的花，精神当然会很好呀。

After a good night's sleep, I'll be as fresh as a daisy.

好好睡上一宿觉后我就会精神焕发。

be pushing up (the) daisies

死，入土，一命呜呼

I'll be pushing up the daisies long before it happens.

没等这件事发生我早就一命呜呼了。

late bloomer/developer

接受能力差的人

At school she was a late developer, and it wasn't until she went to university that her talents became apparent.

上中学的时候她的接受能力较差，直到上大学时她的才华才得以显露。

shrinking violet

腼腆的人，羞怯的人

She loves appearing on television and is no shrinking violet when it comes to expressing her views.

她喜欢上电视，而且在表达观点时毫不羞怯。

nip sth in the bud

把…消灭在萌芽状态，对…防患于未然

Many serious illnesses can be nipped in the bud if they are detected early enough.

如果及早确诊，许多恶疾可以治愈。