Banana oil:
香蕉油 ×
花言巧語(yǔ) √
例句:
Cut out your banana oil ; flattery doesn't work here.
收起你的花言巧語(yǔ), 阿谀奉承 在這裏(lǐ)不起作用.
Make a monkey out of:
把猴子趕(gǎn)出來(lái) ×
讓(ràng)某人出洋相 愚弄某人 √
例句:
How dare they try to make a monkey out of me?
他們怎敢想愚弄我?
A monkey on one's back:
一隻(zhǐ)猴子在某人的背部 ×
成爲某人的包袱、負(fù)擔(dān) √
例句:
He was afraid his past would always be a monkey on his back.
他怕他過(guò)去的問題将會(huì)永遠成爲他的包袱。