“买菜”别翻译成“buy vegetables”，这种中式英语别再说啦！
买菜是每家每户必不可少的事情，但是说到“买菜”的英语，你是不是会想当然地以为是“buy vegetables”。
我们都知道“vegetable”是“蔬菜”的统称，“buy vegetables”的意思是“只买菜”。但是除了纯素食主义者，大多数人怎么也会买一些肉蛋禽类，所以这么说就有一些不准确了。那么，怎么说最合适呢？
buy groceries 买菜；买食品杂货
首先来看看grocery这个词，它的中文意思是：
grocery /ˈɡroʊsəri/
n.食品杂货；食品杂货店（主卖副食品，比超市小）
英文释义如下：
the food that you buy in a grocer's shop or supermarket
这个词在英式英语和美式英语里也有一些小区别。英式英语是“grocery shop”，而美式英语则是“grocery store”。
There's no food in the house. Didn't you buy groceries today?
家里没有吃的了。你今天没买菜吗？
除了这种说法，还可以说“get groceries”。
I wrote down a note as a reminder to get groceries after work.
我写了一张纸条， 提醒我下班后要去购物。
do/go grocery shopping 去买菜
We need to do/go grocery shopping because there is no food in the house.
我们需要去买些食品杂货，因为家里没有吃的了。
We were out grocery shopping, as we do every other day.
有一天，和往常一样，我们去买菜。
相关表达：
grocery list 买菜清单
grocery delivery 买菜外送
grocery budget 买菜预算
“grocery”还有一个与之相关的俚语表达。
blow one's groceries 呕吐
I felt like I was going to blow my groceries from seasickness out on that boat.
我晕船晕的感觉要吐出去了。
She blew her groceries all over the front seat.
她都吐到前排座位上了。
除了“buy groceries”，还有一种更接地气的说法“wet market”，我们可以直接翻译成“菜市场”。
wet market: especially in Asia, a market where fresh meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, and sometimes live animals are sold to the public.
菜市场：尤其是在亚洲，向公众出售新鲜的肉、鱼、水果、蔬菜，有时还有活物的市场。
The supermarket is at times as noisy as a wet market - although thankfully not as smelly.
超市有时候和菜市场一样吵，但是还好没有那么臭。
This is where you come to buy cheong sams, barbecued duck, and live frogs at the wet market.
你可以在这里的菜市场买到旗袍、烤鸭和活青蛙。
去年国家鼓励“地摊经济”，你知道“摊主”“摊位”“摆地摊”等用英语怎么说吗？
vendor /ˈven.dɚ/ 小贩；摊主；卖主
For the past few months she's been working as a street vendor, selling fruit and vegetables.
几个月以来，她一直在街头卖水果和蔬菜。
street vendors 街头小贩
He admitted purchasing illegal bootleg CDs from a street vendor.
他承认从街头小贩那里购买了非法的盗版cd。
peddler /ˈped.lɚ/（尤指旧时沿街叫卖的）小贩
Tom's always busy as a peddler working on some project or another.
汤姆总是像小贩一样忙着做某个项目。
hawker /ˈhɑː.kɚ/ 小商贩
It was a visitor and not a hawker or tramp at the door.
来的是客人，不是小贩或者流浪汉。
booth /buːθ/（集市、展览会等处半封闭的）小棚子，小帐篷，小间
Maybe you've been by our booth.
你可能去过我们的摊位。
stall /stɑːl/ 货摊，摊位；售货亭
In the village market, the stalls are piled high with local vegetables.
村子集市的摊位上高高地堆着当地产的蔬菜。
run a stall 摆地摊
He runs a fruit and vegetable stall in the market.
他在市场里经营一个水果和蔬菜摊。
最后，再和大家说一些和蔬菜有关的表达哦。
spill the beans 泄漏秘密
So who spilled the beans about her affair with David?
那到底是谁把她和戴维的私情抖搂出来的？
go beet red （因为尴尬）脸色绯红
“beet”的意思是“甜菜”，所以这个表达的意思是像“甜菜”一样红。
Whenever I talked about his past life, he would go beetroot.
每当我说起他过去的生活时，他都满脸通红。
carrot and stick 软硬兼施，恩威并重
Sometimes I just have to resort to the carrot and stick approach with my children.
有时候我只能对我的孩子们采取软硬兼施的办法。
in a pickle 处于困境
“pickle”的意思是“腌菜，泡菜；菜酱”也可以指“醋渍黄瓜片；腌黄瓜片”。在腌菜里，想象一下这个画面，其实是说“处于困境”的意思。
We're in a pretty pickle now because the hotel gave our room away.
我们现在很为难，因为旅馆把我们的房间给别人了。
今日总结
buy groceries 买菜；买食品杂货
get groceries 买菜
do/go grocery shopping 去买菜
grocery list 买菜清单
grocery delivery 买菜外送
grocery budget 买菜预算
blow one's groceries 呕吐
wet market 菜市场
vendor 小贩；摊主；卖主
street vendors 街头小贩
peddler （尤指旧时沿街叫卖的）小贩
hawker 小商贩
booth （集市、展览会等处半封闭的）小棚子，小帐篷，小间
stall 货摊，摊位；售货亭
run a stall 摆地摊
spill the beans 泄漏秘密
go beet red （因为尴尬）脸色绯红
carrot and stick 软硬兼施，恩威并重
in a pickle 处于困境