Cook the books 做假賬

　　Cook the books 字面意思是“煮書”，其實(shí)是比喻做假賬來(lái)欺騙他人。

　　例句

　　The police arrested John today. He's suspected of cooking the books.

　　The auditors found that the fast food chain has been cooking the books for years.

　　請(qǐng)注意

　　另一個(gè)含有“cook 煮飯”一詞的成語(yǔ)是 cook up something，意思是謀劃什么事情。

　　例句

　　I would like to get my hands on whoever cooked up this scheme - it’s all fake.

　　Please don’t try to cook up an excuse for being late.