英文中像這類的句子甚多,有用於可數名詞(countable noun)如 a nest of birds, a basket of eggs ; 亦有用於不可數的名詞(uncountable noun)如 a cup of tea,
a piece of bread ;或一體名詞(collective noun)如 a herd of cattle, a group of people等等多不勝數, 我在下列附上兩網頁有很多例子相信對你很有幫助:
-you are not my cup of tea
-white lie
-to roll out the red carpet
-the icing on the cake
-to paint the town red.......................................................
you can check out the 'Cambridge Idioms Dictionary'