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美国口语俚语(21)
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( ~+ L# K& e; q' r0 x; W! t1. hunky-dory没问题
1 p" W% t7 [/ Z; b2 [4 G/ @! v% tEverything here is hunky-dory. Don’t worry. l+ x, J, Q) n9 \& N. F4 ^
别担心,这里一切都没问题。
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2. I kid you not我不骗你
+ ?3 C, c# l# I2 WI kid you not. I saw this woman talking to her hand.
! V4 U6 [6 q; G. ?) A4 I我不骗你。我看见这个女人跟她的手说话。& L8 A* i# F' e$ ]& y' Y3 T; G
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3. pop one’s cork大发脾气4 Y# J" S/ a' A. P3 C3 X
I’ve never seen Teresa pop her cork before. I always thought she was a very laid-back person.* I; p$ V0 m# b2 e( o" O
我从来没见过Teresa发脾气。我原来一直以为她是个好好小姐。4 N! B+ F6 a: k: h, j! f- v
' B8 ^* H! k5 K1 c( h7 O+ o) i8 I4. poke one’s nose into something多管闲事/ g4 E, J& q. W/ p) P1 \9 y3 `' ]
Gladys is always poking her nose into other people’s business. I don’t see how she has time to take care of her own affairs.) m7 B! R. c7 Y ^0 E3 U& T1 i& `
格拉迪斯总是爱管闲事,我不知道她怎么会有时间处理她自己的事。( u. V+ B& K6 o5 d- X3 d
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5. pull a fast one欺骗& Y+ {8 y4 z" r$ T9 N
He tried to pull a fast one on us, but we caught on before he got away with it.7 V9 f0 I1 C; v' I1 q w
他想要欺骗我们,但在他阴谋得逞之前我们就知道了。0 e5 {7 t0 ?1 w* P4 B/ t/ x! r
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1. beats me我不知道
8 ]' U. `$ g( m) u4 q+ Z: I/ IBeats me. We haven’t learned that.
) |. n6 I8 q1 [, B1 E我不知道。我们还没学过那个。3 Y4 T! h O1 ~% B% ^6 Q" @" e* y
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2. beat it走开
" G4 F/ y9 E; ZBeat it! I’m busy right now.
/ f" f( G6 o) x8 u4 k* I" }走开!我现在正忙着。9 c2 M- o. |7 L& _
* [$ v& j/ @/ i, r3 T: R) E$ r3. beat a dead horse白费口舌,白费力气+ P2 w* ], C% ` L
I’ve already made up my mind. There’s no sense beating a dead horse.
2 b- f' @; m. B! {我已经下了决心,不要再白费口舌了。
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0 @- D' G& D' {6 W) x1 m, n0 r4. John Hancock签名" K7 C; c6 i- \- u. q
Put your John Hancock right here.4 y4 q8 r1 s7 k: F, c
请在这里签名。
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; ?" B2 D) e$ C! c# e2 o5. keep it under raps保密, d/ {6 I# u; U& {& c" B' b7 w& X! C
Don’t tell anyone about the party. Let’s just keep it under eraps.
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) [3 A# ^! D2 a7 _: k" W4 ]9 I1. kick around讨论;多考虑一下$ T% C; z u* X
Let’s kick around a few more proposals before we come to a final decision.
$ M6 H' [ ^* |8 d# U我们最后决定之前多考虑几个方案吧。
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% u, Z* P) g0 ^: Y2. junkie吸毒者# t1 }' _+ d5 [% d/ E! R. t
The junkie stole money in order to buy more drugs.
; Q% b; T/ r1 q7 u& ^' E! |/ y5 ^这名吸毒者为了买更多的毒品而偷钱。8 c- j% ]8 q4 [" b0 Z5 c
& K# K& r% a7 k3 |3. put away大吃大喝* |) O5 g- O5 k. t6 t6 x
I’ve never seen anybody put away so much food and still look so thin.1 D# u6 u8 X2 ]6 E, @3 X
我从未见过这么能吃的人还这么瘦。) c4 a" p- u0 N% B
6 T: p/ L* o2 x# e* K$ s4. put a move on挑逗
2 y$ C6 m: g/ P1 ?5 {( M1 P8 Y( UHe tried to put the moves on her, but she turned him down.; b; \" q8 [. l ~0 _
他想要挑逗她,但她拒绝了他。
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5. put one’s ass on the line两肋插刀,不惜一切$ }0 Y `1 s3 ^. W- R
I put my ass on the line for you. I know you’ll do the same for me someday., U( k5 A1 o$ G# @; Q
我为你两肋插刀,我知道有朝一日你也会为我这么做。
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( W9 @% C# B& A' m& d1. drag讨厌
" c( c" i2 w% Z+ |. D5 HWhat a drag! There’s nothing to do here!
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' L6 J! o* \# d4 v4 z& K2. a drop in the bucket沧海一粟6 B( ?& ]& X0 l$ ?- @
The amount of money Mr. Howell spent on a new Rolls-Royce was just a drop in the bucket compared to his annual salary.
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& m) S& `' b3 n8 a$ ^3. drop dead去死
9 w+ p( a8 k- {$ M4 ^Suzy told Mike, “Drop dead!” when he kept teasing her about her weight.
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! e7 g) Y; X' S2 Z. i% A# C! l! Z) p4. down and out穷困潦倒
- ~2 q6 a9 @7 s9 G( o' d. r* fSarah was down and out after losing her job and her apartment.4 j5 b' U: Q1 b- r2 j! X
萨拉丢掉工作和房子后变得穷困潦倒。
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* s# u# N8 o# K' I# _5. all that jazz诸如此类: K: }" \# k& ~6 g
He only cares about basketball, TV, girls, and all that jazz.7 Q# g# B `0 h/ \& A# d- {
他只关心篮球、电视、女孩这一类事情。
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1. know-it-all万事通
4 v' b/ x5 [ P2 x5 A. iGrace is always correcting other people. She thinks she’s a know-it-all.0 b. I' w' g7 R' _0 B* E
格雷斯总是在纠正别人,她觉得自己是万事通。
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; i- s _$ X% m t4 e2. kooky古怪的" ~, ^0 J& V6 U
That man is really kooky. He has fifty-three cats!; A* K- t! s) _7 v) ~( _! J
那个人真怪。他养了53只猫!& t# J( g( f% {. u1 D) r
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3. let someone have it让某人好看3 @1 X' o' x, e8 Q5 e
Next time I see Rick, I’m going to let him have it.
) h e# t, M9 a7 m5 k9 y下次我看到李克时要他好看。
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( x, h3 N, A! S, Q0 Q8 u7 i4. a leg up占上风
" Z% \( J' F3 u2 v) j9 g9 UAll Jeff’s hard work is paying off. He’s a leg up on the rest of his competitors.
! T# {$ M8 i8 |2 @5 f0 o杰夫的努力是有报答的。他在竞争对手中占了上风。' ^; K k6 ], J7 j
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5. low-life落魄潦倒的人
. k. _( w' j* p8 c$ s6 QChris is such a low-life. He sleeps on the park bench and drink booze all day.
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