美國的口語俚語很多額

1、美國口語俚語（19 ）上海昂立1. round up集合Round everybody up. It s time for our business meeting.叫大家集合，開會時間到了。2. put someone up留宿某人I can put you up for a couple of days. My apartment is big enough for two people.你可以在我這里住幾天。我的公寓可以住兩個人。3. take care of business負責(zé)Who s going to take care of business while I am away?我

2、不在的時候誰負責(zé)？4. take out on拿 出氣Don t take your frustrations out on me.別把氣出在我身上。5. hot stuff大人物He thinks he s hot stuff. But everybody else thinks he s a jerk.他自以為了不得，但其他人認為他是個傻瓜。美國口語俚語（20）1. nitty-gritty細節(jié)，基本情況Let s get down to the nitty-gritty. I want to hear what happens next.讓我們來認真了解詳細的情況，我想知道后來發(fā)生了什么

3、。2. no good很糟This typewriter is no good. Every time I use it, the ribbon falls out.這臺打字機很糟。每次已用，色帶就掉下來。3. have someone s number 清楚某人的底細，看穿某人She dare not do anything to me, I have her number.她不敢對我怎么樣的，因為我對她的底細一清二楚。4. hot number 新鮮、迷人的人或事務(wù)，尤物Tom thinks Sherry is a hot number.Tom認為 Sherry 是個尤物。5. off t

4、he hook逃脫，溜掉，不受罰I ll let you off the hook this time, but don t do that again.這次不罰你，下次不要這樣干了。美國口語俚語（21）1. hunky-dory沒問題Everything here is hunky-dory. Don t worry.別擔(dān)心，這里一切都沒問題。2. I kid you not我不騙你I kid you not. I saw this woman talking to her hand.我不騙你。我看見這個女人跟她的手說話。3. pop one s cork大發(fā)脾氣I ve neverseen

5、 Teresa pop her cork before. Ialways thought she was a very laid-backperson.我從來沒見過Teresa 發(fā)脾氣。我原來一直以為她是個好好小姐。4. poke one s nose into something多管閑事Gladys is always poking her nose into other people s business. I don t see howshe has time to take care of her own affairs.格拉迪斯總是愛管閑事，我不知道她怎么會有時間處理她自己的事。5.

6、 pull a fast one欺騙He tried to pull a fast one on us, but we caught on before he got away with it.他想要欺騙我們，但在他陰謀得逞之前我們就知道了。美國口語俚語（ 22）1. beats me我不知道Beats me. We haven t learned that.我不知道。我們還沒學(xué)過那個。2. beat it走開Beat it! I m busy right now.走開！我現(xiàn)在正忙著。3. beat a dead horse白費口舌，白費力氣I ve already made up my mi

7、nd. There s no sense beating a dead horse.我已經(jīng)下了決心，不要再白費口舌了。4. John Hancock簽名Put your John Hancock right here.請在這里簽名。5. keep it under raps保密Don t tell anyone about the party. Lets just keep it under eraps.不要吧晚會的事告訴任何人。這件事情不要泄漏出去。美國口語俚語（23）1. kick around討論；多考慮一下Let s kick around a few more proposals b

8、efore we come to a final decision.我們最后決定之前多考慮幾個方案吧。2. junkie吸毒者The junkie stole money in order to buy more drugs.這名吸毒者為了買更多的毒品而偷錢。3. put away大吃大喝I ve never seen anybody put away so much food and still look so thin.我從未見過這么能吃的人還這么瘦。4. put a move on挑逗He tried to put the moves on her, but she turned him

9、 down.他想要挑逗她，但她拒絕了他。5. put one s ass on the line兩肋插刀，不惜一切I put my ass on the line for you. I know you ll do the same for me someday.我為你兩肋插刀，我知道有朝一日你也會為我這么做。美國口語俚語（24）1. drag討厭What a drag! There s nothing to do here!真是討厭！這里沒什么可干的！2. a drop in the bucket滄海一粟The amount of money Mr. Howell spent on a ne

10、w Rolls-Royce was just a drop in the bucket compared to his annual salary.豪威爾先生賣一輛辛勞斯萊斯汽車的錢和他的年薪相比不過是滄海一粟。3. drop dead去死Suzy told Mike,“Drop dead! ” when he kept teasing her about her weight.麥克不停的取笑蘇齊的體重時，蘇齊說：“你去死吧！”4. down and out窮困潦倒Sarah was down and out after losing her job and her apartment.薩拉丟

11、掉工作和房子后變得窮困潦倒。5. all that jazz諸如此類He only cares about basketball, TV, girls, and all that jazz.他只關(guān)心籃球、電視、女孩這一類事情。美國口語俚語（25）1. know-it-all萬事通Grace is always correcting other people. She thinks she s a know-it-all.格雷斯總是在糾正別人，她覺得自己是萬事通。2. kooky古怪的That man is really kooky. He has fifty-three cats!那個人真怪。

12、他養(yǎng)了53 只貓！3. let someone have it讓某人好看Next time I see Rick, Im going to let him have it.下次我看到李克時要他好看。4. a leg up占上風(fēng)AllJeff s hard work ispayingoff.He s a leg up on the restofhiscompetitors.杰夫的努力是有報答的。他在競爭對手中占了上風(fēng)。5. low-life落魄潦倒的人Chris is such a low-life. He sleeps on the park bench and drink booze all

13、 day.克利斯真是落魄潦倒。他睡在公園板凳上而且整天喝酒。美國口語俚語（26）1. call it quits不干了After being in the used car business for 40 years, Harry finally called it quits.做了 40 年舊車生意后，哈利終于洗手不干了。2. chip in出錢We all chipped in to buy Jennifer a going-away present.大家都出錢買一個送別禮物給Jennifer.3. a chip off the old block一個模子印出來的；酷似（父母的人）Scot

14、t certainly is a chip off the old block. He reminds me so much of his fatherwhen he was that age.斯克特酷似他爸爸。他讓我想起他爸爸在他這年齡時的許多事。4. clean up one s act信心革面，重新做人You d better clean up your act if you want to go to a good school.如果你想金好學(xué)校就要洗心革面，奮發(fā)圖強5. cliffhanger吊人胃口的東西TV series like Dallas usually end the s

15、eason with a cliffhanger.象達拉斯這樣的電視連續(xù)劇經(jīng)常以吊人胃口的方式結(jié)束一個時節(jié)。美國口語俚語（27）1. bullheaded頑固，牛脾氣Terry is so bullheaded; he won t listen to anybody else s opinion.特利這么頑固，他聽不進別人的意見。2. bum rap責(zé)罵Louise got a bum rap for taking sides with Richard.路易斯因為偏袒理查德而受到責(zé)罵。1. bummer 令人惡心的經(jīng)歷That show was a real bummer.那場表演令人倒盡胃口

16、。2. burn someone up激怒某人It burns me up when people don t do their job right.有人沒把份內(nèi)的事做好就令我生氣。3. catch on to突然了解It took Cindy a long time to catch on to what Bill was saying.辛迪許久以后才突然明白比爾所說的話。美國口語俚語（28）1. drown one s sorrows借酒消愁A(yù)fter Megan dumped Chuck, Chuck went to the bar to drown his sorrows over a

17、 beer.自從梅甘甩了查克后，查克就到酒吧借酒消愁。2. creepy恐怖的That was a creepy movie. I ll probably have nightmares tonight.那是一部恐怖片。今晚我也許會做惡夢。3. cross a bridge when/before one comes to it船到橋頭自然直Stop worrying about your piano recital. You llcross that bridge when you cometoit.別擔(dān)心你的鋼琴獨奏會。船到橋頭自然直。4. cranky 脾氣暴躁Grandpa is re

18、ally cranky if he doesn t have his afternoon nap.祖父如果不睡午覺就會很暴躁。5. deal someone in讓某人參加Deal me in. I want to play too.讓我參加，我也要玩。美國口語俚語（ 29）1. big deal重要的事It s no big deal. I dont mind helping you out.這沒什么大不了的，我不介意幫助你擺脫困境。2. bottom line總之，歸根結(jié)底The bottom line is that our sales need to pick up if we re

19、going to make a profitthis year.總之，如果我們今年要盈利的話，銷售量一定得增加。3. give someone a break讓某人松口氣The boss gave her a break and let her try again.老板讓她松口氣，讓她再試一次。4. break a leg祝演出等成功（表面意思“摔斷腿”的反話）I know you are going to be great in the play tonight. Break a leg!我知道你今天晚上的比賽會很成功。祝你順利！5. go for it去做吧！Why not? Go for

20、 it?為什么不呢？大膽的去做吧！美國口語俚語（30）1. ahead of the game領(lǐng)先，占優(yōu)勢He got ahead of the game by finishing her work early.他因提早完成工作而領(lǐng)先他人。2. all right already好啦好啦，別念叨啦All right already, I m coming!好啦好啦，別念叨啦，我來了！3. all-out盡力，全力以赴We made an all-out effort to learn English.我們?nèi)σ愿皩W(xué)英語。4. all hell broke loose一團糟When the flood hit, all hell broke loose.洪水一泛濫，一切亂糟糟。5. add insult to injury越搞越糟，越描越黑Her awkward attempt to explain her error merely added insult to injury.她笨拙地企圖解釋所犯的錯誤，結(jié)果只是越描越黑。美國口語俚語（31）1. Ed loves to give his sister a hard, just to make her mad.埃德愛和他姐