plain Jane 相貌平平的女孩
She is indeed a plain Jane.
她的確長得一般。

mumbo-jumbo 胡說八道，莫名其妙的話
You don't believe in this mumbo-jumbo, do you?
你不相信這鬼話的，是吧？

willy-nilly 隨意地，不經(jīng)思考地
You can't just do that willy-nilly.
你不能就這么隨隨便便隨心所欲地做那件事。

thin-skinned 臉皮薄的，(對(duì)批評(píng)或侮辱)易生氣的
Be careful what you say. She's rather thin-skinned.
你說話小心點(diǎn)，她很敏感，臉皮很薄的。

nitty-gritty 本質(zhì)，基礎(chǔ)，具體細(xì)節(jié)
get down to the nitty-gritty of the problem
深入到問題的本質(zhì)和細(xì)節(jié)

stiff upper lip (在遇到問題時(shí))堅(jiān)定沉著，不露感情
Keep a stiff upper lip!
堅(jiān)定點(diǎn)，堅(jiān)持住！

humdrum 乏味的，平凡的
She liked the movie, but I thought it was humdrum.
她喜歡那部電影，但是我覺得很無聊。

doom and gloom 悲觀失望，無望，前景暗淡
The situation isn't all doom and gloom.
情況也沒有那么悲觀啦！

easy-peasy (Or easy peasy lemon squeezy) 簡單得很，容易極了
When I found the tools, fixing the bike was easy peasy lemon squeezy.
當(dāng)我找到了工具之后，修單車就是小菜一碟啦。

handy-dandy 有用的，有幫助的
She always comes up with great ideas for handy-dandy new tools.
她總是能想出一些實(shí)用新工具的好點(diǎn)子。

out and about 出去走走，出去轉(zhuǎn)轉(zhuǎn)
I'm just out and about with Mary if you want to come join us.
我和Mary在外面走走轉(zhuǎn)轉(zhuǎn)，你要不要來？

razzle-dazzle (在某人面前)炫耀，亮瞎人眼
He is dressing all razzle-dazzle with the diamonds and gold.
他穿的閃閃的鉆石金片的衣服，亮瞎人眼。

chick-flick 言情片
Oh no, not another boring formulaic chick flick!
又是一部俗套的言情片！

romcom (romantic + comedy) 浪漫喜劇片
-How was the movie?
-電影怎么樣？
-Yeah, great. I loved it. It was a romcom.
-很好，我很喜歡，是一部浪漫喜劇片。

boogie-woogie 恐怖電影
小朋友們總是想象有一個(gè)怪物躲在床底下或者柜子里，這個(gè)想象中的怪物在英文中被叫做 the boogieman

jelly belly 軟軟的大肚腩
The old man has a jelly belly.
那個(gè)年紀(jì)大的男人有一個(gè)大肚腩。

cuddly-wobbly 抱起來舒服的

Holy moly (同Holy crap!) 天哪！
Holy moly! Did you see the speed of that car?
天吶！你看到那輛車開得有多快了嗎？

blame game 相互指責(zé)
The blame game will not do anyone any good.
相互指責(zé)對(duì)誰都沒有好處。