play hooky 逃學(xué)
【講解】
名詞hooky在美國(guó)口語(yǔ)中指“逃學(xué)者”,因此,該習(xí)語(yǔ)意為“逃課”。
【對(duì)話】
A:I'm feeling under the weather and not in the mood for doing anything today.
A:我今天身體不舒服,什么都干不下去。
B:Play hooky. I won't spill the beans.
B:逃課吧,我不會(huì)告訴任何人的。
A:I know. but I can't. I have many assignments to do today. We'll have a test tomorrow, you know.
A:我知道,可是不行,我今天還有很多功課要做,而且你也知道,我們明天還要考試。