1.A watched pot never boils:急水不開 。
How can you urge me on like this? You know, a watched pot never boils.
你怎么能這樣催我?要知道,心急水不開 。
2.put sb. into a jam:[俚]使某人陷入困境
1) When he is dogged by creditors, he is loath to hide himself from them but he has to, because he has gotten into a jam.
成天被債主們窮追不舍,他東躲西藏避開他們 。雖然很不情愿,但是他沒有辦法,因為他陷入困境 。
2) I'm in a bit of a jam — I haven't got enough money to pay for this meal. 我有點兒小麻煩,我?guī)У腻X不夠付飯錢 。
3.kill sb. with kindness:用過分的殷勤使人不知所措
In the past the pretty lady treated the poor man like dirt but today she did an about face, treating him like a king and, of course, killing the man with kindness.
過去,這位漂亮的女士看不起這個窮男子;但是她今天卻來了一個1800 的大轉(zhuǎn)彎,對他就像國王一般,自然男子被這般殷勤弄得不知所措 。
4.dire:urgent; desperate 緊急的;急需的
The farmers living in that area are in dire poverty.
生活在那個地區(qū)的農(nóng)民極其貧困 。
5.get on with it:加緊干
Now that the task has been assigned to you, you just try to get on with it.
既然任務(wù)都布置給你們了,那就趕緊投入工作吧 。
6.get huffy:get angry or get outraged 怒沖沖的; 生氣的
When I accused him of dragging his feet, he got huffy immediately.
我說他消極怠工時,他立刻就怒氣沖天 。
7.vouch for:確信; 擔(dān)保;保證
I am certain to vouch for Marston's trustworthiness because we are bosom friends.
我當(dāng)然擔(dān)保馬斯頓的可信任度,因為我們是知心朋友 。
adj. 不情愿的,勉強(qiáng)的