14. no-brainer 不必花腦筋的事物

A：How do you use this program? It looks quite complicated. 你怎么樣用這個(gè)軟件呢？看起來蠻復(fù)雜的。

B：No. Looks can be deceiving. This thing is actually a no-brainer. Let me show you. 不會(huì)！外表有時(shí)是會(huì)騙人的。這個(gè)東西其實(shí)很容易(不必花腦筋的)。我玩給你看！

"Looks can be deceiving."是“外表有時(shí)是會(huì)騙人的”的意思。也許你的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)方把自己抬高，表現(xiàn)出很厲害的樣子，你的朋友就可以說"Looks can be deceiving. He may be just a paper tiger."來安慰你。

15. work one's butt off 很努力地(做一件事)

A：I can't believe all my work is gone just like this. I've worked my butt off on this all day. 我不敢相信我的心血就這樣丟掉了！我今天整天辛辛苦苦都在搞這個(gè)！

B：What happened? Computer crashed? 怎么啦？計(jì)算機(jī)當(dāng)了嗎？

發(fā)現(xiàn)美語里不少口語都跟"butt"(屁屁)有關(guān)，像 "kick ass"、"kiss ass"(點(diǎn)擊查看＝>經(jīng)典英語俚語教你說地道美語(1))。 這里的"work one's butt off" 也是。還有一個(gè)"freeze one's butt off"(冷得把屁屁凍僵)也是。

16. push around 驅(qū)使(某人)

A：Gary, do you think you can rewrite this paper. I don't really like the topic. Gary, 你想你是不是可以把這個(gè)報(bào)告重寫一遍。我并不是很喜歡那個(gè)主題。

B：Hey, I'm only trying to help you out. You shouldn't be pushing me around like this. 嘿，我是在幫你忙耶！你不應(yīng)該這樣指使我喔！

“把一個(gè)人推來推去”應(yīng)該和“指使”很容易聯(lián)想吧！