三、實用對話：

1.Poke one’s nose into someone’s business.多管閑事
A: You can turn to the lawyer’s office for help.
B: Don’t poke your nose into my business. I know how to handle it myself.
A: Ok, You’ll get what you deserve.
甲：你可以找律師事務所幫忙。
乙：別管我的閑事，我知道該怎么辦。
甲：好的。那樣的話你可別怪別人。

2.Talk straight from the shoulder.直言不諱
A: What do you think of my work?
B: Well.
A: Please talk straight from the shoulder.
B: It’s not very satisfactory, you should be more careful.
甲：你覺得我的工作做得怎么樣？
乙：恩。
甲：請直言不諱地說吧！
乙：不太令人滿意，你應該更仔細點兒。

3.Hold one’s tongue.緘默，不開口
A: Can I air my opinion?
B: Hold you tongue! You’ve talked too much.
A: I have every right to talk. You should let me finish what I’m saying.
甲：我能說說我的意見嗎？
乙：閉嘴！你已經講得太多了。
甲：我有權利發言，你應該讓我把話說完。

4.Have no stomach for 對……沒有興趣
A: Will you play tennis with us tomorrow?
B: Sorry, I cannot, I just have no stomach for that.
A: Then what about seeing a movie?
B: That’s good!
甲：明天和我們一起打網球好嗎？
乙：抱歉我不能。我對網球沒有興趣。
甲：那看電影怎么樣？
乙：那太好了。

5.Get under one’s skin 使煩躁；（因為愛）使不安
A: Mary has really gotten under my skin.
B: I know what love is. When I was young, I felt the same way.
A: It thinks I’m crazy about her.
B: You are, why not ask for a date?
甲：瑪麗真讓我心煩。
乙：我知道愛情是什么。我年輕時，也有這種感覺。
甲：我快要為她癡狂了。
乙：快了。為什么不約她？

5.Get under one’s skin 保全自己
A: Never trust your secrets to Bob.
B: I think he’s kind and honest.
A: He’s the kind of person who do anything to save his own skin.
B: I don’t agree with you.
甲：別向鮑勃吐露秘密。
乙：我倒認為他為人不錯，挺誠實的。
甲：他是那種為了保全自己什么都肯做的人。
乙：我不能同意你的看法。

7.Skin somebody alive活剝某人的皮
A: What happened to Pat this morning? I saw him leave the classroom soon after the exam began.
B: He was found cheating and was driven out.
A: If the principal caught him cheating, he would skin him alive.
甲：帕特上午怎么了？我見他考試一開始就離開了教室。
乙：他被發現作弊，被老師趕了出來。
甲：如果校長發現他作弊的話，活活剝了他的皮。

四、一步登天：

Everlasting Love
Once, I let a true love slip away before my eyes, only to find myself regretting

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