美國俚語大全

her people’s business. I don’t see how she has time to take care of her own affairs.
格拉迪斯總是愛管閑事,我不知道她怎么會有時間處理她自己的事。
5.pull a fast one欺騙
He tried to pull a fast one on us, but we caught on before he got away with it.
他想要欺騙我們,但在他陰謀得逞之前我們就知道了。
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1.beats me我不知道
Beats me. We haven’t learned that.
我不知道。我們還沒學過那個。
2.beat it走開
Beat it! I’m busy right now.
走開!我現在正忙著。
3.beat a dead horse白費口舌,白費力氣
I’ve already made up my mind. There’s no sense beating a dead horse.
我已經下了決心,不要再白費口舌了。
4.John Hancock簽名
Put your John Hancock right here.
請在這里簽名。
5.keep it under raps保密
Don’t tell anyone about the party. Let’s just keep it under eraps.
不要吧晚會的事告訴任何人。這件事情不要泄漏出去。
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1.kick around討論;多考慮一下
Let’s kick around a few more proposals before we come to a final decision.
我們最后決定之前多考慮幾個方案吧。
2.junkie吸毒者
The junkie stole money in order to buy more drugs.
這名吸毒者為了買更多的毒品而偷錢。
3.put away大吃大喝
I’ve never seen anybody put away so much food and still look so thin.
我從未見過這么能吃的人還這么瘦。
4.put a move on挑逗
He tried to put the moves on her, but she turned him down.
他想要挑逗她,但她拒絕了他。
5.put one’s ass on the line兩肋插刀,不惜一切
I put my ass on the line for you. I know you’ll do the same for me someday.
我為你兩肋插刀,我知道有朝一日你也會為我這么做。
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1.drag討厭
What a drag! There’s nothing to do here!
真是討厭!這里沒什么可干的!
2.a drop in the bucket滄海一粟
The amount of money Mr. Howell spent on a new Rolls-Royce was just a drop in the bucket compared to his annual salary.
豪威爾先生賣一輛辛勞斯萊斯汽車的錢和他的年薪相比不過是滄海一粟。
3.drop dead去死
Suzy told Mike, “Drop dead!” when he kept teasing her about her weight.
麥克不停的取笑蘇齊的體重時,蘇齊說:“你去死吧!”
4.down and out窮困潦倒
Sarah was down and out after losing her job and her apartment.
薩拉丟掉工作和房子后變得窮困潦倒。
5.all that jazz諸如此類
He only cares about basketball, TV, girls, and all that jazz.
他只關心籃球、電視、女孩這一類事情。
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1.know-it-all萬事通
Grace is always correcting other people. She thinks she’s a know-it-all.
格雷斯總是在糾正別人,她覺得自己是萬事通。
2.kooky古怪的
That man is really kooky. He has fifty-three cats!
那個人真怪。他養了53只貓!
3.let someone have it讓某人好看
Next time I see Rick, I’m going to let him have it.
下次我看到李克時要他好看。
4.a leg up占上風
All Jeff’s hard work is paying off. He’s a leg up on the rest of his competitors.
杰夫的努力是有報答的。他在競爭對手中占了上風。
