美国口语俚语(转自旺旺论坛)(作者jennifer-jin)

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不由得想起小时侯常萦绕耳边的一句话：做一件好事并不难，难的是，做一辈子好事。

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美国口语俚语（ 22 ）

1.beats me 我不知道
Beats me. We haven ’ t learned that.
我不知道。我们还没学过那个。

2.beat it 走开
Beat it! I ’ m busy right now.
走开！我现在正忙着。

3.beat a dead horse 白费口舌，白费力气
I ’ ve already made up my mind. There ’ s no sense beating a dead horse.
我已经下了决心，不要再白费口舌了。

4.John Hancock 签名
Put your John Hancock right here.
请在这里签名。

5.keep it under raps 保密
Don ’ t tell anyone about the party. Let ’ s just keep it under eraps.
不要吧晚会的事告诉任何人。这件事情不要泄漏出去。

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美国口语俚语（ 23 ）

1.kick around 讨论；多考虑一下
Let ’ s kick around a few more proposals before we come to a final decision.
我们最后决定之前多考虑几个方案吧。

2.junkie 吸毒者
The junkie stole money in order to buy more drugs.
这名吸毒者为了买更多的毒品而偷钱。

3.put away 大吃大喝
I ’ ve never seen anybody put away so much food and still look so thin.
我从未见过这么能吃的人还这么瘦。

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，但她拒绝了他。

5.put one ’ s ass on the line 两肋插刀，不惜一切
I put my ass on the line for you. I know you ’ ll do the same for me someday.
我为你两肋插刀，我知道有朝一日你也会为我这么做。

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美国口语俚语（ 24 ）

1.drag 讨厌
What a drag! There ’ s nothing to do here!
真是讨厌！这里没什么可干的！

2.a drop in the bucket 沧海一粟
The amount of money Mr. Howell spent on a new Rolls-Royce was just a drop in the bucket compared to his annual salary.
豪威尔先生卖一辆辛劳斯莱斯汽车的钱和他的年薪相比不过是沧海一粟。

3.drop dead 去死
Suzy told Mike, “ Drop dead! ” when he kept teasing her about her weight.
麦克不停的取笑苏齐的体重时，苏齐说：“你去死吧！”

4.down and out 穷困潦倒
Sarah was down and out after losing her job and her apartment.
萨拉丢掉工作和房子后变得穷困潦倒。

5.all that jazz 诸如此类
He only cares about basketball, TV, girls, and all that jazz.
他只关心篮球、电视、女孩这一类事情。

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美国口语俚语（ 25 ）

1.know-it-all 万事通
Grace is always correcting other people. She thinks she ’ s a know-it-all.
格雷斯总是在纠正别人，她觉得自己是万事通。

2.kooky 古怪的
That man is really kooky. He has fifty-three cats!
那个人真怪。他养了 53 只猫！

3.let someone have it 让某人好看
Next time I see Rick, I ’ m going to let him have it.
下次我看到李克时要他好看。

4.a leg up 占上风
All Jeff ’ s hard work is paying off. He ’ s a leg up on the rest of his competitors.
杰夫的努力是有报答的。他在竞争对手中占了上风。

5.low-life 落魄潦倒的人
Chris is such a low-life. He sleeps on the park bench and drink booze all day.
克利斯真是落魄潦倒。他睡在公园板凳上而且整天喝酒。

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美国口语俚语（ 26 ）

1.call it quits 不干了
After being in the used car business for 40 years, Harry finally called it quits.
做了 40 年旧车生意后，哈利终于洗手不干了。

2.chip in 出钱
We all chipped in to buy Jennifer a going-away present.
大家都出钱买一个送别礼物给 Jennifer.

3.a chip off the old block 一个模子印出来的；酷似（父母的人）
Scott certainly is a chip off the old block. He reminds me so much of his father when he was that age.
斯克特酷似他爸爸。他让我想起他爸爸在他这年龄时的许多事。

4.clean up one ’ s act 信心革面，重新做人
You ’ d better clean up your act if you want to go to a good school.
如果你想金好学校就要洗心革面，奋发图强

5.cliffhanger 吊人胃口的东西
TV series like Dallas usually end the season with a cliffhanger.
象《达拉斯》这样的电视连续剧经常以吊人胃口的方式结束一个时节。

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美国口语俚语（ 27 ）

1.bullheaded 顽固，牛脾气
Terry is so bullheaded; he won ’ t listen to anybody else ’ s opinion.
特利这么顽固，他听不进别人的意见。

2.bum rap 责骂
Louise got a bum rap for taking sides with Richard.
路易斯因为偏袒理查德而受到责骂。

3.bummer 令人恶心的经历
That show was a real bummer.
那场表演令人倒尽胃口。

4.burn someone up 激怒某人
It burns me up when people don ’ t do their job right.
有人没把份内的事做好就令我生气。

5.catch on to 突然了解
It took Cindy a long time to catch on to what Bill was saying.
辛迪许久以后才突然明白比尔所说的话。

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美国口语俚语（ 28 ）

1.drown one ’ s sorrows 借酒消愁
After Megan dumped Chuck, Chuck went to the bar to drown his sorrows over a beer.
自从梅甘甩了查克后，查克就到酒吧借酒消愁。

2.creepy 恐怖的
That was a creepy movie. I ’ ll probably have nightmares tonight.
那是一部恐怖片。今晚我也许会做恶梦。

3.cross a bridge when/before one comes to it 船到桥头自然直
Stop worrying about your piano recital. You ’ ll cross that bridge when you come to it.
别担心你的钢琴独奏会。船到桥头自然直。

4.cranky 脾气暴躁
Grandpa is really cranky if he doesn ’ t have his afternoon nap.
祖父如果不睡午觉就会很暴躁。

5.deal someone in 让某人参加
Deal me in. I want to play too.
让我参加，我也要玩。

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美国口语俚语（ 29 ）
1.big deal 重要的事
It ’ s no big deal. I don ’ t mind helping you out.
这没什么大不了的，我不介意帮助你摆脱困境。

2.bottom line 总之，归根结底
The bottom line is that our sales need to pick up if we ’ re going to make a profit this year.
总之，如果我们今年要盈利的话，销售量一定得增加。

3.give someone a break 让某人松口气
The boss gave her a break and let her try again.
老板让她松口气，让她再试一次。

4.break a leg 祝演出等成功（表面意思“摔断腿”的反话）
I know you are going to be great in the play tonight. Break a leg!
我知道你今天晚上的比赛会很成功。祝你顺利！

5.go for it 去做吧！
Why not? Go for it?
为什么不呢？大胆的去做吧！

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美国口语俚语（ 30 ）
1.ahead of the game 领先，占优势
He got ahead of the game by finishing her work early.
他因提早完成工作而领先他人。

2.all right already 好啦好啦，别念叨啦
All right already, I ’ m coming!
好啦好啦，别念叨啦，我来了！

3.all-out 尽力，全力以赴
We made an all-out effort to learn English.
我们全力以赴学英语。

4.all hell broke loose 一团糟
When the flood hit, all hell broke loose.
洪水一泛滥，一切乱糟糟。

5.add insult to injury 越搞越糟，越描越黑
Her awkward attempt to explain her error merely added insult to injury.
她笨拙地企图解释所犯的错误，结果只是越描越黑。

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美国口语俚语（ 31 ）

1.give … a hard 和…过不去
Ed loves to give his sister a hard, just to make her mad.
埃德爱和他姐姐过不去，故意惹她生气。

2.goner 无可救药的人
Mark ’ s a goner. He didn ’ t finish his chores before going out.
麦克镇事无药可救，他日常工作没做完就出去了。

3.make a killing 大有所获
He made a killing on that deal. I wish I had bought some shares.
那笔生意他大有所获。真希望我当初也加入了。

4.no sweat 不麻烦，没问题
No sweat. I ’ ll have he report done for you in an hour.
没问题。我会在一小时之内让认为你做出这份报告。

5.pissed off 生气
I really pissed off at Harry. He took the credit for all my work.
我对哈利真的很生气。我拼命工作他却坐享其成。

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美国口语俚语（ 32 ）

1.on the up and up 光明正大，诚实无欺
I checked out his story, he ’ s on the up and up.
我核实过他所讲的事情，他诚实可靠。

2.uppity 自命不凡
Don ’ t be so uppity. You don ’ t think we ’ re good enough for you?
不要那么自以为了不起。你难道认为我们配不上你吗？

3.up **** creek 惨兮兮
If Mom catches you smoking in the house, you ’ ll be up **** creek.
如果你在家里抽烟让妈妈逮到，你就惨了。

4.push comes to shove 事态严重
When push comes to shove, only your true friends will still stand by you.
当事态严重时，只有真正的朋友还会支持你。

5.push someone ’ s button 惹火某人，激怒某人
Nobody makes me as mad as Dave does. He really knows how to push my buttons.
没有人象戴夫那样惹我生气。他真知道怎样惹我发火。

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美国口语俚语（ 33 ）

1.all wet 错误的
I ’ m afraid your idea is all wet.
我想你的想法是完全不对的。

2.back off 缓和，软化，减轻
The city council had to back off from its criticism of the utility department.
市议会必须建勤对公用事业部门的批评。

3.as … as all get out  …极了
Mother is as mad as all get out.
母亲气疯了。

4.bent out of shape 气坏了，大发雷霆
Mother is really bent out of shape because we came home so late last night.
因为我们昨天回去那么晚，所以母亲大发雷霆。

5.bar one 只此一家，别无分号
This is the best ice cream anywhere in the state of Texas, bar one.
这是德克萨斯州最好的冰淇淋，别无分号。

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美国口语俚语（ 34 ）

1.butter up 对…说好话
Maybe if we butter up mother, she ’ ll let us go to the movies.
如果我们对妈说点好听的，也许她会让我们去看电影。

2.butt in 插嘴，打岔
Amy loves to butt in and offer her advice even when it ’ s not wanted.
不管时机对不对，爱米都喜欢插嘴提供意见。

3.button one ’ s lip 住口；闭嘴
Tell Cindy to button her lip or else she ’ ll be in big trouble.
告诉辛迪闭嘴，否则她就惨了。

4.buy time 拖延时间
I think we should try to buy more time.
我想我们应该设法拖延时间。

5.chew someone out 责骂某人；谴责某人
Follow the rules and you won ’ t get chewed out.
遵守规定你就不会挨骂。

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总计 55 篇，包含在附件中
谢谢大家长期的捧场