地道高频有用英语俚语.docx

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地道高频有用英语俚语

Idiom

Definition

（get）onboard

Toagree.Togoalongwith.supportingsomething

（just）wingit

Toimprovise.即兴表演，创作…todosomethingextemporaneously.todothebestthatyoucaninasituationthatyouarenotpreparedfor

toughskin

mentalandemotionaltough,abletoovercomewhatpeoplesayaboutyou

toughcookie

apersonwhoisdifficulttodealwith.

（have）athickskin

abletoignorepersonalcriticism

thick-skinned

1、noteasilyupsetorhurt;insensitive.（Theoppositeofthin-skinned.Typically:

be~;become~;grow~.）

2、ifyouarethick-skinned,youdonotnoticeorgetupsetwhenpeoplecriticizeyou

waterunderthebridge

"somethingiswaterunderthebridge"meanssomethinghappenedalongtimeagobutit'snolongerimportantandI'vesortofforgottenabout,really.It'snotsomethingthatbothersmeanymore.

stickwithit

Donotgiveup.staywithyourtask.

hisbarkisbiggerthanhisbite（somebody/somethinghasmorebarkthanbitealso=somebody's/something'sbarkisworsethantheir/itsbite）

1、Someonemakesalotofharsh-soundingthreatsbutnevercarriesthemout.

2、ifsomeone'sbarkisworsethantheirbite,theyarenotasunpleasantastheyseem,andtheiractionsarenotasbadastheirthreats

dropofadime

veryveryquicklychangeone'smind

strappedfor[cash]≈I'mbroke（withoutanymoney）

needingsomething,usuallymoney.（*Typically:

be~;get~.）

gobroke

to completely run out of money and other assets. 

2014/10/23

offthebeatenpath（track）

1、notknownorpopularwithmanypeople

2、Fig.awayfromthefrequentlytraveledroutes.（*Typically:

be~;go~;travel~.）

sailthroughsomething

Etymology（词源学）:

basedontheideaofaboatsailingsmoothlyonthewater

1、togoquicklyandsmoothlythroughsomething

2、toeasilysucceedinsomething

falloffthewagon

tostartdrinkingalcoholagain,especiallytoomuchalcohol,afteraperiodwhenyouhavenotdrunkany

fasttrack

1、Thequickestandmostdirectroutetoachievementofagoal,asincompetingforprofessionaladvancement

2、acareertrackinwhichapersonadvancesmorerapidlythanusual

3、arapidmeansofachievingagoal;"theysawindependenceasthefasttracktodemocracy

gooverboard

Togotoextremes,especiallyasaresultofenthusiasm.

Synonyms:

gotoofar,gomad,gooverthetop

throwsthorsboverboard

torejectorabandon

Synonyms:

giveup,abandon,relinquish,surrender,renounce,waive,saygoodbyeto,forsake,cede,castoff,kiss（something）goodbye,layaside

rocktheboat

Tocreateadisturbanceintheexistingsituation

Todisturbthebalanceorroutineofasituation

〈非正式〉找麻烦;捣乱；兴风作浪；惹事生非

betweenarockandahardplace

1、havingtochoosebetweentwoequallyunpleasantalternatives

2、betweenundesirablealternatives.

3、Confrontedwithequallyunpleasantalternativesandfewornoopportunitiestoevadeorcircumventthem.

左右为难；进退维谷

tirekicker

1、Inautosales,aslangtermforapotentialcustomerwhoisunlikelytobuyavehicle.Atirekickerarrivesatadealership,doesnotapproachanysalespersons（anddismissesthosewhoapproach）,generallylooksaroundforafewminutesandthenleaves.

2、someoneisnotseriousaboutbuyingsomething,especiallyuseinexpensiveitemslikecar.

只看不买的顾客；只看不买

waitforyourshiptocomein

ship=success,job,….You'llneverbesuccessfulifyoujustsittingaroundanddoingnothing.

runatightship

1、tocontrolabusinessorotherorganizationfirmlyandeffectively

2、torunashiporanorganizationinanorderlyanddisciplinedmanner.（Tautandtightmeanthesamething.Tautiscorrectnautical（航海的，船舶的）use.）

纪律严明，管理严格；管理得很严格；全面控制

hittheroad

Fig.todepart;tobeginone'sjourney,especiallyonaroadtrip;toleaveforhome.

mindyourP'sandQ's

注意你的举止行为，仪态等

rackupsth（likebill）

1.toobtainalargeamountofsomething

2.toscorealargenumberofpoints

rattleone'scage

Etymology:

basedontheideaofrattling（makinganoisebyrepeatedlyhitting）thecagetoannoytheanimalinsideit

tomakesomeoneangryonpurpose,ofteninordertomakethemseemsilly

makeamonkeyoutofsb

1、tocausetoappearridiculous;makeafoolof.

2、Apersonwhoismocked,duped,ormadetoappearafool:

wetthebed

尿床

2014/10/30

walkoneggshells

Etymology（词源学）:

basedontheideathateggshellsareeasilybroken

1、1.Fig.towalkverycarefully;totakestepsgingerly.

2、Fig.tobeverydiplomaticandinoffensive.

如履薄冰；小心翼翼；战战兢兢

lostcause

1、acause（agoal,project,wish）whichhasbecome"lost"（notpossibleanymore/toodifficult/givenupallhope）

2、sthcan'tbedone,lesschancetosuccess（注定要失败的努力；败局命定；败局注定,业已失败的事情；没有希望的事情）

3、acausewithnochanceofsuccess

killtwobirdswithonestone

achievetwothingsatonestroke;doublegain

pullyourweight

（inagroup）doyourpart

toworkashardasotherpeopleinagroup

theappledoesn'tfallfarfromthetree

kidsareliketheirparents“蘋果落地，離樹不遠”、“有其父必有其子”，尤指“上樑不正下樑歪”。

類似用法還有：

achipofftheoldblock、Likefather,likeson.

vegout

toceaseworkingandtakeiteasy;tovegetate（过单调呆板的生活，无所事事）

couchpotato

1、alazypersonwhoidlesawaytime,usuallywatchingthetelevision.

2、alazyindividual,addictedtotelevision-watching.

（takea）dryrun

1、apracticesessioninpreparationforapublicperformance（asofaplayorspeechorconcert）

2、atrialorpractice,espinsimulatedconditions;rehearsal、simulation

3、（Military）militarypracticeinweaponfiring,adrill,oramanoeuvrewithoutusingliveammunition（弹药、军火）

onthefence

characterizedbyindecision,undecided（保持中立；抱观望态度;犹豫不决的）

oftenusedwithsit

Fig.undecidedaboutsomething.（*Typically:

be~;sit~.）

smellsfishy

suspicous,weird,

ifasituationoranexplanationsmellsfishy,itcausesyoutothinkthatsomeoneisbeingdishonest

感觉不太对劲；不靠谱

don'tloseyourcool,keepyourcool

staycalm.don'tbeexcitedorsad

getone'sheadin

集中精力做…

statusquo

Theexistingconditionorstateofaffairs.现状

messwiththeflow

打破常规，特立独行，独具个性，违反规矩，破坏现状等大概意思

2014/11/6

monkeyoffyourbag

sthyouhavepressuretodoinordertoreleasethepressure,usuallyfromeverybodyandforalongtime.

例如火箭希望得到NBA的冠军，每次都打进决赛了，但是每次就是得不到冠军，人们总是说怎么就是得不到。

球迷说多了，火箭也就紧张，希望能有一次获得冠军。

当火箭终于获得冠军了，那么火箭就是monkeyoffitsbag了，终于把球迷给他们的压力释放了！

throwamonkeywrench（intheplan/inthework）

故意给...制造障碍;从中作梗；阻挠;破坏；把…搞砸

flyinthesoup

同monkeywrench差不多。

beusedtomeanthatyoufoundsomethingthatwasnotexpected,somethingwrong,somethinghiddenorsthyouhadn´tbeentoldaboutbecauseyouwerenotsuppsosedtonoticeit.

Thethinggoingwrongwithplan,oneproblemcausesthewholeplantofail.

letthecatoutofthebag

v.Divulge/[美]dɪˈvʌldʒ/（泄露，暴露）confidentialinformationorsecrets

spillthebeans

v.Divulge（makeknown,reveal,leak）confidentialinformationorsecrets

I'llbeoutofyourhair

随后我就不会来烦你了，在你面前消失

outofsomebody'shair表示不打扰或烦扰某人

pullthewooloversomeone'seyes

v.concealone'struemotivesfromespeciallybyelaboratelyfeigninggoodintentionssoastogainanend

totrytotrickorcheatsomeonebygivingthemwronginformation蒙蔽某人；欺骗；蒙骗某人

cutcorners

dosomethingthecheapestoreasiestway（偷工减料）

作为习惯用语，tocutcorners的意思是：

找更方便的办法，或更便宜的办法来做一件事。

但是，这样做并一定会有好的效果。

misstheboat

failtotakeadvantageof（错失良机,往往是比较大的机会）

snoozeyourlose

错失良机（基本都可以用）

seeeyetoeye

v.beinagreement，usuallybussiness、relationship。

要注意的是，要说到在某个问题上意见一致或不同的时候，我们通常用介词on。

seeeyetoeyewithsb.（与某人）看法一致

onceinabluemoon

很少发生的事，也就是中国人所说的千载难逢。

cutit

informal:

做成某事；达到预期；符合标准

1、Toperformuptoexpectationsorarequiredstandard;beacceptable.

2、toperformeffectivelyorsuccessfully.

notgonnacutit/notcuttingit

meansyourworkisnotgoodenough,canbeusedforthingsorpeople.（cutit的否定形式）

Iwasn'tbornyesterday

我又不是三岁小孩。

MeansIdon'tbelieveyou,youdon'ttellthetruth,youtrytotrickme.

usedfortellingsomeonethatyouarenotstupidenoughtobelievewhattheyaresaying

makeanassoutofoneself=makeanassofoneself

ass是指donkey/burroass.丢人现眼，出丑，在公众面前做一些让自己难堪的事。

Todosththatwillcauseyoualotembarrassment.

2014/11/13

acrosstheboard

everydepartmentorallitemsareincluded.

Everyoneisinvolved,affectingeveryone/allpartofthecompany.

bail（thecompany）out

helpsomeonetogetoutoftrouble.usuallyusedinmoney.togiveyoumoneywhenyouaredesperateformoney.

deliverthegoods

meansdoagoodjob,succeedatsth

getofftheground

makesuccessfulbeginning,goahead.

headswillroll

someonewillbepunished,someoneisgetintrouble.

sliceofaction（pieceofaction）

ashareintheactivityorprofitsofsth

takeanosedive

losesomething,fail.Sthverybadhappen,salesdropsdramatically.

Nosedive:

（飞机）俯冲，（价格等）急降、暴跌，（情况）突然变坏

gainground

earnmoremoneythanbefore,getoutofdebt,catchupto

前进，有进展，逼近，越来越为人们所接受

inthemarketfor

preparingtobuysth.veryserioustobuysth

inblackandwhite

1、veryofficial,youcan'targue（合同白纸黑字），inwriting

2、noexcuse,youknowtherightandwrong,veryeasytotellthedifference

3、policecars？

2014/11/20

（carry/have/wear）chiponone'sshoulder

盛气凌人；好打架；好争吵。

referstoholdingagrudge（积怨；怨恨）orgrievance（委屈；抱怨；牢骚；不平的事）thatreadilyprovokes（引发；激起；引起；挑衅）disputation（conflict,debate,argument）.

Inamoodforafightorargument.

getsthoffyourchest

talktosomeoneaboutaworryorcencern1.totalkopenlyaboutsomethingthathasbeenupsetting,annoying,orworryingyou,especiallyinordertoreduceorremovethosefeelings.

2.totalktosomeoneaboutsomethingthathasbeenworryingyou,sothatyoufeelbetteraboutit.

发泄情绪或不快

havenostomachforsth

对…不感兴趣；对……没有兴趣；对……没有胃口

havethestomachforsth

对……有兴趣；对…有胃口

nothavethestomacheforsth

youarenotfitto