英语俚语大全.docx

1、英语俚语大全美国口语俚语（1）无所不能的GetDont get high hat“别摆架子”He was trying to tell me how to do my job, but I soon told him where to get off.“他要告诉我怎么做,我叫他哪儿凉快哪儿呆着去”Get lost!用在祈使句里,相当于“滚开”或“离我远点儿”，这一句话口气很重，只有十分生气时才这样说。类似的说法还有Get stuffed!（此句也用于生气的拒绝某人时）。Dont get me wrong:“别误会我/不要冤枉我”Get an eyeful。“看个够”Lets get real“

2、别废话了，咱们说点儿正经的吧”（也可以说Lets get a life）。有关身体的俚语an eye for an eye 以牙还牙have a bedroom eyes 有一双性感的眼睛an eye for something 对某物有鉴赏力eye someone 细看某人，打量某人have eyes bigger than ones stomach? 眼馋肚饱four-eye 四眼give someone a black eye 把某人打得鼻青眼肿make goo-goo eyes at someone 对某人抛媚眼green-eyed monster 嫉妒心in a pigs eye 废

3、话，胡说keep an eye on someone 密切注视某人，照看某人keep ones eyes peeled留心，警惕see eye-to-eye 看法一致be all ears 聚精会神地听，洗耳恭听bend someones ear 与某人喋喋不休blow it out ones ear 胡说八道chew someones ear off 对某人喋喋不休have an ear for music 有音乐方面的天赋fall on deaf ears 和没有心思听的人说话，没被理睬good ear 辨别声音keep ones ear to the ground 注意听perk up

4、ones ear 引起注意，竖起耳朵play by ear 听过音乐后，不看乐谱而凭记忆演奏put a bug in someones ear 事先给某人暗示，警告某人talk someones ear off 因喋喋不休而惹怒某人get off to a good start”有了好的开始，开门红” Get the boot 委婉表达解雇某人If youre late again, youre getting the boot.”get booted 在chatrooms 还有被踢出去的意思。)get ones teeth into something：认真对待,全神贯注于,死死咬住1. c

5、lock in 打卡Dont forget to clock in,otherwise you wont get paid.别忘了打卡，否则领不到钱。2. come on to 对.轻薄；吃豆腐Tanya slapped Bill after he came on to her.Tanya在Bill对她轻薄之后打了他一巴掌。3. come easily 易如反掌Languages come easily to some people.语言学习对有些人来说易如反掌。4. dont have a cow别大惊小怪Dont have a cow! Ill pay for the damages.别大

6、惊小怪的！我会赔偿损失的。5. push around 欺骗Dont try to push me around!别想耍我！美国口语俚语（2）1. keep ones shirt on保持冷静Keep your shirt on. He didnt mean to offend you. Thats just the way he talks.保持冷静。那只是他说话的惯常方式，他并非有意要冒犯你。2. cool it冷静一点Cool it. You are making me mad.冷静一点。你快把我逼疯了。3. joy ride兜风Lets go for a joy ride.让我们去兜兜

7、风。4. rap说唱乐Do you like rap music? I have trouble understanding the words.你喜欢说唱音乐吗？我听不太懂其中的歌词。5. red-letter day大日子This is a red-letter day for Susan. She made her first sale to a very important client.今天是susan的大日子。她和一个非常重要的客户做成了第一笔生意。美国口语俚语（3）1. go up in smoke成为泡影Peters vacation plans went up in smok

8、e when a crisis arose in the office.办公室出了问题，peter的假期泡汤了。2. hit the road上路We should probably hit the road. Its going to take us two hours to get home.我们可能该上路了吧？到家的两个小时呢！3. shape up表现良好，乖Youd better shape up if you want to stay on.如果你还想留下来的话最好乖一点儿。4. scare the shit out of someone吓死某人了Dont sneak up beh

9、ind me like that. You scared the shit out of me.不要那样从后面突然吓我。你吓死我了。5. pull strings运用关系 （源于“拉木偶的线”）He pulled some strings and managed to get us front row seats for the concert.他运用关系替我们拿到音乐会前排的位子。美国口语俚语（4）1. come again 再说一遍Come again? I didnt quite understand what you said.再说一遍好吗？你刚说的话我不明白。2. come clea

10、n 全盘托出，招供The criminal decided to come clean.罪犯决定供出事实。3. spring for 请客Let me spring for dinner.我来请客吃饭吧。4. spill the beans 泄漏秘密Dont spill the beans. Its supposed to be a secret.别说漏了嘴，这可是个秘密哦！5. stick in the mud 保守的人Cathy is such a stick in the mud. She never wants to try anythingnew.Cathy真保守，她从不想尝试新事物

11、。美国口语俚语（5）1. john厕所I have to go to the john. Wait for me in the car.我要去厕所。在车里等我一下。2. keep in line管束He needs to be kept in line. Hes too wild.他太野了，要好好管束一下。3. jump the gun草率行事Dont jump the gun. We have to be patient for a while.不要草率行事。我们应该耐心等一会儿。4. jump to conclusion妄下结论Dont jump to conclusion. We hav

12、e to figure it out first.不要妄下结论，先把事情搞清楚。5. lemon次This car is a real lemon. It has broken down four times.这辆车真次，已经坏了四次了！美国口语俚语（6）1. fishy 可疑的His story sounds fishy. We should see if its really true.他的故事听起来可疑。我们应该看看到底是不是真的。2. flip out 乐死了Chris flipped out when I told him that we won the game.我告诉克里斯我们赢

13、了比赛时，他乐歪了。3. fix someone up 撮合某人I think Xixi and Macaulay would make a perfect couple. Lets fix themup. (Haha,just kidding:)我想习习和macaulay会是理想的一对，我们来撮合他们吧。（呵，开个玩笑，习习和macaulay不会生气吧？：）4. take a shine to 有好感He really likes you. There are very few people he takes a shine toright away.他真的喜欢你。他很少对人一见面就有好感的

14、。5. third wheel 累赘，电灯泡You two go on ahead. I dont want to be a third wheel.你们两个去好了，我不想当电灯泡。美国口语俚语（7）1. ripoff 骗人的东西What a ripoff! The new car I bought doesnt work!真是个骗人货！我买的新车启动不了！2. rock the boat 找麻烦Dont rock the boat! Things are fine just the way they are.别找麻烦了，事情这样就够好了。3. blow it 搞砸了，弄坏了I blew it

15、 on that last exam.我上次考试靠砸了。4. in hot water 有麻烦He is in hot water with his girlfriend recently.近段时间他跟女友的关系有点僵。5. put ones foot in ones mouth 祸从口出Wally is always saying such stupid thing. He has a real talent forputting his foot in his mouth.沃力尽说这种蠢话。他真有惹是生非的本事。美国口语俚语（8）1. flop （表演、电影等）不卖座，失败The movi

16、e was a flop. Nobody went to see it.这部电影卖座率奇低，没有人去看。2. drop in/by/over 随时造访Feel free to drop in anytime. Im usually home and Id love thecompany.欢迎随时来坐坐。我通常在家，也喜欢游人做伴。3. drop a line 写信Drop me a line! 给我写信！4. duck 躲闪，突然低下头Remind little Bobby to duck his head when he crawls under the tableso he wont hi

17、t his head.提醒小波比爬到桌下时要低头才不会受伤。5. go with the flow 随从大家的意见Sharon is an easy-going person. She just goes with the flow.沙伦是个随和的人。人家怎么说，她就怎么做。美国口语俚语（9）1. act up 胡闹，出毛病The children started to act up as soon as the teacher left the room.老师一离开教室，孩子们就闹起来了。2. ad lib 即兴而作，随口编The comedian ad libbed most of his

18、 routine.那个喜剧演员大多是即兴表演。3. blah-blah-blah 说个不停All she does is go blah-blah-blah all night.她整夜说个不停。4. hit it off 投缘，一见如故They hit it off instantly and have been good friends ever since.他们一见面就很投缘，从此成了好朋友。5. zit 青春痘Why is it that every time I have a hot date, I break out with a big ziton my face?为什么每次我有重

19、要约会时，脸上都会冒出一个很大的青春痘呢？美国口语俚语（10）1. put someone on the spot 让某人为难Dont put me on the spot like this. You know I cant give youconfidential information.别这样让我为难，你知道我不能给你机密资料的。2. racket 非法行业，挂羊头卖狗肉The police are determined to break up the racket.警方决定打击这个非法行业。3. have it good 享受得很She really has it good. Ever

20、ybody caters to her every need.她真是享受得很，大家都依着他。4. dont knock it 不要太挑剔Don;t knock it! You wont be able to find another job that pays sowell.别挑剔了！你未必可以找到另外一个待遇这么好的工作！5. pig out 狼吞虎咽We pigged out on potato chips and cookies until our bellies ached.我们大吃薯条和曲奇，吃到肚子撑到痛为止。美国口语俚语（11）1. down in the dumps垂头丧气Th

21、e players were down in the dumps after their team lost thechampionship game.球员输掉决赛哪一场后个个垂头丧气。2. horse around嬉闹Weve horsed around long enough. Its time to get to work.我们闹够了，该去工作了。3. pass something up放弃某事物You cant pass up this job. This kind of opportunity comes only oncein a lifetime.你不可错过这个工作。这种机会一辈

22、子才有一次。4. go whole hog全力以赴She went whole hog in planning he New Years Eve party.她全心全力筹办新年晚会。5. shoo-in长胜将军Theres no way he can lose. Hes a shoo-in.他不会输的，他是位长胜将军。美国口语俚语（12）1. get the ball rolling开始Lets get the ball rolling.让我们开始吧。2. get on the ball用心做If you hope to keep your job, youd better get on th

23、e ball and meetthe deadline.如果你还想要你的那份工作，你最好用心做，赶上最后期限！3. lady-killer帅哥Hes a real lady-killer.他是个不折不扣的帅哥。4. lay off停止，解雇Lay off! I dont need you to tell me what to do!别再讲了!我不需要你告诉我怎么去做！5. knock it off=cut it off停止Knock it off! Im trying to get some sleep.别吵了！我正想睡觉呢！美国口语俚语（13）1. have a passion for钟爱I

24、 have a passion for blue dresses.我钟爱蓝色的衣服。2. pep talk打气，鼓励的话The coach gave his team a pep talk at half time, hoping to lead them to victory.教练在半场时候给球员们打起，希望将他们引上胜利之途。3. pick someones brains请教某人I dont understand any of this medical terminology. Do you mind if I pick your brains since youre so knowled

25、geable in this area?我对医学术语一无所知。你在这方面如此在行，我能不能请教你一下？4. pass out醉到了He passed out after three beers.喝了三杯啤酒后他就醉倒了。5. way back好久以前Weve been friends since way back.我们老早就是好朋友了。美国口语俚语（14）1. hit someone with a problem让某人面对问题Im sorry to hit you with this problem. I dont know who else to turn to.很抱歉把这个问题抛给你，我不

26、知道还可以找谁求助。2. have it bad for狂恋He really has it bad for her, but she has no ideas.他狂恋着她，而她却不知道。3. hung over宿醉未醒Dont disturb him. Hes still hung over from last night.别吵醒他，他宿醉仍未醒。4 has-been过时的人或物Lisa is a has-been. No one will hire her any more.丽莎已经过时了。没人会再雇佣她。4. have a bone to pick with有账要算I have a bo

27、ne to pick with you. You still owe me the fifteen dollars you borrowed.我有账跟你算。你向我借的十五美金还没还呢！美国口语俚语（15）1. let the cat out of the bag 泄漏秘密I wont let the cat out of the bag.我不会泄漏秘密的。2. in the market for 想买，积极物色People are always in the market for something new and different.人们总想买点新奇的且与众不同的东西。3. meddle i

28、n 干涉，搅和Harold asked his boss stop meddling in his personal life.哈罗德要求老板别再干涉他的私生活。4. screw loose脱线，神经不对头Bill must have a screw loose somewhere; hes acting really strangely.Bill一定是哪根筋不对，他的行动真奇怪。5. sell someone on 以.说服某人She sold me on her idea. I think it will work.她用她的看法说服了我，我想那行得通。美国口语俚语（16）1. hang i

29、n there忍耐一下Hang in there. Things will look up soon.忍耐一下。事情很快就会好转的。2. hands-off无为而治，顺其自然He takes a hands-off approach when it comes to raising his children.他用无为而治的方式教养小孩。3. gag me with a spoon我快吐了Gag me with a spoon! Please dont tell me such disgusting stories any more.我快吐了！请别再说这么恶心的故事了。4. get a move

30、 on赶快Get a move on. You cant park your car here.赶快！你不能在这儿停车。5. cook up想出He cooked up a wonderful way to surprise his wife on her birthday.他想出一个在他太太生日时让她惊喜的妙法。 （呵，女人心中的好丈夫！）美国口语俚语（17）1. roll with the punches逆来顺受You have to roll with the punches if you want to survive in this business.如果你想在这一行生存下去的话，就得逆来顺受。2. right off the bat立刻I was all prepared to put up a fight, but he gave in right off the bat.我正准备和他大打一场，但是他马上就投降了。3. get ones feet wet参与，开始做Its not good to concentrate all your efforts on just writing. You should get your feet wet and trying painting or dancing.单单写作对你不好。你应该涉猎一下绘画或舞蹈。4.