老外经常说到的个俚语

老外经常说到的个俚语

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真正经常和老外打交道,感觉英语俚语还是非常有用,你可以不会用或者用不好,但如果看到了或听到了,不明白它的意思,那同样影响交流的,因为有些英语俚语太常见了，每个词都认识,但就是不知道是什么意思. 贴一些英语俚语,权当自己做个日记，同时也与各位一起分享．朋友们帮顶呀．

1 Bｅ in the air 将要发生的事情

Ｔhe feeliｎｇ or ideａ that ｓoｍeｔhiｎg new ｉs ａbｏut to ｈappen or is going tｏ chaｎｇe

Eｘample: Ｆｒoｍ thｅ arｇuｍents ｇｏing on at the mｅｅting, iｔ ｓeeｍs that a cｈanｇe in polｉcy iｓ in the aiｒ．

2 Clear ｔhe aｉr 消除误会

To ｓetｔle a ｄispute and restore gｏｏｄ rｅlations?? Example: We had a meｅｔｉｎｇ witｈ the wｏrｋeｒs， and I ｔｈinｋ we’ve clｅaｒeｄ tｈｅ air ｎow．?? ３ Cｏsｔ an ａrm anｄ a leｇ 极其昂贵?? To be very eｘpensive?

Eｘaｍpｌe: I love ｔhaｔ fuｒ coat. Hｏwｅver, I dｏn’t thiｎk Ｉ’m going tｏ buｙ it bｅｃauｓe it ｃosｔｓ an arm aｎｄ a leg. ? 4 A ｂad ｅｇg 缺乏道德的人?

Someboｄｙ wｈｏ ｈas no mｏraｌ ｐrinｃipｌes aｎd shｏulｄ be avｏiｄed

? Example： You mｕsｔｎ’ｔ lend Tim moｎey, he’s a baｄ egg． You’ll nｅvｅr ｓee ｈiｍ oｒ your moneｙ again!

? 5 Ｉｎ ｔhe Ｂag 稳操胜券?? Ｓaid ｏf aｎ acｈievemeｎｔ ｗｈｉｃh is seｃure?

Eｘample: We have tｈe deal in thｅ baｇ. Tｈe cｌｉent camｅ in this morniｎg tｏ sign the ａｇreemeｎt.?

6 Ｉn the baｌancｅ 未知的,不可预测的?? Said when thｅ ｏuｔcome of ａ ｓituatｉon ｉs unｋｎown or unｐｒｅdicｔabｌe

Exampｌe: Hiｓ caｒeeｒ ａｓ a ｐｉlｏｔ iｓ in the ｂaｌanｃe, as hiｓ eyｅsiｇht does noｔ seem gooｄ enough.?

７ Dｒiｖe a ｈａrd ｂarｇａin 极力讨价还价?

Tｏ hａｖｅ tｈe negoｔiating strengtｈ ａnd ｓkｉlls tｏ gｅｔ thｅ mosｔ advantageｏus prｉce ａｎd ｃonｄiｔiｏnｓ?? Example: Ａｍanda ｉs ｎｅgoｔiatｉｎg ｔhｅ beｓt ｐriｃｅ ｆrom the supplierｓ. She ｄｒives a harｄ bargain.

? 8 Ring ａ belｌ 看上去或听起来非常熟悉

Ｔo looｋ， sound oｒ sｅem ｆａmilｉar?

Example: That ｆａｃe rings a bｅll, wｈere havｅ I ｓeen him bｅ

forｅ？9 ?? Tｉghｔen one’s bｅｌt 节衣缩食

Ｔo cuｔ down on spｅnding becａｕｓe thｅre is leｓs ｉnｃome ｔｈａn befｏｒe

Eｘamｐle: Now you ａrｅ out ｏf wｏrk， ｙou’ｌl have to ｔｉｇhten yoｕr belt and give uｐ buｙing new clｏthes ａnd gｏｉng ouｔ ｓo oｆｔen. ? 1０ Kｉlｌ ｔwo birds witｈ oｎe stoｎｅ 一石二鸟

Ｔo cｏｍplete ｔｗｏ tasks ｔogeｔher, with leｓｓ efｆort tｈan doing theｍ separately?? Eｘample: Siｎcｅ I’ｄ gone to ｔhe ｓtore ｔｏ buｙ sｏme bread, Ｉ thouｇｈt of ｋilling tｗo birｄs wｉth ｏｎe stonｅ and inviｔeｄ Mr． Biｇｇs tｏ ｔｈe ｐａrty.? 11 Be in a black moｏd 情绪极差?

Ｔo be sｏ negative aboｕt eveｒｙthｉng ｔhat it ｉｓ iｍpｏssibｌe for ａｎyone tｏ reａsｏn witｈ him／her?? Ｅxａmple： My fatｈｅr hａs ｂeen ｉｎ a ｂｌack mood for daｙs, wｅ daｒe not saｙ anyｔｈｉng to him.

? 12 Nｅw bｌood 新成员

? New peopｌe bｒｏughｔ into an orｇaniｚaｔion to ｉntroduｃｅ diｆfeｒent and orｉginal ideas

? Eｘaｍple: Iｔ was dｅciｄeｄ tｏ brｉng ｎew ｂｌｏｏｄ into the school ｂy emｐｌｏｙｉng teacheｒs wiｔh thｅ lateｓt ｔraininｇ.13 ?? Fｅelinｇ blue 感到无精打采

Fｅeling sａd or depｒessed?

Examｐlｅ: Ｓhe’ｓ feeling bluｅ, ｂｅcause tｈe man shｅ loveｓ iｓ far away.?? 14 Get to the bｏtｔｏm of ｓometｈing 弄清真相

? Ｔo ｆiｎd oｕt tｈe ｔruth ａbｏｕt sometｈing?? Ｅxample： I’m tryiｎｇ to get to the ｂottoｍ of wｈy Davｉd ｌeft ｗiｔhｏut sayiｎg gｏoｄbyｅ．

15 A ｐｉecｅ of cake 轻松的事?? Somｅｔhinｇ ｗｈich ｉs veｒy ｅaｓｙ ｔo do

Ｅｘａmplｅ： Hｅｒe…let mｅ put tｈe bａｔtｅrieｓ in ｆor yｏｕ． It’s a ｐiece of cake．

16 Pay a caｌl 拜访? To vｉｓit somebody

? Exａmｐle： As we’re ｉｎ thiｓ ｎｅighｂｏrhooｄ, ｗｅ migｈt as wｅll pａy the Jacｋsoｎs a caｌl, wｅ ｈaｖen’ｔ sｅen ｔhｅm ｆor aｇｅｓ.

１7 By cｈance 偶然, 意外的

? Unexpecteｄly; with no pｒｉoｒ plａnｎing ? Exａｍple: By ｃhａｎcｅ， I bｕmped into my ｗifｅ in the shoｐｐiｎｇ ｍaｌl

1８ Round thｅ cloｃk 夜以继日的?

To do sｏmetｈｉng cｏntinuｏｕsly, without a bｒeaｋ or paｕｓe?

Ｅｘample: The ambulance ｓervices woｒｋed rounｄ tｈe clｏｃk ｈauliｎg ｐｅople trａpｐｅｄ in the buｉｌdｉnｇ ｔｏ saｆeｔy.?? 19 Ｋeep ｏnｅ’s cool 保持冷静?

To ｓｔay calm in a diffiｃｕｌt siｔuatｉon?? Example: If the ｔraffｉc ｉs jaｍeｄ, tｈe ｏnlｙ tｈｉng to dｏ ｉs kｅep youｒ coｏｌ, or get out oｆ the car ａnｄ walk！

２0 Ｉn a tight ｃornｅr 处于困境?

Iｎ an exｔｒeｍely dｉfｆicult sｉｔuaｔiｏn

? Eｘamplｅ： Ｗhenevｅｒ I get ｉntｏ a tｉght corner, I ｔry ｔo ｒelｙ on qｕick thinkinｇ to gｅt out of ｉt．

21 Kｅep in the dark 隐瞒

? Ｔｏ keep ｓoｍethiｎg ｓecrｅt?

Exａmplｅ: Wｅ ｋnow my brothｅr ｈas a new ｇirlfrieｎd, but he＇s keeping ｈｅr ｎａme in thｅ dａrk.

? 22 Falｌ oｎ deａｆ ｅars 不加理睬的， 不听取

Not ｔo ｔake any noｔiｃｅ ｏf wｈat is saｉd?? Examplｅ: The citｙ council’s order that gaｒbage shｏｕld be ｐut iｎ thｅ ｂins fｅll on dｅaf ears; thｅ siｄewalkｓ are sｔｉll littereｄ wｉth traｓh！ ? 23 Take ｔｈingｓ easy 放轻松

To relax

? Ｅｘamplｅ： It'ｓ better for our hｅalth to take thiｎgｓ easy ｔhan tｏ ｗoｒry abouｔ problems alｌ the timｅ.

24 Eat liｋe ａ hｏrse 吃得很多

? Ｔo eａｔ a loｔ; to hａve ａ vｅｒy ｂig apｐeｔｉｔe

? Ｅｘamplｅ: Fｒed eａts like a hoｒsｅ. Whｅｎ I ｗas a growiｎg lad like him， I uｓed to ｅａt a lot， ｔoo.

25 Caｔch ｏne’ｓ eyｅ 吸引某人注意?

Tｏ aｔtrａct ｓｏmebody’s ａttｅntion?? Ｅxａmpｌe： A movement beｈiｎd tｈe cuｒｔａｉn cａught my eye – Ｉ thoｕgｈt it was a burglaｒ anｄ rushｅｄ ｏut oｆ the rｏｏm！?

26 Ｈaｖe an eye for someｔhｉng 对某事(某物体）了解得非常清楚