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有哪些常用的英語(yǔ)俚語(yǔ)短語(yǔ)
俚語(yǔ)是一些流傳已久的民間俗語(yǔ)或者習(xí)慣用語(yǔ)。英語(yǔ)的俚語(yǔ)也不例外,下面,讓我們?nèi)チ私庖幌逻@些歷史久遠(yuǎn)的英語(yǔ)俚語(yǔ)。
· chew the rag閑聊
chew the rag也有爭(zhēng)吵的意思
if they have time, these wives are always sitting together and chewing the rag.
· fly into a rage大發(fā)雷霆
the old father flew into a rage when his daughter didn't obey his will.
· break ranks with someone與……分道揚(yáng)鑣
反義詞為:close ranks with someone
people within one party gradually had conflicts on some political issues. some of them decided to break ranks with others and set up a new party.
· smell a rat察覺(jué)可疑
he is a well-known miser. i smell a rat when he invites me to his home for dinner. i was wondering if he is asking favors of me.
· beat a hasty retreat急忙撤退
the hoodlum was about to dully the lady when he saw a patrolman coming towards them. he beat a hasty retreat.
· take someone for a ride欺騙某人,玩弄某人的感情
they were taking us for a ride. i turned out that the tickets they sold us with low price were invalid.
· rip someone off敲某人竹杠
the local villain rips us off by collecting 100 yuan for protection charge every month.
· be on the rocks陷入困境,完蛋
the foam economy was struck by the asian financial crisis. japan's economy was on the rocks.
· rub it in哪壺不開(kāi)提哪壺
would you please talk in chinese? you know i'm a pretty bad english speaker. you don't have to rub it in.
· give someone the runaround敷衍搪塞
my washing machine broke down, when i went to the repair shop, they gave me the runaround.
· be in a rut千篇一律,一籌莫展
his life is in a rut. office, library, and home are the three places he goes everyday. it is time he had a holiday for a change.
· play it safe小心謹(jǐn)慎
our car works very well. but to play it safe, we will bring a spare tire.
· safe and sound安全無(wú)事
he came back from the battlefield safe and sound.
· the salt of the earth好心腸的人,沒(méi)有壞心眼的人
the taxi driver who saved the drowning boy from the river is the salt of the earth.
· take something with a grain of salt聽(tīng)話打折扣,不能輕信
he is a braggart. take his words with a grain of salt.
· tip the scales扭轉(zhuǎn)局勢(shì)
in the boxing ring, the two sides were evenly matched. but the short break seemed to tip the scales in favor of the boxer in red.
· throw someone off the scent轉(zhuǎn)移某人的視線
the murder wrote a last letter for the victim and left it in the site, hoping to throw the police off the scent.
· start from scratch從零開(kāi)始,白手起家
there are so many spelling mistakes. i have to write it again from scratch.
· talk sense into someone開(kāi)導(dǎo)某人
i've tired to talk sense into him, but he still chose to work in the countryside.
· an open sesame法寶,秘訣,關(guān)鍵
having connections with vips is not an open sesame to success.
· the lion's share最大的一份,絕大多數(shù)
he designed the most important part of the machine. so he deserves the lion's share of the award.
· the black sheep of the family有辱門(mén)楣的人
he lost everything in gabling and was called the black sheep of the family by this relatives.
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