美国口语俚语管理大全

1、美国口语俚语大全1.  clock in 打卡 Don't forget to clock in,otherwise you won't 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. don't have a cow别

2、大惊小怪 Don't have a cow! I'll pay for the damages. 别大惊小怪的！我会赔偿损失的。 5. push around 欺骗 Don't try to push me around! 别想耍我！美国口语俚语（2）1.  keep one's shirt on保持冷静     Keep your shirt on. He didn't mean to offend you. That's just the    

3、;   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     Let's go for a joy ride.  让我们去兜兜风。4.&

4、#160; 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    &

5、#160;    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 smoke 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 goi

6、ng 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 behind 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 pull

7、ed 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 didn't quite understand what you said. 再说一遍好吗？你刚说的话我不明白。 2.  come clean 全盘托出，招供     The criminal de

8、cided 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     Don't spill the beans. It's supposed to be a secret.   &#

9、160; 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 anything     new.     Cathy真保守，她从不想尝试新事物。美国口语俚语（5）1.  john厕所 I have to go to the john. Wait for me in the ca

10、r.     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. He's too wild.     他太野了，要好好管束一下。 3.  jump the gun草率行事     Don't jump the gun. We have to be patient for a while.  

11、;   不要草率行事。我们应该耐心等一会儿。 4.  jump to conclusion妄下结论     Don't jump to conclusion. We have 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 time

12、s. 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 it's 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.  &

13、#160;  我告诉克里斯我们赢了比赛时，他乐歪了。 3.  fix someone up 撮合某人     I think Xixi and Macaulay would make a perfect couple. Let's fix them     up. (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    

14、60;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 to     right away.     他真的喜欢你。他很少对人一见面就有好感的。 5.  third wheel 累赘，电灯泡     You two go

15、on ahead. I don't 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 doesn't work!     真是个骗人货！我买的新车启动不了！ 2.  rock the boat 找麻烦     

16、;Don't 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 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

17、 his girlfriend recently.     近段时间他跟女友的关系有点僵。 5.  put one's foot in one's mouth 祸从口出     Wally is always saying such stupid thing. He has a real talent for     putting his foot in his mouth.     沃力尽说这种蠢

18、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 movie 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. I'm usually home and I'd love the

19、60;   company.     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 table     so h

20、e won't hit 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     

21、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 routine.    那个喜剧演员大多是即兴表演。 3.  blah-blah-blah 说个不停     

22、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 t

23、hat every time I have a hot date, I break out with a big zit     on my face?     为什么每次我有重要约会时，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     Don't put me on the spot like this. You know I can't give you&#

24、160;              confidential 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

25、非法行业。 3.  have it good 享受得很     She really has it good. Everybody caters to her every need.     她真是享受得很，大家都依着他。 4.  don't knock it 不要太挑剔     Don;t knock it! You won't be able to find another job that pays so 

26、0;   well.     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   

27、60; The players were down in the dumps after their team lost the     championship game.     球员输掉决赛哪一场后个个垂头丧气。 2.  horse around嬉闹     We've horsed around long enough. It's time to get to work.     我

28、们闹够了，该去工作了。 3.  pass something up放弃某事物     You can't pass up this job. This kind of opportunity comes only once     in a lifetime.     你不可错过这个工作。这种机会一辈子才有一次。 4.  go whole hog全力以赴     She went whol

29、e hog in planning he New Year's Eve party.     她全心全力筹办新年晚会。 5.  shoo-in长胜将军     There's no way he can lose. He's 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 Let's get the ball rolli

30、ng.让我们开始吧。 2.  get on the ball用心做     If you hope to keep your job, you'd better get on the ball and meet     the 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     He's a real la

31、dy-killer. 他是个不折不扣的帅哥。 4.  lay off停止，解雇     Lay off! I don't 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! I'm trying to get some sleep.    

32、 别吵了！我正想睡觉呢！ 美国口语俚语（13）1. have a passion for钟爱I 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 y

33、ou mind if I pick your brains since youre so knowledgeable 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 pro

34、blem. I dont know who else to turn to.    很抱歉把这个问题抛给你，我不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

35、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 bone 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 won't let the cat out of the bag.    

36、; 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 in 干涉，搅和     Harold asked his boss stop meddling in his personal life.

37、     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; he's 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

38、 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 in 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

39、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 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

40、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. Y

41、ou 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. get after盯着，责备Anns mother gets after her to hang up her clothes.安的妈妈盯着她，要她把衣服挂好。5. pan out成功，奏效Unfortunately, the deal did not pan out. I lost a thousand dollars.这笔生意不幸没有成功，我损失了1，000美元。美国口语俚语（18）1. screw someone over

42、欺负某人After working in the office for ten years, Alice was fired for no apparent reason. How can they screw her over like that?   爱丽斯工作了十年之后，无缘无故被炒鱿鱼。他们怎么可以这样欺负她呢？2. down to the wire等到最后一刻才开始做事Peter always waits until the last minute to do his work. I could never leave it down to the wi

43、re like that.彼得总是等到最后一刻才开始做事。我从不想他那样等到最后一刻才开始干。3. buck抗拒You cant buck the system.你无法抗拒整个制度。4. blockhead笨蛋Arnold is a blockhead if I ever saw one.阿诺德是我见过的最笨的人。5. blow the lid off揭发（丑闻）That newspaper story blew the lid off the Senators illegal business deals.报纸的报道揭发了参议员的非法勾当。美国口语俚语（19）1. round up集合Rou

44、nd everybody up. Its time for our business meeting.叫大家集合，开会时间到了。2. put someone up留宿某人I can put you up for a couple of days. My apartment is big enough for two people.你可以在我这里住几天。我的公寓可以住两个人。3. take care of business负责Whos going to take care of business while I am away?我不在的时候谁负责？4. take out on拿出气Dont ta

45、ke your frustrations out on me.别把气出在我身上。5. hot stuff大人物He thinks hes hot stuff. But everybody else thinks hes a jerk.他自以为了不得，但其他人认为他是个傻瓜。美国口语俚语（20）1. nitty-gritty细节，基本情况Lets get down to the nitty-gritty. I want to hear what happens next.让我们来认真了解详细的情况，我想知道后来发生了什么。2. no good很糟This typewriter is no goo

46、d. Every time I use it, the ribbon falls out.这台打字机很糟。每次已用，色带就掉下来。3.  have someones number清楚某人的底细，看穿某人She dare not do anything to me, I have her number.她不敢对我怎么样的，因为我对她的底细一清二楚。4.  hot number新鲜、迷人的人或事务，尤物    Tom thinks Sherry is a hot number.   

47、60;Tom认为Sherry是个尤物。5.  off the hook逃脱，溜掉，不受罚Ill let you off the hook this time, but dont do that again.这次不罚你，下次不要这样干了。美国口语俚语（21）1. hunky-dory没问题Everything here is hunky-dory. Dont worry.别担心，这里一切都没问题。2. I kid you not我不骗你I kid you not. I saw this woman talking to her hand.我不骗你。我看见这个女人跟她的手说话。

48、3. pop ones cork大发脾气Ive never seen Teresa pop her cork before. I always thought she was a very laid-back person.我从来没见过Teresa发脾气。我原来一直以为她是个好好小姐。4. poke ones nose into something多管闲事Gladys is always poking her nose into other peoples business. I dont see how she has time to take care of her own affairs

49、.格拉迪斯总是爱管闲事，我不知道她怎么会有时间处理她自己的事。5. pull a fast one欺骗He tried to pull a fast one on us, but we caught on before he got away with it.他想要欺骗我们，但在他阴谋得逞之前我们就知道了。美国口语俚语（22）1. beats me我不知道Beats me. We havent learned that.我不知道。我们还没学过那个。2. beat it走开Beat it! Im busy right now.走开！我现在正忙着。3. beat a dead horse白费口舌，

50、白费力气Ive already made up my mind. Theres 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Dont tell anyone about the party. Lets 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。美国口语俚语（23）1. kick around讨论；多考虑一下Lets kick aro

51、und 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Ive 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 o

52、n her, but she turned him down.他想要挑逗她，但她拒绝了他。5. put ones ass on the line两肋插刀，不惜一切I put my ass on the line for you. I know youll 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。美国口语俚语（24）1. drag讨厌What a drag! Theres 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

53、. 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

54、 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。美国口语俚语（25）1. know-it-all万事通Grace is always correcting other people. She thinks shes 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 fi

55、fty-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, Im 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 Jeffs hard work is paying off. Hes 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

56、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。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 blo

57、ck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 ones act信心革面，重新做人Youd 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 Da

58、llas 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。美国口语俚语（27）1. bullheaded顽固，牛脾气Terry is so bullheaded; he wont listen to anybody elses 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。1. bummer令人恶心的经历That sho

59、w was a real bummer.那场表演令人倒尽胃口。2. burn someone up激怒某人It burns me up when people dont do their job right.有人没把份内的事做好就令我生气。3. 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。美国口语俚语（28）1. drown ones sorrows借酒消愁After Megan dumped Chuck, Chuck went to the bar

60、 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. Ill 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. Youll cross that bridge when you come to it.别担心你的钢琴独奏会。船到桥头自然

61、直。4. cranky脾气暴躁Grandpa is really cranky if he doesnt 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。美国口语俚语（29）1. big deal重要的事Its no big deal. I dont 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

62、need to pick up if were 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

63、for it去做吧！Why not? Go for it?为什么不呢？大胆的去做吧！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, Im 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 b

64、roke 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。美国口语俚语（31）1. 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Marks

65、a goner. He didnt 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. Ill 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。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, hes 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Dont be so uppity. You dont think were good enough for you?不要那么自以为了不起