[推荐]美国俚语用词
美国常用俚语用词
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
Ann slapped Bill after he came on to her. Ann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，推来推去，摆布
Don't try to push me around! 别想耍我！
6. keep one's shirt on - 保持冷静（also "keep one's hair on"）Keep your shirt on. He didn't mean to offend you. That's 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。
7. cool it - 冷静一点
Cool it. You are making me mad. 冷静一点。你快把我逼疯了。
8. joy ride - 兜风
Let's go for a joy ride. 让我们去兜兜风。
9. 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。
10. red-letter day - 大喜日子
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。
11. go up in smoke - 成为泡影
Peter’s 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。
12. hit the road - 上路
We should probably hit the road. It’s going to take us two hou rs to get home. 我们可能该上路了吧？到家的两个小时呢！
13. shape up - 表现良好，乖
You’d better shape up if you want to stay on. 如果你还想留下来的话最好乖点儿。
14. scare the daylights out of someone - 吓死某人了
Don’t sneak up behind me like that. You scared the daylights o ut of me. 不要那样从后面突然吓我。你吓死我了。 ( daylight: 日光 dayl ight robbery 明抢，敲竹杠
daylight (saving) time 夏令时 )
15. pull strings - 运用关系，暗中操作（源于“拉木偶的线”）
He pulled some strings and managed to get us front row seats f
or the concert. 他运用关系替我们拿到音乐会前排的位子。
16. 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。
17. come clean - 全盘托出，招供
The criminal decided to come clean. 罪犯决定供出事实。
18. spring for - 请客
Let me spring for dinner. 我来请客吃饭吧。
19. spill the beans - 泄漏秘密
Don't spill the beans. It's supposed to be a secret. 别说漏了嘴，这可是个秘密哦！
20. stick in the mud - 保守的人
Cathy is such a stick in the mud. She never wants to try anyth ing new. Cathy真保守，她从不想尝试新事物。
21. 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。
22. 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。
23. jump the gun - 草率行事（未发指令就起跑）
Don't 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。
24. 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。
25. 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！
26. 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。
27. 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了比赛时，他乐歪了。
28. fix someone up - 撮合某人
I think Xixi and Macaulay would make a perfect couple. Let's f ix 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。
29. take a shine to - 有好感
He really likes you. There are very few people he takes a shin
e to right away. 他真的喜欢你。他很少对人一见面就有好感的。
30. third wheel - 累赘，电灯泡
You two go 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。
31. rip-off - 骗人的东西
What a rip-off! The new car I bought doesn't work! 真是个骗人货！我买的新车启动不了！
32. rock the boat - 麻烦
Don't rock the boat! Things are fine just the way they are. 别麻烦了，事情这样就够好了。
33. blow it - 搞砸了，弄坏了
I blew it on that last exam. 我上次考试靠砸了。
34. 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。
35. 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. 沃力尽说这种蠢话。他真有惹是生非的本事。
36. flop - （表演、电影等）不卖座，失败spring out 是什么意思
The movie was a flop. Nobody went to see it. 这部电影卖座率奇低，没有人去看。
37. drop in/by/over - 随时造访
Feel free to drop in anytime. I'm usually home and I'd love th
e company. 欢迎随时来坐坐。我通常在家，也喜欢游人做伴。
38. drop a line - 写信
Drop me a line! 给我写信！
39. duck - 躲闪，突然低下头
Remind little Bobby to duck his head when he crawls under the table so he won't hit his he
ad. 提醒小波比爬到桌下时要低头才不会受伤。
40. 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。
41. 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。

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