THE COLLECTION OF AMERICAN
SLANG IN DAILY ENGLISH TALKING
美国日常英语会话俚语选编 2
51. walk out on 舍弃，遗弃，离开
His wife finally walked out on him after three years of marriage.
在结婚三年后，他妻子最后离开了他。
52. see to something 确保 。。。，务必。。。
Please see to the turning off the lights before you leave the office.
离开办公室前务请把灯关掉。
53. warm up 预热
Our teacher often talks some funny stories when the class begins to warm up the classroom’s atmosphere.
我们老师经常在课开始时谈些有趣的事来预热课堂气氛。
54. pretty penny 很多钱
This new project will cost our boss pretty penny for sure, but he doesn’t care.
这个新项目肯定要消耗我们老板不少钱，但他无所谓。
55. run into 达到，总共
The budget for new metro transportation system of the city will run into billions of dollars.
这个城市新的轨道交通系统预算将达到数十亿美元。
56. day in and day out 整天，起早摸黑
Don’t let your children watch TV day in and day out, it will hurt their health.
不要让你的孩子整天看电视，那样会损害他们的健康。
57. come off with flying color 出彩，大获成功
Look, she is so excited because her son came off with plying color at the school oral English contest.
看，她太激动了，因为她儿子在学校英语口语比赛中大获成功。
58. do someone’s proud 使某人感到骄傲
It did her so proud to see her son showing up on the TV program.
看到她儿子出现在电视节目上，她感到骄傲极了。
59. take something for granted 视 。。。为理所当然，受之无愧
Don’t take the honor for granted, you have to work harder to prove it.
不要把这荣耀当成是理所当然的，你应该更努力工作来证明它。
60. take one’s life 夺去某人生命
The big fire took this young firefighter’s life when he was performing his duty.
在履行职责的过程中，大火夺去了这位年轻消防队员的生命。
61. take … for … 误认 。。。为 。。。，将A错当成B
When he wolked into the office, everyone took him for their new boss.
当他走进办公室时所有人都把他错当成老板了。
62. at first glance 第一眼，乍看，一见
He felt in love with the girl at first glance.
他对这女孩一见钟情。
63. tell … apart 分辨，区分
I don’t know which one of the twin sisters is older, I can’t tell them apart at all.
我不知道这对双胞胎姐妹谁大些， 我完全无法分辨她们。
64. run in the family 显示家庭特色
All my three daughters are beautiful and intelligent, I wish these traits run in my family.
我的三个女儿都长得既漂亮又聪明，我希望这些能显示我们家庭的特色。
65. go to one’s head 使 。。。自大，令 。。。忘乎所以
Nothing could go to his head since he is such a humble person.
没有任何事能使他忘乎所以，因为他是如此一个谦虚的人。
66. paint the town red 全城狂欢，大肆庆祝
The winning at the World Cup game by national team made thousands of local people took to the streets and painted the town red over a night.
国家队在世界杯足球赛的胜利使当地数以千计的人们走上街头通宵狂欢。
67. all of a sudden 立即，突然之间
I was walking on the street when all of a sudden someone robbed my handbag and ran away.
我正在街上行走时，突然有人抢走了我的手提包然后逃走了。
68. win … hands down 轻易获胜
He is such an intelligent student that wons the Provincial Math Contest hands down.
他是如此一个聪明的学生，很容易在数学竟赛中获胜了。
69. break even 取得平衡，不赢不输
Though business was getting better, since they had invested too much in the beginning, they found they only broke even by the end of the month.
虽然生意不断好起来，但因为最初他们投入太多，到月底他们发现只是持平而已。
70. have a bone to pick with 挑刺，对 。。。不满
I think she has just a bone to pick with you for your not showing up on time at work today.
我想她对你今天没有按时上班纯粹是在挑刺。
71. not lift a finger 一点不帮忙
The old lady dropped her purse on the floor and could hardly bend over to pick it up, but this young man passing by didn’t even lift a finger.
这位老太把她的钱包掉在地上无法弯腰去拾起来，但经过的那个年轻人甚至不愿帮忙捡一下。
72. thanks to 由于，归功于
Thanks to the teacher’s hard work in the past three years, three of her students were admitted to top universities in the country.
由于这位教师在过去三年的辛勤工作，她的三个学生被全国最好的大学录取了。
73. in the clouds 空想，想入非非，心不在焉
He could not help thinking about his new girlfriend and was often in the clouds during office hours.
他无法克制不想他的新任女友，上班时老是想入非非。
74. go window shopping 逛商店
During Chinese New Year’s holiday my wife’s top favorite is to go window shopping in the city commercial center.
在中国新年假日我老婆最喜欢做的事是到市中心商业街去逛商店。
75. keep on 持续，不停地
I don’t understand why that woman kept on staring at me.
我不明白那个女人干嘛一直盯着我看。
76. take one’s fancy 投合某人心意，吸引某人
That pretty girl really took his fancy, but he didn’t dare to speak to her.
那个漂亮女孩完全吸引了他，但他不敢贸然跟她谈话。
77. throw in 额外奉送，附加 。。。
When the mobile phone store sold me a latest iPhone, they thrown in a calling card.
手机店卖给我一只最新型号的苹果手机时，又额外送给我一张电话卡。
78. take it or leave it 要或不要，干脆接收或拒绝
This guy tried to bargin with me for my laptop to be sold, but I told him to take it or leave it with not a penny less any more.
这家伙尽力跟我讨价还价我要出售的手提电脑，可我告诉他要末要末不要，一分钱也不会再少了。
79. four-letter word 航脏字眼
She told me that woman had quarreled with her and uesed a lot of four-letter words which were hard to reiterate..
她告诉我那个女人跟她吵架了，还用了很多难以复述的航脏字眼。
80. so-called 所谓的，如此称呼的
The so-called English teacher wrote so many mistakes in English that students thought he must be a fake.
这个所谓的英语教师写错了这么多英语，学生们认为他肯定是个假的。
81. go from bad to worse 每况愈下，越来越不好
Even since the new policy was issued for weeks, economical situation has gong from bad to worse.
即使新政已经颁布了好几周，经济状况还是每况愈下。
82. grow up 长大，成长起来
He is a young man now, but seems still not grown up and acts like a boy.
他已经是一个青年男子了，但似乎还没有长大，行事像一个小孩子一样。
83. will thank you to 拜托你 。。。
I will thank you very much to take off your muddy shoes before entering my house.
拜托你在进入我的房子前，先把你那泥泞的鞋子脱掉。
84. how goes it 情况如何
How goes it about your business?
你们生意如何？
85. make an appearance, show up 出现，现身
When the famous movie star made an appearance at the party, everybody started shouting at her.
当那有名的电影演员出现在聚会上时，所有人都向着她呼叫。
He didn’t show up today at the meeting.
他今天没有在会议上出现。
86. in full swing 达到高潮
When he entered the grand dinning hall, the wedding ceremony was already in full swing.
当他进入酒店大厅时，婚礼已经达到高潮。
87. go strong 保持旺盛，精力不减
The sales for houses in the new villa have been kept for weeks and are still going strong.
这个新度假村的房子已经持续买了几周，仍然热度不减。
88. have a good time 玩得开心点
My friend seemed like that girl very much, so I said “Have a good time” then left.
我朋友似乎非常喜欢那女孩，所有我说：“玩的开心点！”然后离开了。
89. be fresh out of 手头无货，供应完毕
The new wool coat was really good and cheap, but when I went to buy it the store was fresh out of it.
这羊毛大衣实在是又好又便宜，但当我去买的时候，店里已经售完无货了。
90. eating one 使某人不快
I don’t know what was eating her all day, but she appeared really unpatient today.
我不知道什么事情使她整天不快，她今天显得非常不耐烦。
91. give one the cold shoulder 给人冷遇，对人冷淡
She walked into the room wearing a big smile, but everyone just gave her the cold shoulder.
她面带笑容走进房间，但所有人只给了她冷面孔。
92. at fault 错误，有错
After the safety accident everyone was arguing about who was at fault.
在安全事故发生后，所有人都在争论是谁的错。
93. leave one along 让某人独处，不受打扰
I have to think of this matter over so please leave me alone.
我要把这件事仔细想一想，所以让我一个人安静一下。
94. blue 心情抑郁，愁眉苦脸，feel low 意志消沉，精神不振
My son was really blue (felt low) these days after he got bad score at the final not as expected.
我儿子这两天心情一直不好，他在期末考试中成绩不佳，未如预期。
95. lose oneself in 全身心，忘我投入
He loved his wife so much that after she died he had lost himself in the memorise of her for quite a long lime.
他如此爱他的妻子，以致她去世后很长一段时间都在对她的怀念之中度过。
96. feel like a new man 精神焕发，焕然一新
A restful sleep after long time exausted work made him feel like a new man.
在长时间耗费精力的工作后，一个好觉又让他精神焕发。
97. as luck would have it 幸运地，不幸地
As luck would have it, I found my iPhone which I lost yesterday.
真是幸运极了，我找到了昨天丢失的手机。
98. turn up/down 把 。。。开大/关小
Please don’t turn up (please turn down) the music, I’m doing my homework.
请不要把音乐声开大（请把音乐声关小），我在做家庭作业。
99. make a hit 流行，受欢迎
Our new products really made a hit in the market.
我们的新产品在市场上大受欢迎。
100. on the tip of one’s tongue 话到嘴边，忘记，想不起来
I knew I met this guy before but his name was just on the tip of my tongue.
我知道我见过这家伙，但就是想不起他的名字。
