沃尔得英语干货俚语课丨掌握这些slang和idiom！
在日常的英语学习中
小沃总是会给大家分享英语俚语或习语
这些就跟中文中的谚语、俗语差不多
用起来十分得心应手
只掌握了书面语讲话难免会有些官腔格格不入
所以学会一些地道俚语
肯定能为你的口语加分不少
今天这一波
小沃同样给大家总结了许多实用技能
Get起来虐爆别人都是分分钟的事
1、leave no stone unturned 想方设法，千方百计
Eg：I'll leave no stone unturned until I find out who did this.
我会想尽一切办法，找出此事背后的那个人。
2、get it out of your system 不吐不快，不做不爽
Eg：I wasn't sure how she was going to react,but I had to get it out of my system,so I told
her I had found another woman.
her I had found another woman.
我不确定她会作何回应，但我真的不想再憋着了——我告诉她，我喜欢上了另一个女人。
3、step up your game 有更好的表现
Eg：If you want to win this competition,you'll have to step up your game.
如果你想赢得比赛，你必须得有更好的表现。
4、you rock 你真棒
Eg：Thanks for the tickets,Rob.You rock!
罗布，谢谢你提供的票，你真厉害！
5、cut sb some slack 给（某人）方便；对（某人）网开一面
Eg："Andrew's late again." "Cut him some slack - his wife's just had a baby."
“安德鲁又迟到了。” “对他网开一面吧——他妻子刚生了小孩。”
6、come out swinging 开始相互攻击
Eg：After a day off,Hillary and Trump this morning again launched another hard week of
campaigning and they both came out swinging.
campaigning and they both came out swinging.
休息了一天之后，希拉里和特朗普今早又开了为期一周的艰苦竞选旅程，两人有开始互掐。
7、go up in flames 毁于一旦，受到重创
Eg：His career went up in flames when he was jailed to theft.
他因为偷到坐牢后事业受到重创。
8、pull yourself together 恢复镇定；控制自己
Eg：I understand you've had a bad day,but pull yourself together and get on
with your job,will you?
with your job,will you?
我知道你这一天过得很糟，但你一定要振作起来，工作还得继续，不是吗？
9、crunch time 关键时刻
Eg：I'm not getting enough sleep these days.It's crunch time at work.
我最近失眠不够。正赶上工作的关键时期。
10、miss the boat （因行动慢而）错过机会，坐失良机
Eg：There were tickets available last week,but he missed the boat by waiting till today
to try to buy some.
to try to buy some.
上周还有些票，但他一直等到今天才想去买，错过了机会。
11、go the extra mile 付出比别人期望中还要大的努力
Eg：He's a nice guy,always ready to go the extra mile for his friends.
他是个好人，帮助朋友从来不怕麻烦。
12、shape up or ship out 行就行，不行滚
Eg：This is the last time I'm telling you to arrive on time.Shape up or ship out.
这是我最后一次跟你说：别再迟到了。你要是再迟到就卷铺盖走人吧。
13、judge a book by its cover 以貌取人
Eg："I don't like our new neighbours very much,they're quite strange."
"You shouldn't judge a book by its cover.I think they're just a bit quirky but really nice."
“我不喜欢咱们的新邻居，他们看起来怪怪的。”
“不要以貌取人哦。我觉得他们虽然看起来有点怪，但性格很好。”
14、hit the books 学习，做功课
Eg：I can't go out tonight.I've got to hit the books.
我今晚不能出门，我得做功课。
15、bite off more than you can chew 承受力所不及的事；不自量力
Eg：Clinton conceded,"We bit off more than we could chew in our original health care
reform proposals."
reform proposals."
克林顿承认，“我们最初的医疗改革计划超出了我们的能力。”
16、when pigs fly 永无可能；绝不可能
Eg："Aren't you going to buy that house?"
"I will when pigs fly.It's just so expensive,I don't think it'll happen."
“你不打算买那套房子了吗？”
“除非猪会飞！太贵了，我是肯定买不起了。”
17、freak (sb) out 气疯了，乐坏了，吓坏了
Eg：He freaked out when he heard he'd got the job.
得知自己被录用后，他乐坏了。
18、hit the nail on the head 说中要害，说到点子上
Eg：I think Mick hit the nail on the head when he said that what's lacking from this
company is a feeling of confidence.
company is a feeling of confidence.
米克说这家公司缺乏的是一种自信，我认为他说到点子上了。
19、cost an arm and a leg 花了一大笔钱
Eg：These shoes cost me an arm and a leg.
这双鞋花了我一大笔钱。
20、hear (sth) on/through the grapevine 从传闻中听说
Eg：I heard on the grapevine that he was leaving - is it true?
我听到传完呢说他要离开了——是真的吗？
21、sit on the fence 奇强观望，犹豫不决
Eg：You can't sit on the fence any longer - you have decide whose side you're on.
你不能再骑墙观望了——你必须决定支持谁。
22、take sth with a pinch of salt 对.....半信半疑，对......有所怀疑
Eg：You have no take everything she says with a pinch of salt,she dose tend to exaggerate.
你不能完全相信她的话，她总是喜欢夸大其词。
23、skeleton staff （企业或机构运转需要的）最基本的工作人员
Eg：The hospital has a skeleton staff at weekends.
该医院周末只有必需岗位上的工作人员会上班。
24、baker's dozen 十三
Eg：We had a baker's dozen of eggs for fourteen of us at the time.How could we even them out?
当时我们十四个人有十三个鸡蛋。怎么分得均呢？
25、let the chips fall where they may 随它去，不去管结果了
Eg：Kathy decided to risk her money on the investmen and let the chips fall where they may.
凯西决定冒险投资，不去管结果了。
26、no-brainer 不费脑筋的事；容易处理的问题
Eg：That last test question was a complete no-brainer.
最后那道测试题丝毫不费脑筋。
27、27、feel under the weather 生病；觉得不舒服
Eg：I'm feeling a bit under the weather - I think I've caught a cold.
我觉得有点不舒服——可能是感冒了。
28、tickled pink 高兴极了
Eg：I was ticked pink to be invited.
能受到邀请我真是开心死了。
29、by the skin of your teeth 侥幸成功，勉强做成
Eg：I hadn't studied much,but passed the test by the skin of my teeth.
我没怎么说，但侥幸过了，离挂科只差一点点。
30、comfort food （难过或焦虑时食用的）安慰食品，开心食品
Eg：Fat and sugar - the twin pillars of the best comfort food.
脂肪和糖类是安慰食品的两大支柱。
31、blow sb away 使（某人）大为惊讶；令（某人）非常高兴
Eg：The ending will blow you away.
结局会让你无比惊讶。
32、blow smoke 蒙人，骗人，放烟雾弹
Eg：I'm not blowing smoke.I have honestly read War and Peace by Tolstoy.
我没骗你，我真的读过托尔斯泰的《战争与和平》。
33、couldn't care less （表示强调）一点也不在乎
Eg："That man stole a bottle of wine from the shop."
"Oh,really?I couldn't care less."
“那人从商店偷了一瓶葡萄酒。”
“是吗？关我毛事。”
34、chuffed to bits 高兴，兴奋
Eg：Hey,thanks for the present!I'm chuffed to bits.
嗨，谢谢你的礼物，我很喜欢。
35、be a catch 值得追求的人，宜婚对象
Eg：John is taking me out tonight,He's such a catch,I hope he'll propose.
约翰今晚带我出去了。他是个靠谱的结婚对象，我希望他能向我求婚。
36、running on fumes 非常疲惫，就快熬不住了
Eg：I'm sorry,but I've got to go home now.I haven't slept for twenty hours and I'm running on fumes.
抱歉，我现在得回家。我已经有20小时没睡了，聊熬不住了。
37、shoot from the hip 鲁莽行动（或讲话）
Eg：Miss Lee,I have to apologize for shooting from the hip and yelling at you for losing the papers.
I was in a big hurry and forgot I left them right here in my drawer.
I was in a big hurry and forgot I left them right here in my drawer.
李小姐，我必须向你道歉。我由于找不到文件而对你发火太鲁莽了。当时我实在着急，忘了是我
自己把文件放在这的抽屉里了。
自己把文件放在这的抽屉里了。
38、hang in there 坚持住；挺住
Eg：Work can get tough in the middle of a term but hang on in there and it'll be OK.
到了学期中间功课会变得很难，但坚持下去就会好的。
39、tar sb with the same brush 认为......是一丘之貉
Eg：Because they worked so closely in the same department,John was tarred with the same brush
as Tim.
as Tim.
由于在用一个部门工作，关系又非常密切，约翰被认为跟蒂姆是一路人。
40、sell (sb) out 背叛，出卖
Eg：French farmers feel they're been sold out by their government in the negotiations.
法国农场主感到在谈判中他们被政府出卖了。
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