常見的英語俚語有什麼
學習英語口語,不知道下面這些英語俚語,可是很難和外國人很好的交流的。我們一起去看看吧。
· one’s brain child某人的主意,某人想出來的.
等同於one’s original idea
one’ brain children(複數)
the new ways of teaching which have been proved very effective are brain children of all teaching staff of our department.
· have a chip on one’s shoulder叫陣,叫板
he is not popular among his peers. he always seems to have a chip on his shoulder.
此外該語還有“不滿”,“對抗”的意思
mary has got a chip on her shoulder about not having obtained the scholarship.
· clam up守口如瓶,拒不開口,沉默不語
i don’t understand why my students are quite talkative during the break but all clam up in class.
· take someone to the cleaners使人囊中如洗,一貧如洗
don’t ask me to play in a crap game. i don’t want to be the cleaners.
· a cliff-hanger扣人心玄的事情
peter was nearly involved in a car accident. he called it a narrow escape. but it was really a cliff-hanger.
· fight the clock爭分奪秒,與時間賽跑
等同於work against the clock
if you don’t fight the clock to enrich yourself, you will surely be lagged behind soon.
· a clotheshorse講究穿戴的人
princess diana was a real clotheshorse. it’s hard to imagine how much she had spent on clothes.
· get hot under the collar發怒,怒氣沖天
make someone hot under the collar
he got hot under the collar when he found his bicycle was missing.
· come through with flying colors幹得出色,大獲成功
in the 13th asian games, chinese athletic team came through with flying colors
· show (reveal) one’s true colors原形畢露
he always appears polite and gentle. but his quarrelling with others in dirty words show his true colors.
· come up with找出,想出,弄出,提出
等同於to produce, to find out, to think out
after three days’of deep thinking, the manager came up with an idea of promoting the products.