1、1. cheapo小气鬼，没格调的人Brian is a real cheapo. He wont even spend the money to buy his mother a birthday present.布莱恩真是个小气鬼。他甚至不愿意花钱为他妈妈买生日礼物。2. cheapie便宜货Its a cheapie. I spent only a couple of bucks on it.这是个便宜货。我才花一两块钱买的。3. chow down吃饭Lets chow down. Im so hungry.吃饭吧。我饿死了。4. clam up住口，不说话（原意为“蚌壳合起来”）Wh
2、en Vinnie entered the room, Mary clammed up.文尼已进入房间，玛丽就闭嘴了。5. chill out缓和情绪，冷静下来Chill out. Things are not as bad as they seem.冷静一点。事情并不象表面上那么糟。1. out in left field疯了Hes out in left field. Nobody ever understands what he is talking about.他必定疯了。没人知道他在说些什么。2. out of it迷迷糊糊，昏昏沉沉，心不在焉Saras always out of
3、it, she has no idea of what goes on in the world today.萨拉总是迷迷糊糊的，现在世界发生什么事完全不知道。3. out of luck运气不好Youre out of luck. The last bus left half an hour ago.你运气不好。末班车半小时前就开走了。4. out of this world太棒了，好极了This food is out of this world. Ill have to get your recipe.这食品好极了！我得向你要点烹饪秘诀。5. out of whack坏了This pho
4、ne is out of whack. You cant dial out.这个电话坏了，拨不出去。1. be caught dead 献丑，出洋相 I wouldnt be caught dead in that ugly outfit. 我才不要穿那样难看的衣服献丑呢！ 2. not by a long shot 绝不可能 Theres no way he could have won, not by a long shot. 他绝不会已经赢了。 3. off the top of ones head 不假思索，马上 I cant tell you the information off
5、the top of my head. Ill have to look it up. 我没办法告诉你这个消息，我得查一下。 4. life in the fast lane 刺激的生活（fast lane快车道） Jane likes to live life in the fast lane. 简喜欢过刺激兴奋的生活。 5. bow out 不干了，退出 Mr. Black often quarreled with his partners, so he finally bowed out of the company. 布莱克先生经常和同伙吵架，因此他终于退出了公司。1. bend ov
6、er backwards 不遗余力 Sue will bend over backwards to help her friends. 休会尽力帮助朋友。 2. all ears 全神贯注 Whenever you tell Jonny some gossip, hes all ears. 每当你讲闲话给琼尼听时，他总是全神贯注。 3. get lost 滚开 A stray cat was lurking outside the fish market and the owner yelled at it,“ Get lost!“ 一只野猫在卖鱼的市场前探头探脑，摊主对它大叫：“滚开！ ”
7、4. pump up 热切期望 Everybody on campus is pumped up about Saturdays big game. The winning team will get the national title. 校园里大家都热切期望着星期六的大赛，赢的队伍将成为全国冠军。 5. put someone out 给某人添麻烦 Please dont go to so much trouble. I dont want to put you out. 请不要非那么多工夫，我不想给你添麻烦。1. punch line好笑的部分I cant tell the joke,
8、I forgot the punch line.我无法讲这个故事，我忘了当中最好笑的部分。2. put-down羞辱，贬损Ive had enough of your put-downs. Youre not perfect either.我受够了你的羞辱，你也好不到哪里去。3. cop-out溜走Dont cop-out on me now. You promised youd go.别想溜。你说过你会去的。4. blabbermouth大嘴巴，爱说闲话的人I dont like Don because hes a blabbermouth.我不喜欢堂，因为他爱说人闲话。5. break i
9、t up 停止谈天、吵架、打架（原意为“分开”）Break it up! I will not permit fighting in this classroom.住手！我不准有人在这个教室里打架。1. rub elbows 交际，接触Its important for you to go to these parties and rub elbows with everyone. Thats how contacts are made.参加这些晚会与大家接触接触是很重要的，关系就是这样建立起来的。2. rub it in 火上浇油You dont have to rub it in. I a
10、lready feel bad enough as it is.你不要火上浇油了，我已经够难过的。3. run something by again重复某事务Can you run that by again? I didnt quite understand your last point.请再说一遍好吗？最后一点我听不太懂。4. say what 你说什么？Say what? I didnt hear what you said.你说什么？我没听到。5. sit tight耐心等待Just sit tight. The doctor will be with you in a minute
11、.耐心等一下，医生马上就来看你。1. get with it 留意（周遭的事物）George really needs to get with it. Hes still wearing bellbottoms.乔治真的该留意一下时尚。他仍然穿着喇叭裤。2. get over自中恢复过来I dont think anybody really gets over his first love.我认为没有人能够真正忘掉初恋。3. gross someone out让某人觉得恶心Mike grossed Sue out when he waved a snake in front of her fa
12、ce.麦克在苏面前摇晃着一条蛇，使她恶心死了。4. hang out溜达In her free time, Kathy likes to hang out at the mall with her friends.凯西有空喜欢和朋友到商场溜达。5. have a ball寻乐子，痛快地玩 We intend to have a ball at the amusement park today.我们打算今天到游乐场玩个痛快。1. scatterbrain糊涂虫What a scatterbrain! She forgot to plug in the coffee maker.真是个糊涂虫！他忘
13、了给咖啡壶插电。2. screw up弄错The hotel screwed up our reservations so we didnt have a room for the night.旅社把我们预定的房间弄错了，因此晚上没有地方可住。3. spaced out魂不守舍He didnt hear what you said. Hes spaced out.他没听到你说的话，他魂不守舍。4. up front预先 (in advance, beforehand)In order to hold your reservation, Ill need a 10% down payment u
14、p front.为了保留你预定的东西，我要先收10%的定金。5. wimp软骨头，没用的家伙Harold is a real wimp. He lets everybody take advantage of him.哈罗德真没用，每个人都可以占他便宜。1. chicken out退缩Bill was going to ask Lisa out on date, but he chickened out at the last minute.比尔本来要约丽莎出去，但是最后却不敢开口。2. clamp down on加强取缔The police are clamping down on drun
15、k drivers.警方加强取缔酒后开车。3. break the news to告诉坏消息Paul had to break the news of her friends death to Paula.鲍尔必须告诉葆拉她朋友的死讯。4. the breaks运气不佳Sorry, Susie, thats the breaks.抱歉，苏西，运气实在不好。5. broken record反复讲同样的话（原意为“坏了的唱片”）Please stop talking about your problems. You sound like a broken record.拜托别谈你的问题了。你真象张
16、坏了的唱片Amercian slang language (美国俚语大全）（一）美国口语俚语（1）1. clock in 打卡 Dont forget to clock in, otherwise you wont 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.
17、dont have a cow别大惊小怪 Dont have a cow! Ill pay for the damages. 别大惊小怪的！我会赔偿损失的。 5. push around 欺骗 Dont try to push me around! 别想耍我！美国口语俚语（2）1. keep ones shirt on保持冷静 Keep your shirt on. He didnt mean to offend you. Thats 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。 2. cool it冷静一点 Cool it. You a
18、re making me mad. 冷静一点。你快把我逼疯了。 3. joy ride兜风 Lets go for a joy ride. 让我们去兜兜风。4. 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 important client. 今天是susan的大日子。她和一个非常
19、重要的客户做成了第一笔生意。 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 going 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
20、 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 pulled 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 aga
21、in 再说一遍 Come again? I didnt 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 decided 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 Dont spill the beans. Its supposed to be a secret. 别说漏了嘴，这可是个秘密哦！ 5. stick in
22、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。1. 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。 2. keep in line管束 He needs to be kept in line. Hes too wild. 他太野了，要好好管束一下。 3. jump the gun草率行事 Dont jump the gun. We have
23、to be patient for a while. 不要草率行事。我们应该耐心等一会儿。 4. jump to conclusion妄下结论 Dont 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 times. 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 its really
24、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. 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. Lets fix them up. 我想习习和macaulay会是理想的一对，我们来撮合他们吧。4. take a shine to 有好感 He really likes you. There a
25、re 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 on ahead. I dont want to be a third wheel. 你们两个去好了，我不想当电灯泡。 1. Rip off 骗人的东西 What a rip off! The new car I bought doesnt work! 真是个骗人货！我买的新车启动不了！ 2. rock the boat 找麻烦Dont rock the boat! Things are
26、 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 his girlfriend recently. 近段时间他跟女友的关系有点僵。 5. put ones foot in ones mouth 祸从口出Wally is always saying such stupid thing. He has a real talent for putting his
27、foot in his mouth. 沃力尽说这种蠢话。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. Im usually home and Id love the 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
28、然低下头 Remind little Bobby to duck his head when he crawls under the table so he wont 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。 1. act up 胡闹，出毛病The children started to act up as soon as the teacher left
29、 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 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
30、Why is it that 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 Dont put me on the spot like this. You know I cant give you 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 ar
31、e determined to break up the racket. 警方决定打击这个非法行业。 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. dont knock it 不要太挑剔 Dont knock it! You wont be able to find another job that pays so 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 p
32、otato 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。 1. down in the dumps垂头丧气 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Weve horsed around long enough. Its time to get to work. 我们闹够了，该去工作了。 3. pass something up
33、放弃某事物 You cant 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 whole hog in planning the New Years Eve party. 她全心全力筹办新年晚会。 5. shoo-in长胜将军 Theres no way he can lose. Hes 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 ro
34、lling开始 Lets get the ball rolling.让我们开始吧。 2. get on the ball用心做 If you hope to keep your job, youd 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Hes a real lady-killer.他是个不折不扣的帅哥。 4. lay off停止，解雇Lay off! I dont need you to tell me what to do! 别再讲了!我不需要你告诉我
35、怎么去做！ 5. knock it off=cut it off停止Knock it off! Im trying to get some sleep. 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气，希望将他们引上胜利之途。3. pick some
36、ones brains请教某人I dont understand any of this medical terminology. Do you 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
37、）1. hit someone with a problem让某人面对问题Im sorry to hit you with this problem. 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。
38、4 has-been过时的人或物Lisa is a has-been. No one will hire her any more.丽莎已经过时了。没人会再雇佣她。5. 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！1. let the cat out of the bag 泄漏秘密I wont let the cat out of the bag. 我不会泄漏秘密的。 2. in
39、 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. 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; hes acting really strangely. Bill一定是哪
40、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 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
41、 me with a spoon我快吐了Gag me with a 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。1. roll with the
42、punches逆来顺受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
43、writing. You 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。1. screw someone over
44、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 wire like that.彼得总是等
45、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。1. round up集合 Round everybody up. Its time f
46、or 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 take your frustrations out o
47、n 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 good. Every time I use it, th
48、e 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.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
49、again.这次不罚你，下次不要这样干了。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。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 o
