瀚博教育第八讲—《美国人民生活常用习语1》

美国人日常生活用语 1.Hold on等一下（日常生活中，人们不太用wait a minute)如果两人辩说，打骂，抬杠，你要别人"打住"，可以说，hold it right there. 在打电话期间需要对方稍等也可以这样说。Hold on, I’ll find a pen . 2.I hate his guts.我最讨厌他。也有说I hate him guts . Guts是肠子，相当于"恨到骨髓"的意思。Guts也有胆子的意思。He doesn't have many guts.他是个胆小鬼。 3.Nuts,果仁，核，为复数时，意为"疯子"，He is nuts。他有神经病。He went nuts and killed a guy.他发狂了，结果杀了一个人。You are driving me nuts.你真是要把我逼疯。a tough nut to crack,一项艰难的使命，一个难解之题Today’s test is really a tough to crack . 今天的考试简直太难了！ 4.How is everything?(还好吗?)I am just stuck in a rut, doing the same things every day. I wish I could do something different.(烦死了，每一天都是干同样的活，我真想换个活法。) rut日常的，每一天都如此，get in a rut，日复一日，天天如此. 5.I have totally sold out to your idea.我100%地附和你的意见。类似的话还有If you are not careful enough ,you will buy into his bad idea.如果你不小心的话，你就会采纳他的这馊主张。 6.I am just ecstatic about going to visit you soon.马上要见你，我开心死了。Ecstatic狂喜的，欣喜若狂的 7.A dap and dip打个照面，露下脸就走。 Matt：Are we going to John’s party?咱们去约翰的聚会吗? Darryl：Yeah, but I don’t want to stay long ,so let's make it a dap and dip.那就去吧，不过我可不想多待，顶多就打个照面就走人。 8.I would like to get a job within couching distance.我想找个不需要走路就可以上班的工作。Couching distance,沙发距离，就是坐在沙发上不起身也能够得着。这是那种couch potato喜欢做的美梦。 9.Yukky难吃，说这个词时还要做一个难吃的表情。Where did you get this food? It was Yukky.你从哪买了这吃的?那么难吃。 10.Yukky相反的词是yummy，好吃极了。说这个词时，要不然就把音拖一下，要不然说它两次，表示你真的喜欢主人做的这道菜。