1. 大吵大鬧：yell bloody murder
如果我的妻子知道我為他們花了多少錢，她一定會大吵大鬧的。
My wife will certainly yell
bloody murder when she learns how much I have spent for them.
2. 很像：the spitting image of
小李真象他的爸爸，在老婆面前象條蟲似的。
Xiao Li is plain the
spitting image of his father, who behaves just like a
lamb in front of his wife.
3. 絕交信：Dear John
貝克收到他女朋友的絕交信的那天簡直都氣瘋了。
Beck went
plain crazy with anger on the day when he received his Dear John from his exgirlfriend.
4.不能輕信：take something with a grain of salt
他說的話你可不能全信，他是個說謊不帶臉紅的人。
You must always take what he says with a grain of salt. He’s a born
liar.
5. 告發(fā)，檢舉：blow the whistle
據(jù)說檢舉這件事的政府官員也被調(diào)職了。
It’s said that those government officials who had blown the
whistle also got transferred.
6. 指控：charge somebody with?
他被指控犯有強奸罪而被逮捕了
He was charged with raping and got arrested.
7.刮目相看：sit up and take notice
他最近出了幾本十分暢銷的書，這使得很多人對他刮目相看
He has published a number of books and they all become best-sellers, the fact of which makes many people sit up and take notice.
8.挺不錯的：be hunky-dory
他的女朋友挺不錯的，跟誰都合得來。
His girlfriend is hunky-dory, getting on nicely with almost everyone.
9.已經(jīng)……了：be over
電影已經(jīng)完了
The film is over.
10.斷斷續(xù)續(xù)be off and on?
我斷斷續(xù)續(xù)學了12年的英語了。
I have been learning English off and on for 12 years.
11.虧你說得出來 ：I like that!
你是說男人應該娶幾個老婆？虧你說得出來！
Did you say that a man should have several wives? I like that!
12.閉上嘴： button one’s lip/zip ones lips
閉上嘴！難道你看不出來人家不愛聽么？
Zip your lips. Can’t you see they’re
annoyed?
13.真的阿： you don’t say
我已經(jīng)和麗玲結(jié)婚了。
Li ling and I are married.
真的阿！你真幸運 。
You don’t say! You are lucky.
14.再合適不過了： suit somebody to a T
這個顏色對你再合適不過了。
This color suits you to a T.
15.讓人看不下去：an eye-sore
看那兩個年輕人在那里又摟又吻的真讓人看不下去。
16.不能用了：be done for
這件大衣不能穿了。買件新的吧。
Buy yourself a new coat. This one is already done for.
17. 不理不睬：not even give a tumble
小李三番五次的說他喜歡小劉，可是小劉對他不理不睬
Xiao Li says that he likes Xiao Liu but she doesn’t even give him
tumble.
18.拒絕某人的求婚：give somebody the mitten
她說她的求婚被拒絕了。
She said that she had been given the
mitten.
19.為……說句好話：put in a good word for
你可以去找老王，讓他在老板面前為你說句好話。
You may go to Lao Wang and ask him to put in a good word for you in front of the boss.
20.怎么也不……：can’t for the life of one
我怎么也想不起他的電話號碼了
I can’t for the life of me remember his telephone number.
21.絕對沒有：I’d eat my hat if I had…
我絕對沒有把那個消息告訴她。
I’d eat my hat if I had disclosed the news to her.
22.算了吧：call it quits
算了吧。他既然已有新歡，我也就不打算和他復婚了
I’d call it quits, and I would not remarry him for that he’s already had his new woman.
23.合格：be up to grade?
他們的新產(chǎn)品基本上都是合格的。
Their new products are near up to grade.
24.我同意：I’ll drink to it
你是說我們今晚到飯館去吃么？這個我同意
Did you say we’d eat out tonight? I’ll drink to that.
25. 嚴加訓斥：give somebody a dressing down
老板聽到那個消息后嚴厲訓斥了參與此事的職員。
On hearing the news, the boss gave a dressing down to all those
clerks that were involved in the business.
26.一個字也不說：not breathe a word
她的嘴很緊，直到現(xiàn)在對那件事她也沒有吐露一個字。
She ‘s tight-mouthed .So far she has not breathed a word about that.
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