实习生英文口语外教：老外聊天时经常用的25个英语习语

2021年1月20日发(作者：人固有一死)








































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口语外教：老外聊天时经常用的
25
个英语习语



1. step up your game
有更好的表现



If you want to win this competition, you
’
ll have to step up your
game.


如果你想赢得这场比赛，你必须得有更好的表现。





2. you rock
你真棒



Thanks for the tickets, Rob. You rock!


罗布，谢谢你提供的票。你真厉害
!




3. cut sb some slack
给
(
某人
)
方便
;
对
(
某人
)
网开一面



- Andrew's late again.


-
安德鲁又迟到了。



- Cut him some slack - his wife's just had a baby.


-
对他就网开一面吧——他妻子刚生小孩。





4. come out swinging
开始相互攻击



After a day off, Hillary and Trump this morning again launched
another
hard
week
of
campaigning,
and
they
both
came
out
swinging.


休息了一天后，
希拉里和特朗普今早又开始了为期一周的艰苦竞








































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选旅程，两人又开始互掐。





5. go up in flames
毁于一旦，受到重创



His career went up in flames when he was jailed for theft.


他因为偷盗坐牢后事业受到了重创。





6. pull yourself together
恢复镇定
;
控制自己



I understand you
’
ve had a bad day, but pull yourself together
and get on 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
?




7. crunch time
关键时刻



I
’
m not getting enough sleep these days. It
’
s crunch time at
work.


我最近睡眠不够。正赶上工作的关键时期。





8. once in a blue moon
少有地



My
sister
lives
in
Alaska,
so
I
only
see
her
once
in
a
blue
moon.


我姐姐住在阿拉斯加，所以我很少去看她。











































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9. tar sb with the same brush
认为……是一丘之貉



Because they worked so closely in the same department, John
was tarred with the same brush as Tim.


由于在同一个部门工作，
关系又非常密切，
约翰被认为跟蒂姆是
一 路人。





10. hang in there
坚持住
;
挺住



Work can get tough in the middle of a term but hang 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。





11. shoot from the hip
鲁莽行动
(
或讲话
)


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.


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 这儿抽屉里的。





12. be a catch
值得追求的人，宜婚对象



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