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1、美国口语俚语（19 ）上海昂立1. round up集合Round everybody up. It s time for 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Who s going to take care of business while I am away?我
2、不在的时候谁负责？4. take out on拿 出气Don t take your frustrations out on me.别把气出在我身上。5. hot stuff大人物He thinks he s hot stuff. But everybody else thinks he s 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Let s 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
3、。2. no good很糟This typewriter is no good. Every time I use it, the ribbon falls out.这台打字机很糟。每次已用，色带就掉下来。3. have someone s 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 t
4、he hook逃脱，溜掉，不受罚I ll let you off the hook this time, but don t do that again.这次不罚你，下次不要这样干了。美国口语俚语（21）1. hunky-dory没问题Everything here is hunky-dory. Don t 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 one s cork大发脾气I ve neverseen
5、 Teresa pop her cork before. Ialways thought she was a very laid-backperson.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 one s nose into something多管闲事Gladys is always poking her nose into other people s business. I don t see howshe has time to take care of her own affairs.格拉迪斯总是爱管闲事，我不知道她怎么会有时间处理她自己的事。5.
6、 pull a fast one欺骗He tried to pull a fast one on us, but we caught on before he got away with it.他想要欺骗我们，但在他阴谋得逞之前我们就知道了。美国口语俚语（ 22）1. beats me我不知道Beats me. We haven t learned that.我不知道。我们还没学过那个。2. beat it走开Beat it! I m busy right now.走开！我现在正忙着。3. beat a dead horse白费口舌，白费力气I ve already made up my mi
7、nd. There s no sense beating a dead horse.我已经下了决心，不要再白费口舌了。4. John Hancock签名Put your John Hancock right here.请在这里签名。5. keep it under raps保密Don t tell anyone about the party. Lets just keep it under eraps.不要吧晚会的事告诉任何人。这件事情不要泄漏出去。美国口语俚语（23）1. kick around讨论；多考虑一下Let s kick around a few more proposals b
8、efore we come to a final decision.我们最后决定之前多考虑几个方案吧。2. junkie吸毒者The junkie stole money in order to buy more drugs.这名吸毒者为了买更多的毒品而偷钱。3. put away大吃大喝I ve never seen anybody put away so much food and still look so thin.我从未见过这么能吃的人还这么瘦。4. put a move on挑逗He tried to put the moves on her, but she turned him
9、 down.他想要挑逗她，但她拒绝了他。5. put one s ass on the line两肋插刀，不惜一切I put my ass on the line for you. I know you ll do the same for me someday.我为你两肋插刀，我知道有朝一日你也会为我这么做。美国口语俚语（24）1. drag讨厌What a drag! There s nothing to do here!真是讨厌！这里没什么可干的！2. a drop in the bucket沧海一粟The amount of money Mr. Howell spent on a ne
10、w Rolls-Royce was just a drop in the bucket compared to his annual salary.豪威尔先生卖一辆辛劳斯莱斯汽车的钱和他的年薪相比不过是沧海一粟。3. drop dead去死Suzy told Mike,“Drop dead! ” when he kept teasing her about her weight.麦克不停的取笑苏齐的体重时，苏齐说：“你去死吧！”4. down and out穷困潦倒Sarah was down and out after losing her job and her apartment.萨拉丢
11、掉工作和房子后变得穷困潦倒。5. all that jazz诸如此类He only cares about basketball, TV, girls, and all that jazz.他只关心篮球、电视、女孩这一类事情。美国口语俚语（25）1. know-it-all万事通Grace is always correcting other people. She thinks she s a know-it-all.格雷斯总是在纠正别人，她觉得自己是万事通。2. kooky古怪的That man is really kooky. He has fifty-three cats!那个人真怪。
12、他养了53 只猫！3. let someone have it让某人好看Next time I see Rick, Im going to let him have it.下次我看到李克时要他好看。4. a leg up占上风AllJeff s hard work ispayingoff.He s a leg up on the restofhiscompetitors.杰夫的努力是有报答的。他在竞争对手中占了上风。5. low-life落魄潦倒的人Chris is such a low-life. He sleeps on the park bench and drink booze all
13、 day.克利斯真是落魄潦倒。他睡在公园板凳上而且整天喝酒。美国口语俚语（26）1. call it quits不干了After being in the used car business for 40 years, Harry finally called it quits.做了 40 年旧车生意后，哈利终于洗手不干了。2. chip in出钱We all chipped in to buy Jennifer a going-away present.大家都出钱买一个送别礼物给Jennifer.3. a chip off the old block一个模子印出来的；酷似（父母的人）Scott certainly is a chip off the old block. He reminds me so much of his fatherwhen he was that age.斯克特酷似他爸爸。他让我想起他爸爸在他这年龄时的许多事。4. clean up one s act信心革面，重新做人You d better cl
