美国地道俚语的表达方式

A

ace

He's an ace reporter

very good

action

Do you know where the action is in this town?

excitement

airhead

My sister's boyfriend is a real airhead

stupid person

all wet

Your ideas about politics are all wet.

completely wrong

all-nighter

I almost fell asleep during the test after an all- nighter

.

after studying all night

ammo

The gun was useless after the killer ran out of ammo.

ammunition

antifreeze

I really need some antifreeze in me on cold days like this.

liquor

armpit

This town is really an armpit.

undersirable place

awesome

What an awesome sunset.

meaning

B

bad

Wow, that was really a bad movie.

intense

barf

He barfed all over the seat of the airplane.

vomited

bashed

The boat was bashed beyond recognition.

crushed

beat

After working all day I am really beat.

exhausted

beemer

He just bought a new beemer to drive to work in.

BMW car

bench

He was benched during the basketball playoffs.

taken out of the game

bent

It's OK. Don't get so bent.

angry

bent out of shape

Don't get so bent out of shape.

become upset

big gun

The president brought two big guns to the meeting.

powerful people

big mouth

Shut up! You really have a big mouth.

talk too much

big stink

The citizens made a big stink about the new nuclear power station.

big issue

blade

He carried a ten inch blade with him.

knife

blimp

I always seem to have a blimp sitting next to me when I travel.

very fat person

blow

I'm going to blow out of here now.

leave

He blew all his money gambling.

lost

blow a fuse

Hey, don't blow a fuse.

loose your temper

blow one's cool

Calm down. Don't blow your cool.

become angry

blown away

I was blown away by his donation of a million dollars.

greatly impressed

bomb

The movie was a bomb.

bad

bombed

The driver of the car was bombed.

intoxicated

bonkers

I think I am going bonkers.

crazy

boo-boo

If you make another boo-boo like that, you won't have a job.

mistake

booze

I promised to bring two bottles of booze to the party.

alcohol

bread

I need some bread to pay for my car

.

money

break

A lucky break helped him get the job.

opportunity

break it up

Break it up, or I will call the police.

stop

bring-down

The news of the airplane crash was a bring-down.

depressing

buck

Do you have a buck I can borrow?

dollar

bummed

I was really bummed after I heard the news.

depressed

bummer

My trip to New York was a bummer

.

bad experience

bust

The whole idea was a bust.

failure

buy it

If you don't slow down, you're going to buy it in a car accident.

die

C

call

The weatherman made a good call about when the storm would come.

prediction

can

Do you know where the can is?

bathroom

carb

My motorcycle's carb is out of adjustment.

carburetor

catch some rays

I'm going to lie on the beach and catch some rays.

get some sunshine

catch some Z's

I need to catch some Z's before I go on my trip.

get some sleep

cheesy

That is really a cheesy looking outfit.

cheap

chicken

Don't be a chicken.

coward

chintzy

That really was a chintzy present you got him.

cheap

chow down

I need to find a place to chow down.

eat a lot

clip

Watch out or they will clip you at that bar

.

cheat

clunker

I can't go on a date in that clunker

.

old car

cold fish

My date for the dance was a cold fish.

dull

collar

I knew they would collar the robber sooner or later

.

arrest

come up for air

He has to come up for air or he will die from exhaustion.

take a break

con

Don't try to con me.

deceive

cool

This is a really cool place to work.

good

cool down

Things should cool down in a day or two.

calm down

cop

How did you get the road sign? I copped it.

stole

The cop showed me his badge.

pliceman

couch potato

He is a couch potato.

lazy person

crack open a bottle

Let's crack open a bottle for his birthday.

open

cram

I need more time to cram for the test.

study hard

cream

Our team creamed them badly.

beat

croak

I feel like I am going to croak.

die

cruise

The skier was cruising down the hill

going very fast

cuffs

He put the cuffs on the killer

.

handcuffs

cushy

He has a really cushy job.

easy

cut

Could you cut my whiskey with a little water?

dilute

cut out

It is late. I have to cut out.

leave

D

damage

Lets get the bill and find out the damage.

cost

dead

This disco is really dead tonight.

quiet

deck

He was decked in the fight.

knocked down

deep pockets

Her boyfriend has deep pockets.

is a good source of mone

dicey

Since the weather is a little dicey, I won't go today.

chancy

dirty

I hear that it's a dirty movie.

an obscene

ditch

I'll ditch my younger brother with my grandmother

.

leave

do a snow job on

Don't try to do a snow job on me.

deceive

dope

He is such a dope.

stupid person

There are a lot of dope dealers around here.

drug

dork

He is such a dork.

strange person

dough

I need some dough before I can go Christmas shopping.

money

down

Let's go to a bar and down a few beers.

drink quickly

drag

Doing homework on the weekend is a drag.

boring

dynamite

This drink is really dynamite.

powerful; great

E

earful

My grandmother gave me an earful about the neighborhood.

a lot of gossip

easy mark

The Japanese are an easy mark because they usually carry cash.

likely victims

eat

The problem is really eating away at me.

bothering

excellent

That's excellent man.

fine

F

face-off

The two sides were headed for a nasty face-off.

confrontation

far-out

This music is really far-out.

great

fix

The addict needs another fix.

dose of drugs

flaky

He is too flaky to do the work.

unreliable

flashback

At the wedding he had a flashback of his old girlfriend.

rememebered

flick

I haven't seen a flick in a long time.

movie

flip out

He flipped out when he heard that his mother had been killed.

lost control

flip side

What kind of music do you have on the flip side of the tape?

other side

fox

His older sister is a fox.

very attractive

foxy

She is a foxy lady.

sexy

freebie

The pillow was a freebie

a free thing

G

get into something

I got into gardening in high school.

became seriously inteseted in

get it

I listened to the joke twice, but I still don't get it.

understand

get with it

If you don't get with it, we will never finish this work.

hurry up

gig

I have a gig on Saturday night from 7:00 to 10:00.

job

glitch

This computer program has a glitch.

defect

glitzy

This is a pretty glitzy hotel to be staying in.

fashionable

go

Let me have a go at solving the problem.

try

go bananas

I am going to go bananas if I don't have a vacation soon.

go crazy

go down

What is going down?

happening

goof

I am really a goof at times.

fool

goof up

I really goofed up when I painted my room green.

make a serious mistake

goofy

You are always acting goofy these days.

silly

gourd

Use your gourd to figure out what is happening.

head

grand

His salary is twenty grand.

thousand dollars

grass

Lots of students smoke grass in the dormitory.

marijiuana

gravy

This job is pure gravy.

easy money

groovy

This music is groovy.

pleasant

gross

Picking your nose is really a gross habit.

disgusting

gross-out

The party was a gross-out.

disgusting time

grub

Where is the best place to get some grub around here?

food

grubby

Those clothes are too grubby to wear to the party.

unclear and untidy

grungy

That is a really grungy jacket.

dirty

gut

He got shot in the gut.

stomach

guts

It takes a lot of guts to give the boss your true opinion.

courage

H

hairy

That was a hairy plane trip. I am glad the storm is over

.

dangerous

hammer

Put the hammer to the floor or we will be late for the wedding.

accelerator

hang it up

I have decided to hang up my teaching job.

quit

hang loose

Just hang loose for another few days.

relax

hang tough

We need to hang tough on our decision.

stick with

hardware

The police were surprised by all the hardware the gang members had.

weapons

have a buzz on

I had a buzz on after the third martini.

was slightly intoxicated

have good vibes

I have good vibes about our new secretary.

feel good about

have it all together

Recently I don't have it all together

.

feel mentally all there

heave

I heaved up on the floor

.

vomited

high

The teenagers look high to me.

intoxicated on drugs or alcohol

hip-shooter

He is such a hip-shooter

.

always talking without thinking

history

I don't have any idea where my old boyfriend is. He's history.

something in the past

hit

Your proposal was a hit with the boss.

successful

hole up

I had to hole up for three days because the police were looking for me.

hide

honcho

The honcho says that we are going to have to give up two days of our vacation.

boss

hooker

Her clothes make her look like a hooker

.

prostitute

hot

The police stopped them because they thought the car was hot.