一日一美语

kohno

skate on thin ice 如履薄冰，冒风险
You're skating on thin ice when you talk to the boss that way.
I can't say it's exactly against the law, but you're certainly on pretty thin ice.

chin music 聊天
I'm tired of you guys' chin music.
My wife loves to make chin music.

Hauser

have rocks in one's head 脑子出了毛病
Anyone who goes hiking in the desert just for the fun of it has got to have rocks in his head.
You've got rocks in the head if you think I'd go out with that creep.

be stuck up 自高自大
I had always thought that Jane was stuck up, but once I got to know her I realized that she was only shy.
I've never met such a stuck-up boy in my life!

kohno

bleed someone/something white 榨取
Never borrow money from a loan shark.  He'll bleed you white.
In past wars, the conquering nation often bled the loser white by forcing it to pay high reparations.
Growing high-yield crops without sufficient fertilizer will bleed the soil white.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder 久别情深
Don't worry about your boy friend's being away for a few months.  Absence makes the heart grow fonder, you know.
They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but I wonder.  I'm afraid if I'm away too long Ada will forget all about me.

Hauser

goose bumps 鸡皮疙瘩
The movie was so scary it gave me goose bumps.

put on the dog 炫耀，摆阔气
Dr. Smallman isn't just putting on the dog when he uses all those big words.  That's the way he talks all the time.
Will you lend me your new suit and fifty dollars?  I want to put on the dog for my new girl tonight.

Hauser

go out for 参加选拔赛
Are you going out for the football team?
I'm going out for the glee club.

The idea (of doing something) 不象话！
The idea of going to school without a shirt on!  I'm ashamed of you.
The idea! -- That woman all but telling me I have poor taste in clothes!
The very idea!  Playing in the snow in your bare feet!  You'll catch your death of cold!

小劲鸭

我也来一个吧。。。
it sucks~~~~~~~~~
真烂！！！！

:p

Hauser

Are you saying that my thread sucks?:mad:

小劲鸭

最初由 Hauser 发表
Are you saying that my thread sucks?:mad:

千万别误会啦， 我是说我也来句口语， 没有说你之前的很烂。。。。
:p

Hauser

最初由 小劲鸭 发表
千万别误会啦， 我是说我也来句口语， 没有说你之前的很烂。。。。
:p

Is it midnight there in Texas now?
It's time for you go to bed, my lady!;)

Hauser

face the music 承担后果
If you continue doing something wrong long enough, sooner or later you're going to have to face the music. 受惩罚
Almost all Americans were angry because the President refused to face the music.  接受批评
I got a very bad report card this time.  now I've got to go home and face the music.  挨骂

be on the rocks 陷入困境
The ship is on the rocks. 触礁
Unless some compromises are made, the negotiations will soon be on the rocks.
I could see from my old friend's clothes that he was on the rocks.
Her marriage went on the rocks last year.
Another oil shock and our company will go on the rocks.