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用这些提升B格的俚语,和老外地道聊天!| V支招

前阵子有个亲学生和Vicky聊天时,说到自己最近安利了歪果男票很多灰常流行的词语,比如“本宝宝”、“城会玩”、“受到亿万点伤害”....

为了解释这些词,真是费尽心思。

其实英文中也有好多俚语,也就是老外日常中经常会说道的语言词组,虽然从字面上可能说不通,但是英语母语的人们基本上都理解它在表达什么。

今天Vicky就给大家带来10个提升你B格的俚语词组,让你的英语更地道哦~

1
apple of someone's eye


非常喜爱的,明显偏向的,或者珍爱的人

(A favorite, a particular preference; the object of somebody's affection)


She is the apple of my eye.

2
burning the candle at both ends


长时间工作没休息

(To work long hours without rest)


One shouldn't burn the candle at both ends.

3
button sb's lips


保持安静,不要说话/守口如瓶

(To keep quiet and don't speak)


Button up your lips!

4
couch potato


形容一个人花很长时间坐着或者躺着,比如看电视等

(A person who spends too much time sitting or lyingdown,usually watching television.)


He is such a couch potato on weekends.

5
cut corners


略过一些重要内容来达到目标的简便方式

(To do something in the easiest or cheapest way by skipping something important.)


She cut corners going to work in a hurry.

6
drive someone up the wall


让人感觉很生气/无聊透顶

(To make someone very angry or very bored.)


You drive me up the wall!

7
elephant in the room


被忽略或者将要被解决的明显事实

(An obvious truth that is either being ignored or going unaddressed.)


You cited population growth as the“ elephant in the corner of the room

8
high as a kite


非常开心或者兴奋

(To feel very happy or excited)


Within twenty minutes I was as highas a kite.

9
living on the edge


一种处于非常刺激/危险的生活状态

(To have a type of life in which you are often involvedin exciting or dangerous activities.)


There was too much pressure on me and I was living on the edge of breakdown.

10
mad as a hatter


指一个人行为举止很奇怪

(Someone who behaves strangely)


He has become as mad as a hatter.








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