on the ball [俚]机智；谨慎；小心 The old man always works on the ball, and tries to do nothing wrong....

chill out [美俚]歇一会儿 You have been writing for three hours without chilling out for a while. H...

half under [美俚]喝醉，半昏迷的 She was half under after drinking two bottles of beer. 喝了两瓶啤酒后，她醉...

no skin off my nose [俚]与我不相干，跟我无关 What he has done is no skin off my nose. I have to go my w...

lead balloon [俗]未成功的事 Though your plan is a lead balloon, at least we can gain some experien...

air enough [英俚]说得对，有道理。 A: I don’t think you’ve been careful enough. B: Fair enough! But n...

push comes to shove [俚]本来很棘手的形势更加恶化了 If push comes to shove, what will American soldiers do?...

any chance [俚]有啥搞头 A: How is everything? Any chance? B: Nope! Just so so. A: 一切可好？有啥搞头...

nabe [俚]邻居；居民点；居民区的电影院 The nabe is not bad architecturally. 这附近一带的房子建得不错。 The famous...

get worked up about something [俗]为某事感到焦躁不安 Don’t get worked up about it though you can’t fin...