double whammy [美俚]令人震惊的事情接连发生，祸不单行 Mary lost her car yesterday and her job today. It was a r...

guff [俚]胡说八道；鬼话；说大话 Don’t listen to their guff about wanting to see you again. 别听他们的什么希望...

make waves [俚]兴风作浪 The government doesn’t permit terrorists to make waves. 政府决不允许恐怖主义分子兴...

up-front [俗]诚实；可信；公开的；处于最前沿的；在火线上的 Harold is quite up-front and he never tells a lie. 哈罗...

honky-tonk [俗]低级嘈杂的夜总会；酒吧 Some honky-tonks ran wide open 24 hours a day in this city. 这座...

the lights are on but nobody’s home [俚]心不在焉 Because the lights are on but nobody’s home, she...

break one’s shovel [美俚]失宠；不受欢迎 We’d better keep a decent distance from each other so that we...

walk-in [俚]半小时入场时间 Tom met me at the theatre during the walk-in and then we entered the thea...

Peeping Tom [英俚]偷窥者汤姆；窥淫癖者 The police caught a Peeping Tom outside the woman’s house last ni...

fish or cut bait [俗]当机立断；不要举棋不定 Jim, fish or cut bait. You may either go to work or go to co...