hang tough [俗]不泄气；坚持下去 He decided to hang tough rather than give in. 他决定寸步不让，决不屈服。 H...

throw the baby out with the bath water [俗]亏本，得不偿失 I don’t want to sell the house. Although i...

cutback [美俚]削减开支 We have to make some cutbacks or we will be over budget. 我们得削减开支了，不然就要超...

meanest [俚]最好的；杰出的 He is the meanest golfer. 他是出色的高尔夫球手。 注解： meanest源于mean, mean...

talk through one’s hat [俚]胡说八道；吹牛 Don’t talk through your hat. You can’t do what you said at...

an egg-head [美俗]知识分子；书呆子；自以为有学问的人 Robert is an egg-head. He thinks that he knows everything....

drop one’s teeth [美俚]大为震惊；非常惊讶 We do drop our teeth at the notion that Shakespeare is busted...

have it bad for someone [俚]对某人情真意切，不能自拔 Jim confessed that he had it bad for Lucy, and, wors...

let one’s hair down [俗]轻松一下；随随便便；毫无拘束 I hardly let my hair down in he presence of my would-b...

give someone the eye [美俚]向某人抛媚眼；暗示 When a young man is giving her the eye, Mary never gets t...