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

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

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? ...

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 find...

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 rea...

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再见到你...

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风作浪。...

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. 这座城里的一...

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

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 c...