簡單接地氣的英語口語(2)

　　AA制、平攤費用

　　例句：

　　I can't believe John didn't pay for me. We ended up going dutch on the whole date.

　　想不到約翰竟然沒請我。最后整個約會的費用都AA了。

　　Throw in the towel

　　放棄，認輸(源自拳擊比賽)

　　例句：

　　He's not a quitter, so he's not going to throw in the towel.

　　他不是個臨陣脫逃的人，所以他不會放棄的。

　　Ring a bell

　　使人想起

　　例句：

　　I can't put my finger on it, but it definitely rings a bell.

　　我沒法明確說出來是什么，但這絕對聽著耳熟。

　　Goose bumps

　　雞皮疙瘩

　　例句：

　　I was so touched by the movie that I started getting goose bumps all over my arms.

　　這電影太感人了，我看得胳臂上起了一層雞皮疙瘩。

　　I'm beat

　　我好累

　　例句：

　　I had a tough day today. I'm totally beat.

　　今天太辛苦了，累死我了。

　　On the dot

　　準時地、一秒不差

　　例句：

　　I don't want to be waiting for you, so you'd better be there at three o'clock on the dot.

　　我可不想等你，所以你最好3點鐘準時到那。

　　Nuke

　　用微波爐加熱

　　例句：

　　Don't nuke an egg. It will explode in the microwave.

　　千萬別把雞蛋往微波爐里擱，它會爆炸的。

　　Out of this world

　　極好的，非凡的

　　例句：

　　The movie totally blew me away. It was really out of this world.

　　這部電影徹底震撼到我了，真的太棒了。

　　Over one's head

　　太難懂，超出理解力

　　例句：

　　Don't bother explaining it to him. It's way over his head.

　　不用費心跟他解釋了，這完全超出他的理解范圍。

　　Play it by ear

　　見機行事

　　例句：

　　I'll have to play it by ear because I don't know how long they want me to work.

　　我得見機行事，因為我也不知道他們會讓我干多久。

　　Sleep on it

　　再考慮一晚

　　例句：

　　I've been thinking about this problem for two hours. I think I will sleep on it. It might come to me in the morning.

　　我想這個問題想了倆小時了，我大概要再深思熟慮一晚，大概明天早上能想到答案。