美国俚语大全



<P>· ace<BR>· He's an ace reporter.<BR>· MEANING: very good</P>
<P>· action<BR>· Do you know where the action is in this town?<BR>· MEANING: excitement</P>
<P>· airhead<BR>· My sister's boyfriend is a real airhead.<BR>· MEANING: stupid person</P>
<P>· all wet<BR>· Your ideas about politics are all wet.<BR>· MEANING: completely wrong</P>
<P>· all-nighter<BR>· I almost fell asleep during the test after an all-nighter.<BR>· MEANING: after studying all night.</P>
<P>· ammo<BR>· The gun was useless after the killer ran out of ammo.<BR>· MEANING: ammunition</P>
<P>· antifreeze<BR>· I really need some antifreeze in me on cold days like this.<BR>· MEANING: liquor</P>
<P>· armpit<BR>· This town is really an armpit.<BR>· MEANING: undesirable place</P>
<P>· awesome<BR>· What an awesome sunset.<BR>· MEANING: great</P>
<P>· bad<BR>· Wow, that was really a bad movie.<BR>· MEANING: intense</P>
<P>· barf<BR>· He barfed all over the seat of the airplane.<BR>· MEANING: vomitted</P>
<P>· bashed<BR>· The boat was bashed beyond recognition.<BR>· MEANING: crushed</P>
<P>· beat<BR>· After working all day I am really beat.<BR>· MEANING: exhausted</P>
<P>· beemer<BR>· He just bought a new beemer to drive to work in.<BR>· MEANING: B.M.W. car</P>
<P>· bench<BR>· He was benched during the basketball playoffs.<BR>· MEANING: taken out of the game</P>
<P>· bent<BR>· It's OK. Don't get so bent.<BR>· MEANING: angry</P>

<P>· bent out of shape<BR>· Don't get so bent out of shape.<BR>· MEANING: become upset</P>
<P>· big gun<BR>· The president brought two big guns to the meeting.<BR>· MEANING: powerful people</P>
<P>· big mouth<BR>· Shut up! You really have a big mouth.<BR>· MEANING: talk too much</P>
<P>· big stink<BR>· The citizens made a big stink about the new nuclear power station.<BR>· MEANING: big issue</P>
<P>· blade<BR>· He carried a ten inch blade with him.<BR>· MEANING: knife</P>
<P>· blimp<BR>· I always seem to have a blimp sitting next to me when I travel.<BR>· MEANING: very fat person</P>
<P>· blow<BR>· I'm going to blow out of here now.<BR>· MEANING: leave</P>
<P>· blow<BR>· He blew all his money gambling.<BR>· MEANING: lost</P>
<P>· blow a fuse<BR>· Hey, don't blow a fuse.<BR>· MEANING: lose your temper.</P>
<P>· blow one's cool<BR>· Calm down. Don't blow your cool.<BR>· MEANING: become angry</P>
<P>· blown away<BR>· I was blown away by his donation of a million dollars.<BR>· MEANING: greatly impressed</P>
<P>· bomb<BR>· The movie was a bomb.<BR>· MEANING: bad</P>

<P>· bombed <BR>· The driver of the car was bombed.<BR>· MEANING: intoxicated</P>
<P>· bonkers<BR>· I think I am going bonkers.<BR>· MEANING: crazy</P>
<P>· boo-boo<BR>· If you make another boo-boo like that, you won't have a job.<BR>· MEANING: mistake</P>
<P>· booze<BR>· I promised to bring two bottles of booze to the party.<BR>· MEANING: alcohol</P>
<P>· bread<BR>· I need some bread to pay for my car.<BR>· MEANING: money</P>
<P>· break<BR>· A lucky break helped him get the job.<BR>· MEANING: opportunity</P>
<P>· break it up<BR>· Break it up, or I will call the police.<BR>· MEANING: stop</P>
<P>· bring-down<BR>· The news of the airplane crash was a bring-down.<BR>· MEANING: depressing</P>
<P>· buck<BR>· Do you have a buck I can borrow?<BR>· MEANING: dollar</P>
<P>· bummed<BR>· I was really bummed after I heard the news.<BR>· MEANING: depressed</P>
<P>· bummer<BR>· My trip to New York was a bummer.<BR>· MEANING: bad experience</P>
<P>· bust<BR>· The whole idea was a bust.<BR>· MEANING: failure</P>

<P>· buy it<BR>· If you don't slow down, you're going to buy it in a car accident.<BR>· MEANING: die</P>
<P>· call<BR>· The weatherman made a good call about when the storm would come. <BR>· MEANING: prediction</P>
<P>· can<BR>· Do you know where the can is?<BR>· MEANING: bathroom</P>
<P>· carb<BR>· My motorcycle's carb is out of adjustment.<BR>· MEANING: carburetor</P>
<P>· catch some rays<BR>· I'm going to lie on the beach and catch some rays.<BR>· MEANING: get some sunshine.</P>
<P>· catch some Z's<BR>· I need to catch some Z's before I go on my trip.<BR>· MEANING: get some sleep</P>
<P>· cheesy<BR>· That is really a cheesy looking outfit.<BR>· MEANING: cheap</P>
<P>· chicken<BR>· Don't be a chicken.<BR>· MEANING: coward</P>
<P>· chintzy<BR>· That really was a chintzy present you got him.<BR>· MEANING: cheap</P>
<P>· chow down<BR>· I need to find a place to chow down.<BR>· MEANING: eat a lot</P>
<P>· clip<BR>· Watch out or they will clip you at that bar.<BR>· MEANING: cheat</P>
<P>· clunker<BR>· I can't go on a date in that clunker.<BR>· MEANING: old car</P>
<P>· cold fish<BR>· My date for the dance was a cold fish.<BR>· MEANING: dull</P>

<P>· collar<BR>· I knew they would collar the robber sooner or later.<BR>· MEANING: arrest</P>
<P>· come up for air<BR>· He has to come up for air or he will die from exhaustion.<BR>· MEANING: take a break</P>
<P>· con<BR>· Don't try to con me.<BR>· MEANING: deceive</P>
<P>· cool<BR>· This is a really cool place to work.<BR>· MEANING: good</P>
<P>· cool down<BR>· Things should cool down in a day or two.<BR>· MEANING: calm down</P>
<P>· cop<BR>· How did you get the road sign? I copped it.<BR>· MEANING: robbed</P>
<P>· cop<BR>· The cop showed me his badge.<BR>· MEANING: policeman</P>
<P>· couch potato<BR>· He is a couch potato.<BR>· MEANING: lazy person</P>
<P>· crack open a bottle<BR>· Let's crack open a bottle for his birthday.<BR>· MEANING: open</P>
<P>· cram<BR>· I need more time to cram for the test.<BR>· MEANING: study hard</P>
<P>· cream<BR>· Our team creamed them badly.<BR>· MEANING: beat</P>
<P>· croak<BR>· I feel like I am going to croak.<BR>· MEANING: die</P>
<P>· cruise<BR>· The skier was cruising down the hill<BR>· MEANING: going very fast</P>

<P>· cuffs<BR>· He put the cuffs on the killer.<BR>· MEANING: handcuffs</P>
<P>· cushy<BR>· He has a really cushy job.<BR>· MEANING: easy</P>
<P>· cut<BR>· Could you cut my whiskey with a little water?<BR>· MEANING: dilute</P>
<P>· cut out<BR>· It is late. I have to cut out.<BR>· MEANING: leave</P>
<P>· damage<BR>· Lets get the bill and find out the damage.<BR>· MEANING: cost</P>
<P>· dead<BR>· This disco is really dead tonight.<BR>· MEANING: quiet</P>
<P>· deck<BR>· He was decked in the fight.<BR>· MEANING: knocked down</P>
<P>· deep pockets<BR>· Her boyfriend has deep pockets.<BR>· MEANING: is a good source of money</P>
<P>· dicey<BR>· Since the weather is a little dicey, I won't go today.<BR>· MEANING: chancy</P>
<P>· dirty<BR>· I hear that it's a dirty movie.<BR>· MEANING: an obscene</P>
<P>· ditch<BR>· I'll ditch my younger brother with my grandmother.<BR>· MEANING: leave</P>
<P>· do a snow job on<BR>· Don't try to do a snow job on me.<BR>· MEANING: deceive</P>
<P>· dope<BR>· He is such a dope.<BR>· MEANING: stupid person</P>
<P>· dope<BR>· There are a lot of dope dealers around here.<BR>· MEANING: drug</P>

<P>· dork<BR>· He is such a dork.<BR>· MEANING: strange person</P>
<P>· dough<BR>· I need some dough before I can go Christmas shopping.<BR>· MEANING: money</P>
<P>· down<BR>· Let's go to a bar and down a few beers.<BR>· MEANING: drink quickly</P>
<P>· drag<BR>· Doing homework on the weekend is a drag.<BR>· MEANING: boring</P>
<P>· dynamite<BR>· This drink is really dynamite.<BR>· MEANING: powerful; great</P>
<P>· earful<BR>· My grandmother gave me an earful about the neighborhood.<BR>· MEANING: a lot of gossip</P>
<P>· easy mark<BR>· The Japanese are an easy mark because they usually carry cash.<BR>· MEANING: likely victims</P>
<P>· eat<BR>· The problem is really eating away at me.<BR>· MEANING: bothering</P>
<P>· excellent<BR>· That's excellent man.<BR>· MEANING: fine</P>
<P>· face-off<BR>· The two sides were headed for a nasty face-off.<BR>· MEANING: confrontation</P>
<P>· far-out<BR>· This music is really far-out.<BR>· MEANING: great</P>
<P>· fix<BR>· The addict needs another fix.<BR>· MEANING: dose of drugs</P>
<P>· flaky<BR>· He is too flaky to do the work.<BR>· MEANING: unreliable</P>

<P>· flashback<BR>· At the wedding he had a flashback of his old girlfriend.<BR>· MEANING: remembered</P>
<P>· flick<BR>· I haven't seen a flick in a long time.<BR>· MEANING: movie</P>
<P>· flip out<BR>· He flipped out when he heard that his mother had been killed.<BR>· MEANING: lost control</P>
<P>· flip side<BR>· What kind of music do you have on the flip side of the tape?<BR>· MEANING: other side</P>
<P>· fox<BR>· His older sister is a fox.<BR>· MEANING: very attractive</P>
<P>· foxy<BR>· She is a foxy lady.<BR>· MEANING: sexy</P>
<P>· freebie<BR>· The pillow was a freebie<BR>· MEANING: free</P>
<P>· get into something<BR>· I got into gardening in high school.<BR>· MEANING: became seriously interested in</P>
<P>· get it<BR>· I listened to the joke twice, but I still don't get it.<BR>· MEANING: understand</P>
<P>· get with it<BR>· If you don't get with it, we will never finish this work.<BR>· MEANING: hurry up</P>
<P>· gig<BR>· I have a gig on Saturday night from 7:00 to 10:00.<BR>· MEANING: job</P>
<P>· glitch<BR>· This computer program has a glitch.<BR>· MEANING: defect</P>
<P>· glitzy<BR>· This is a pretty glitzy hotel to be staying in.<BR>· MEANING: fashionable</P>
<P>· go<BR>· Let me have a go at solving the problem.<BR>· MEANING: try</P>

<P>· go bananas<BR>· I am going to go bananas if I don't have a vacation soon.<BR>· MEANING: go crazy</P>
<P>· go down<BR>· What is going down?<BR>· MEANING: happening</P>
<P>· goof<BR>· I am really a goof at times.<BR>· MEANING: fool</P>
<P>· goof up<BR>· I really goofed up when I painted my room green.<BR>· MEANING: made a serious mistake</P>
<P>· goofy<BR>· You are always acting goofy these days.<BR>· MEANING: silly</P>
<P>· gourd<BR>· Use your gourd to figure out what is happening.<BR>· MEANING: head</P>
<P>· grand<BR>· His salary is twenty grand.<BR>· MEANING: thousand dollars</P>
<P>· grass<BR>· Lots of students smoke grass in the dormitory.<BR>· MEANING: marijuana</P>
<P>· gravy<BR>· This job is pure gravy.<BR>· MEANING: easy money</P>
<P>· groovy<BR>· This music is groovy.<BR>· MEANING: pleasant</P>
<P>· gross<BR>· Picking your nose is really a gross habit.<BR>· MEANING: disgusting</P>
<P>· gross-out<BR>· The party was a gross-out.<BR>· MEANING: digusting time</P>
<P>· grub<BR>· Where is the best place to get some grub around here?<BR>· MEANING: food</P>
<P>· grubby<BR>· Those clothes are too grubby to wear to the party.<BR>· MEANING: unclean and untidy</P>

<P>· grungy<BR>· That is a really grungy jacket.<BR>· MEANING: dirty</P>
<P>· gut<BR>· He got shot in the gut.<BR>· MEANING: stomach.</P>
<P>· gut<BR>· The gut issue is about what we are going to do now.<BR>· MEANING: basic</P>
<P>· guts<BR>· It takes a lot of guts to give the boss your true opinion.<BR>· MEANING: courage</P>
<P>· hairy<BR>· That was a hairy plane trip. I am glad the storm is over.<BR>· MEANING: dangerous</P>
<P>· hammer<BR>· Put the hammer to the floor or we will be late for the wedding.<BR>· MEANING: accelerator</P>
<P>· hang it up<BR>· I have decided to hang up my teaching job.<BR>· MEANING: quit</P>
<P>· hang loose<BR>· Just hang loose for another few days.<BR>· MEANING: relax</P>
<P>· hang tough<BR>· We need to hang tough on our decision.<BR>· MEANING: stick with</P>
<P>· hardware<BR>· The police were surprised by all the hardware the gang members had.<BR>· MEANING: weapons</P>
<P>· have a buzz on<BR>· I had a buzz on after the third martini.<BR>· MEANING: was slightly intoxicated</P>
<P>· have good vibes<BR>· I have good vibes about our new secretary.<BR>· MEANING: feel good about</P>
<P>· have it all together<BR>· Recently I don't have it all together.<BR>· MEANING: feel mentally all there.</P>
<P>· heave<BR>· I heaved up on the floor.<BR>· MEANING: vomited</P>

<P>· high<BR>· The teenagers look high to me.<BR>· MEANING: intoxicated on drugs or alcohol</P>
<P>· hip-shooter<BR>· He is such a hip-shooter.<BR>· MEANING: always talking without thinking</P>
<P>· history<BR>· I don't have any idea where my old boyfriend is. He's history.<BR>· MEANING: something in the past</P>
<P>· hit<BR>· Your proposal was a hit with the boss.<BR>· MEANING: successful</P>
<P>· hole up<BR>· I had to hole up for three days because the police were looking for me.<BR>· MEANING: hide</P>
<P>· honcho<BR>· The honcho says that we are going to have to give up two days of our vacation.<BR>· MEANING: boss</P>
<P>· hooker<BR>· Her clothes make her look like a hooker.<BR>· MEANING: prostitute</P>
<P>· hot<BR>· The police stopped them because they though the car was hot.<BR>· MEANING: stolen</P>
<P>· huffy<BR>· I will do it soon so please don't get huffy.<BR>· MEANING: angry</P>
<P>· hungry<BR>· If you are not hungry, you won't get ahead in the business.<BR>· MEANING: eager to make money</P>
<P>· hustle<BR>· If you don't hustle, we will be late again.<BR>· MEANING: hurry up</P>
<P>· hyped<BR>· The fans were all hyped up for the football game.<BR>· MEANING: excited</P>
<P>· hyper<BR>· Don't get hyper about what she told you. You know it isn't true.<BR>· MEANING: over excited</P>

<P>· I.D.<BR>· Can you show me some I.D. please?<BR>· MEANING: identification</P>
<P>· in<BR>· The tie you are wearing is really in.<BR>· MEANING: fashionable</P>
<P>· in deep<BR>· They are really in deep with each other.<BR>· MEANING: deeply involved</P>
<P>· in the bag<BR>· Everything is in the bag. There is nothing to worry about.<BR>· MEANING: settled</P>
<P>· intense<BR>· This is a very intense situation we are discussing.<BR>· MEANING: serious</P>
<P>· jam<BR>· I am glad you got yourself out of that jam.<BR>· MEANING: trouble</P>
<P>· jerk someone around<BR>· Recently it seems like everyone is jerking me around.<BR>· MEANING: wasting my time and causing me trouble</P>
<P>· jock<BR>· My roommate is a jock for the basketball team.<BR>· MEANING: an athlete</P>
<P>· john<BR>· The john really smells.<BR>· MEANING: bathroom</P>
<P>· joint<BR>· Where is the closest joint to here.<BR>· MEANING: cheap bar</P>
<P>· joint<BR>· He is good at rolling joints.<BR>· MEANING: marijuana cigarettes</P>
<P>· junkie<BR>· Sam is a junkie.<BR>· MEANING: rug addict</P>
<P>· just off the boat<BR>· He acts like he is just off the boat.<BR>· MEANING: naive</P>
<P>· keep one's cool<BR>· He kept his cool when his house burned down.<BR>· MEANING: remained calm</P>

<P>· kegger<BR>· I hear there is a kegger at John's house tonight.<BR>· MEANING: beer party</P>
<P>· kick<BR>· I get a kick out of watching him paint.<BR>· MEANING: enjoy</P>
<P>· klutz<BR>· He is a real klutz.<BR>· MEANING: stupid and clumsy person</P>
<P>· knock<BR>· Don't knock it if you can't do it any better.<BR>· MEANING: criticize</P>
<P>· knocked up<BR>· My dog gets knocked up once a year.<BR>· MEANING: pregnant</P>
<P>· knockout<BR>· Who was that knockout I saw you with last Friday?<BR>· MEANING: stunning person</P>
<P>· knuckle sandwich<BR>· Shut up or I'll give you a knuckle sandwich.<BR>· MEANING: punch in the mouth</P>
<P>· kook<BR>· Watch out for all the kooks in this neighborhood.<BR>· MEANING: strange people</P>
<P>· laid-back<BR>· You need to be more laid-back.<BR>· MEANING: calm and relaxed</P>
<P>· lame<BR>· That is really a lame excuse.<BR>· MEANING: an inadequate</P>
<P>· line<BR>· I have heard that line a million times.<BR>· MEANING: story</P>
<P>· loser<BR>· John is a loser.<BR>· MEANING: annoying and useless</P>
<P>· love handles<BR>· I exercise every day, but I can't get rid of these love handles.<BR>· MEANING: rolls of fat around my stomach</P>
<P>· make waves<BR>· Try not to make waves around the office.<BR>· MEANING: cause trouble</P>
<P>· maxed out<BR>· I am maxed out at my work and need to rest.<BR>· MEANING: exhausted</P>

<P>· mean<BR>· He plays a mean violin.<BR>· MEANING: performs well on</P>
<P>· mega<BR>· I have mega amounts of tomatoes in my garden this summer.<BR>· MEANING: large</P>
<P>· megabucks<BR>· He made megabucks when he sold his company.<BR>· MEANING: a lot of money</P>
<P>· knock<BR>· Don't knock it if you can't do it any better.<BR>· MEANING: criticize</P>
<P>· mellow<BR>· You need to mellow out and enjoy life.<BR>· MEANING: calm down and relax</P>
<P>· meltdown<BR>· There has been a meltdown in the relationship between my parents and I.<BR>· MEANING: total collapse</P>
<P>· mickey mouse<BR>· The homework the teacher gave us was mickey mouse.<BR>· MEANING: nonsense and a waste of time</P>
<P>· move on someone<BR>· I am going to try to move on Sarah next Saturday.<BR>· MEANING: pick up and seduce</P>
<P>· mush<BR>· That is total mush and you know it.<BR>· MEANING: nonesense</P>
<P>· nark<BR>· Watch out for the narks in the airport.<BR>· MEANING: drug police</P>
<P>· neat<BR>· That was a neat idea that you had.<BR>· MEANING: good</P>
<P>· negative<BR>· There are too many negatives about the company merger.<BR>· MEANING: bad things</P>
<P>· nick<BR>· The police nicked the shoplifter as he was leaving the store.<BR>· MEANING: arrested</P>
<P>· nip<BR>· He took a nip out of the bottle.<BR>· MEANING: a quick drink</P>

<P>· no sweat<BR>· It's no sweat to have the report in to you by Monday.<BR>· MEANING: no problem</P>
<P>· nuke<BR>· I'll nuke our dinner in a few minutes.<BR>· MEANING: heat up in the microwave</P>
<P>· nuke<BR>· Does that attack plane have any nukes?<BR>· MEANING: nuclear weapons</P>
<P>· nut<BR>· I think that he is a nut.<BR>· MEANING: crazy person</P>
<P>· nuts<BR>· You are completely nuts if you think I will go with you.<BR>· MEANING: crazy</P>
<P>· pad<BR>· Have you found a pad yet?<BR>· MEANING: a place to live</P>
<P>· pain in the neck<BR>· My wife's best friend is a pain in the neck.<BR>· MEANING: annoying</P>
<P>· paper-pusher<BR>· My office is filled with paper-pushers.<BR>· MEANING: bureaucratic office workers</P>
<P>· party animal<BR>· You're too old to be a party animal.<BR>· MEANING: love parties</P>
<P>· party-hearty<BR>· We need to party-hearty because we just got a raise in salary.<BR>· MEANING: celebrate</P>
<P>· paw<BR>· Get your paws off of my body.<BR>· MEANING: hands</P>
<P>· peanuts<BR>· I am not going to work for peanuts.<BR>· MEANING: practically no money</P>
<P>· pickled<BR>· He gets pickled after only one beer.<BR>· MEANING: intoxicated</P>
<P>· piece of cake<BR>· Working on a computer for me is a piece of cake.<BR>· MEANING: easy to do</P>

<P>· pig<BR>· He is a pig at parties.<BR>· MEANING: eats too much</P>
<P>· pig out<BR>· Let's go to the restaurant and pig out.<BR>· MEANING: eat a lot or overeat</P>
<P>· pit stop<BR>· Let's make a pit stop at the next rest area.<BR>· MEANING: stop and go to the bathroom</P>
<P>· plastered<BR>· He drinks too much and is always plastered on the weekend.<BR>· MEANING: intoxicated</P>
<P>· pooped out<BR>· He pooped out after we started to do the hard work.<BR>· MEANING: quit</P>
<P>· pop<BR>· Shut up or I will pop you.<BR>· MEANING: hit</P>
<P>· pop for something<BR>· It is my turn to pop for the doughnuts.<BR>· MEANING: buy</P>
<P>· pro<BR>· He is really a pro at his work.<BR>· MEANING: professional</P>
<P>· prod<BR>· Can you give me a gentle prod next week so I won't forget?<BR>· MEANING: reminder</P>
<P>· psyched up<BR>· The players are really psyched up for the game on Friday.<BR>· MEANING: mentally ready</P>
<P>· psycho<BR>· She is a psycho. She should be in a hospital.<BR>· MEANING: mentally ill</P>
<P>· puke<BR>· I feel like I am going to puke.<BR>· MEANING: vomit</P>
<P>· push off<BR>· I am going to push off now.<BR>· MEANING: leave</P>
<P>· put the moves on<BR>· You should give up trying to put the moves on her. She is married.<BR>· MEANING: seduce</P>
<P>· put-on<BR>· It was an elaborate put-on which I almost believed.<BR>· MEANING: deception</P>

<P>· quarterback<BR>· Who is going to quarterback the meeting?<BR>· MEANING: lead</P>
<P>· quick buck<BR>· I need to make a quick buck.<BR>· MEANING: some easy money</P>
<P>· rack<BR>· I have to hit the rack by ten or I'll be tired in the morning.<BR>· MEANING: bed</P>
<P>· rack out<BR>· I am going to rack out for two hours.<BR>· MEANING: sleep</P>
<P>· racket<BR>· There sure was a lot of racket outside last night.<BR>· MEANING: noise</P>
<P>· rag<BR>· I can't believe we still get this same old rag. <BR>· MEANING: newspaper</P>
<P>· rap<BR>· We need to sit down and rap about a few things.<BR>· MEANING: talk about</P>
<P>· rathole<BR>· When are you going to be able to move out of that rathole.<BR>· MEANING: run down place</P>
<P>· raw<BR>· The raw office workers were not getting much done.<BR>· MEANING: new</P>
<P>· ream someone out<BR>· The boss really reamed him out for his bad report.<BR>· MEANING: got angry with him</P>
<P>· red hot<BR>· Your idea is really red hot.<BR>· MEANING: important</P>
<P>· repo<BR>· Hey, don't repo my car. I will pay next week.<BR>· MEANING: repossess</P>
<P>· rinky-dink<BR>· The circus was really rinky-dink.<BR>· MEANING: inferior</P>
<P>· riot<BR>· The comedy program was a real riot.<BR>· MEANING: funny</P>

<P>· road hog<BR>· That driver is a road hog.<BR>· MEANING: takes up too much of the road</P>
<P>· rocks<BR>· Would you like your whiskey on the rocks?<BR>· MEANING: with ice</P>
<P>· rough time<BR>· We have had a rough time this winter.<BR>· MEANING: hard time</P>
<P>· rug<BR>· Is that a rug on his head?<BR>· MEANING: wig</P>
<P>· rug rat<BR>· My sister has three rug rats.<BR>· MEANING: children</P>
<P>· rule<BR>· My wife rules the house.<BR>· MEANING: dominates</P>
<P>· run off at the mouth<BR>· He is always running off at the mouth.<BR>· MEANING: talking too much</P>
<P>· run out of gas<BR>· The politician ran out of gas during the campaign.<BR>· MEANING: lost interest or momentum</P>
<P>· sack<BR>· When did you hit the sack last night?<BR>· MEANING: go to bed</P>
<P>· scam<BR>· Don't lose your money in some kind of scam.<BR>· MEANING: swindle</P>
<P>· scarf<BR>· Since he hadn't eaten in a week, he scarfed down everything on his plate.<BR>· MEANING: ate quickly</P>
<P>· schmuck<BR>· What a stupid schmuck.<BR>· MEANING: jerk</P>
<P>· screw around<BR>· If you screw around all day at this work, you will have to come back again.<BR>· MEANING: waste time</P>

<P>· screw up<BR>· If you screw up one more time, I will fire you.<BR>· MEANING: make a mistake</P>
<P>· sharp<BR>· He is very sharp with numbers<BR>· MEANING: intelligent</P>
<P>· shot<BR>· I'll give the puzzle another shot.<BR>· MEANING: try</P>
<P>· shot down<BR>· Everyone shot down my idea at first, but later agreed that it was a good idea.<BR>· MEANING:<BR>· disagreed with</P>
<P>· slammer<BR>· The police threw them both in the slammer.<BR>· MEANING: jail</P>
<P>· smashed<BR>· Try not to get smashed at the beer party.<BR>· MEANING: intoxicated</P>
<P>· smoke eater<BR>· My father is a smoke eater.<BR>· MEANING: fireman</P>
<P>· split<BR>· It is time to split and go see the movie.<BR>· MEANING: leave</P>
<P>· spook<BR>· The cows were spooked by the howling of the wolves.<BR>· MEANING: frightened</P>
<P>· spud<BR>· Do you want rice or spuds for dinner?<BR>· MEANING: potatoes</P>
<P>· square<BR>· My father looks square in his jacket.<BR>· MEANING: old-fashioned</P>
<P>· steamed up<BR>· Don't get so steamed up over the issue.<BR>· MEANING: angry</P>
<P>· stink<BR>· This whole operation stinks.<BR>· MEANING: is repulsive</P>
<P>· straight<BR>· I want you to give me a straight answer.<BR>· MEANING: honest</P>

<P>· stressed<BR>· I am really stressed by all the recent world events.<BR>· MEANING: upset</P>
<P>· sucker<BR>· Don't be a sucker.<BR>· MEANING: be deceived</P>
<P>· take a hike<BR>· I am tired of all your complaining. Take a hike.<BR>· MEANING:<BR>· leave</P>
<P>· taken<BR>· He was taken for all his money at the casino.<BR>· MEANING:<BR>· cheated out of</P>
<P>· taking care of business<BR>· I have been taking care of business.<BR>· MEANING: doing what I have to do</P>
<P>· threads<BR>· Those look like expensive threads he is wearing.<BR>· MEANING: clothes</P>
<P>· tool around<BR>· I don't want to tool around all night. It is time to go home.<BR>· MEANING: drive around</P>
<P>· totaled<BR>· My car was totaled in the accident with the garbage truck.<BR>· MEANING: completely wrecked</P>
<P>· up<BR>· He has been up ever since he met his new girlfriend.<BR>· MEANING: happy and cheerful</P>
<P>· up for grabs<BR>· This is a sale. Everything is up for grabs.<BR>· MEANING: available.</P>
<P>· veg out<BR>· I want to veg out in front of the television this evening.<BR>· MEANING: relax and do nothing</P>
<P>· vibes<BR>· He really gives off good vibes.<BR>· MEANING: feelings</P>
<P>· wad<BR>· You don't want to carry a wad like that with you in the big city.<BR>· MEANING: bundle of money</P>

<P>· waste<BR>· After you waste him, throw the body in the river.<BR>· MEANING: kill</P>
<P>· wheels<BR>· If you let me borrow your wheels, I'll go out and buy a pizza.<BR>· MEANING: car</P>
<P>· whiz<BR>· He is a whiz at the computer.<BR>· MEANING: talented person</P>
<P>· wired<BR>· I am really wired after drinking five cups of coffee.<BR>· MEANING: alert</P>
<P>· wussy<BR>· Don't be such a wussy all the time. Say what you are thinking.<BR>· MEANING: weak person</P>
<P>· yukky<BR>· This food tastes yukky<BR>· MEANING: bad</P>
<P>· zapped<BR>· I am too zapped to help you right now.<BR>· MEANING: exhausted</P>
<P>· zip<BR>· He knew zip about running the company.<BR>· MEANING: Nothing<BR></P>

<P><STRONG>美国口语俚语</STRONG></P>
<P>　美国口语俚语（1）<BR>　　1.clock in 打卡 <BR>　　Don‘t forget to clock in,otherwise you won‘t get paid. <BR>　　别忘了打卡，否则领不到钱。<BR>　　 2.come on to 对...轻薄；吃豆腐 <BR>　　Tanya slapped Bill after he came on to her. <BR>　　Tanya在Bill对她轻薄之后打了他一巴掌。<BR>　　 3.come easily 易如反掌 <BR>　　Languages come easily to some people. <BR>　　语言学习对有些人来说易如反掌。<BR>　　 4.don‘t have a cow别大惊小怪 <BR>　　Don‘t have a cow! I‘ll pay for the damages. <BR>　　别大惊小怪的！我会赔偿损失的。 <BR>　　5.push around 欺骗 <BR>　　Don‘t try to push me around! <BR>　　别想耍我！<BR></P>

　美国口语俚语（2）<BR>　　1.keep one‘s shirt on保持冷静 <BR>　　 Keep your shirt on. He didn‘t mean to offend you. That‘s just the <BR>　　 way he talks. <BR>　　 保持冷静。那只是他说话的惯常方式，他并非有意要冒犯你。<BR>　　 2.cool it冷静一点 <BR>　　 Cool it. You are making me mad. <BR>　　 冷静一点。你快把我逼疯了。 <BR>　　3.joy ride兜风 <BR>　　 Let‘s go for a joy ride. <BR>　　 让我们去兜兜风。<BR>　　 4.rap说唱乐 <BR>　　 Do you like rap music? I have trouble understanding the words. <BR>　　 你喜欢说唱音乐吗？我听不太懂其中的歌词。<BR>　　 5.red-letter day大日子 <BR>　　 This is a red-letter day for Susan. She made her first sale to a very <BR>　　 important client. <BR>　　 今天是susan的大日子。她和一个非常重要的客户做成了第一笔生意。

　美国口语俚语（3）<BR>　　1.go up in smoke成为泡影<BR>　　 Peter’s vacation plans went up in smoke when a crisis arose in the office. 办公室出了问题， peter的假期泡汤了。 <BR>　　2.hit the road上路 <BR>　　We should probably hit the road. It’s going to take us two hours to get home. 我们可能该上路了吧？到家的两个小时呢！<BR>　　 3.shape up表现良好，乖<BR>　　 You’d better shape up if you want to stay on. 如果你还想留下来的话最好乖一点儿。<BR>　　 4.scare the shit out of someone吓死某人了 <BR>　　Don’t sneak up behind me like that. You scared the shit out of me. 不要那样从后面突然吓我。你吓死我了。 　<BR>　　 5.pull strings运用关系 （源于“拉木偶的线”） He pulled some strings and managed to get us front row seats for the concert. 他运用关系替我们拿到音乐会前排的位子。

　　美国口语俚语（4）<BR>　　1.come again 再说一遍 <BR>　　 Come again? I didn‘t quite understand what you said. <BR>　　 再说一遍好吗？你刚说的话我不明白。 <BR>　　2.come clean 全盘托出，招供 <BR>　　 The criminal decided to come clean. <BR>　　 罪犯决定供出事实。<BR>　　 3.spring for 请客 <BR>　　 Let me spring for dinner. <BR>　　 我来请客吃饭吧。<BR>　　 4.spill the beans 泄漏秘密 <BR>　　 Don‘t spill the beans. It‘s supposed to be a secret. <BR>　　 别说漏了嘴，这可是个秘密哦！ <BR>　　 5.stick in the mud 保守的人 <BR>　　 Cathy is such a stick in the mud. She never wants to try anything <BR>　　 new. <BR>　　 Cathy真保守，她从不想尝试新事物。

<P>　　美国口语俚语（5）<BR>　　1.john厕所 <BR>　　 I have to go to the john. Wait for me in the car. <BR>　　 我要去厕所。在车里等我一下。 <BR>　　2.keep in line管束 <BR>　　He needs to be kept in line. He‘s too wild. <BR>　　他太野了，要好好管束一下。<BR>　　3.jump the gun草率行事 <BR>　　Don‘t jump the gun. We have to be patient for a while. <BR>　　不要草率行事。我们应该耐心等一会儿。<BR>　　4.jump to conclusion妄下结论 <BR>　　Don‘t jump to conclusion. We have to figure it out first. <BR>　　不要妄下结论，先把事情搞清楚。<BR>　　 5.lemon次 <BR>　　This car is a real lemon. It has broken down four times. <BR>　　这辆车真次，已经坏了四次了！</P>

　美国口语俚语（6）<BR>　　1.fishy 可疑的 <BR>　　 His story sounds fishy. We should see if it‘s really true. <BR>　　 他的故事听起来可疑。我们应该看看到底是不是真的。 <BR>　　2.flip out 乐死了 <BR>　　 Chris flipped out when I told him that we won the game. <BR>　　 我告诉克里斯我们赢了比赛时，他乐歪了。<BR>　　 3.fix someone up 撮合某人 <BR>　　 I think Xixi and Macaulay would make a perfect couple. Let‘s fix them <BR>　　 up. (Haha,just kidding <BR>　　 我想习习和macaulay会是理想的一对，我们来撮合他们吧。（呵，开个玩
<P>　　 笑，习习和macaulay不会生气吧？：）<BR>　　 4.take a shine to 有好感 <BR>　　 He really likes you. There are very few people he takes a shine to <BR>　　 right away. <BR>　　 他真的喜欢你。他很少对人一见面就有好感的。<BR>　　 5.third wheel 累赘，电灯泡 <BR>　　 You two go on ahead. I don‘t want to be a third wheel. <BR>　　 你们两个去好了，我不想当电灯泡。 </P>

<P>　　美国口语俚语（7） <BR>　　1.ripoff 骗人的东西 <BR>　　What a ripoff! The new car I bought doesn‘t work! <BR>　　真是个骗人货！我买的新车启动不了！<BR>　　 2.rock the boat 找麻烦 <BR>　　Don‘t rock the boat! Things are fine just the way they are. <BR>　　别找麻烦了，事情这样就够好了。<BR>　　3.blow it 搞砸了，弄坏了 <BR>　　I blew it on that last exam. <BR>　　我上次考试靠砸了。<BR>　　 4.in hot water 有麻烦 <BR>　　He is in hot water with his girlfriend recently. <BR>　　近段时间他跟女友的关系有点僵。<BR>　　 5.put one‘s foot in one‘s mouth 祸从口出 <BR>　　Wally is always saying such stupid thing. He has a real talent for <BR>　　putting his foot in his mouth. <BR>　　沃力尽说这种蠢话。他真有惹是生非的本事。 　</P>

<P>it should take a long time to learn.....</P>

too much .....