日常英语口语 Spoken English

by the book

by the book 完全按照规章制度办事，按照规定，照章办事   go by the book 依章办事 play by the book按规定来 do something by the book按规定做某事 run something by the book 按规定管理、运营 The manager does every

A closed book

a closed book完全不了解，搞不懂 closed adj. 关闭的；合上的 与an open book意思相反 He issuch a closed book, he never talks about himself.他这人很封闭，从来不谈论他自己。 I don’t know much about Economics,

An open book

An open book （某物）容易理解；（某人）坦诚，没有秘密 open adj. 打开的 My life is an open book.我的生活很简单。 There’s no secret between us, she’s an open book to me.我们之间没有秘密，我对她是了如指掌。 I wish thes

In the flesh

In the flesh 本人；亲自；（见到）真人 flesh 肉；肉体 You wouldn’t believe this, I met my idol Liu Dehua in the flesh the other day, he even hugged me.你肯定不会相信，前几天我见到了我的偶像刘德华本人了，他甚至还拥抱我了

A third / fifth wheel

A third wheel/ a fifth wheel 多余；电灯泡 third 第三个 fifth 第五个 wheel 车轮 I don’t think I’ll join you this time. Whenever I go out with you guys, I just feel like a third whee

Why the long face?

Why the long face? 干嘛拉着个脸啊？怎么闷闷不乐的？ long face 长脸；闷闷不乐；不悦的脸色 What’s wrong? Why the long face? 怎么了？怎么闷闷不乐的？ Hey, Jack, why the long face? Is something bothering you?Jack

Go easy on someone/ something

Go easy on someone/ something 手下留情；温和对待；节约使用 Go easy on him, he is my friend. 对他手下留情啊，他是我朋友。 The doctor told me to go easy on the chilies, but I just can’t.医生要我少吃辣椒，但是我

be like looking for a meedle in a haystack

Be like looking/searching for a needle in a haystack 如同大海捞针 like 像 look for/search for 寻找 needle 针 haystack 干草堆 There’re like, thousands of files piled up,it’ll be l

Roll up one's sleeves

roll up one’s sleeves 撸起袖子，准备开始干活；准备大干一场 roll 卷 sleeve 袖子 We have a long day ahead, so let's roll up our sleeves and start! 今天将会是漫长的一天，所以让我们撸起袖子，开始干活吧。 I know you're

Jump to conclusions

jump to conclusions 过早下结论，贸然断定 jump 跳 conclusion 结论 Let’s not jump to conclusions.咱们先别这么快就下结论。 I know you saw her with a man, but don't jump to conclusions, talk to h

Blow one's mind

blow one’s mind 令某人极度震惊，感到意外；令人刮目相看 blow 爆炸 mind 思想，头脑 That was my first time to watch the show,it really blew my mind.那是我第一次看着个节目，太让我震惊了。 Prepare to have your mind b

Have a say

Havea say/voice in something在某件事上有发言权 You don’t have a say in this.这件事上，你没有发音权；这没你说话的份。 They want to have a voice in how this would be handled.在如何处理这件事上，他们想有个发言权。 Hav

Pass gas 排气?

pass gas 放屁 It must be something I ate at lunch that made me pass gas all afternoon.肯定是我中午吃的什么东西，弄得我一下午都在放屁。 fart 放屁；屁 He farted in front of everyone, and he acted lik

Have one's eyes glued to something

Have one’s eyes glued to something 一直盯着看；全神贯注地看 glue 胶水；沾上 I hate it when people talk to me and have their eyes glued to their phones all the time.我很讨厌有的人一边跟我说话，一边还不停地盯

Get/have cold feet

Get/have cold feet （做某事前，因为紧张或害怕）临阵退缩 If you get cold feet or have cold feet about something you have planned to do, you become nervous about it and not sure that you wa

"说大话，吹牛"英语怎么说

big talk 大话，吹牛 He is always full of big talk, but he rarely follows through on it. 他总是说大话，却很少去做并坚持到底。 talk big 说大话，吹牛 The President talks big, but he doesn’t do anythi

Have bigger fish to fry

Have bigger fish to fry 有更重要的事情要办 Don't waste time on this. We've got bigger fish to fry.别在这上面浪费时间了，我们还有更重要的事情要办。 Every time I ask him for help, he claims that he has b

Burst out laughing

Burst out laughing 突然大笑起来 burst 爆发；突发 laugh 笑 1. The baby burst out laughing when he saw the cat slip. 这个婴儿看到猫滑倒了，突然大笑起来。 2. The kids burst out laughing when the clow

Burst into tears

burst into tears 突然大哭起来，眼泪夺眶而出 burst 爆发；突发 tear 眼泪 过去式、过去分词形式不变，仍是burst 1. He burst into tears when he found out that his father had cancer. 当他发现他父亲得了癌症后，哭了起来。 2. Sh

Better half

Better half 夫妻中的丈夫或妻子；另一半，爱人 Have you seen my better-half? 你见我爱人了吗？ I had known him for almost three years before I met his better half. 在见到他的另一半之前，我已经认识他近3年了。 Please