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地道用语是新闻、外刊里时不时蹦出来的拦路虎，有时记者可能“现编现用”。字典有时候显得爱莫能助，比如：sharp elbow、signature issue 、for all somebody knows，这些看似简单，但的确不好理解的用法，只能寻根究底找出这些俚语的真正意思。多听多查，体会英语思维，将原文理解到位，翻译到位。打破思维定势（thinking potency）：  1、背景：奥巴马致辞参众两院，详细阐述医改方案。NBC 记者： Senior aides called this?the biggest arrow in his presidential quiver。 总统箭筒里最大的一支箭；意在表达实现目标最有力的手段(An arrow in the quiver is a strategy or option that could be used to achieve your objective)2、its much politics of the oppositions?smelling blood in the water 这多半是反对者趁人之危的政治手段???? Sharks attack will they smell blood in the water. In other words, if a swimmer is wounded and bleeding the sharks can smell it. So, in the the work world or otherwise if a person is in a weakened condition people will take advantage of the situation.(Same way with chickens. If one chicken has a spot of blood, the others will peck him to death. Cruel world, isnt it.) 3、Couldnt say fairer than that.表示别人的话很公正，完全接受。 4、 奥巴马发表school pep talk 之前，很多反对者称奥巴马演讲目的不单纯eg? it smacks of underhanded attemptssmacks of ： to seem to contain or involve a particular unpleasant quality:underhanded ：即 underhand ：secret 、dishonest 5、背景同4：反对者称 总统借机将其政策强加在孩子们身上 他们的表达方法是??ram political policies down little kidsthroats ram something down somebodys throat? (informal) if someone rams their opinions or ideas down your throat, they force you to listen to them and try to make you accept them 6、说道医改是否 curb the cost，CBO国会预算办公室说，cost increase will not? bend the curve.即指不会遏制上涨的趋势 7、 Does the presidents logic and math add up in your opinion？ add up： to seem reasonable; to make sense? NBC记者问麦凯恩，奥巴马所谓的9000亿医改支出不会增加赤字，你认为靠谱吗？8、pork-barrel ：A government project or appropriation that yields jobs or other benefits to a specific locale and patronage opportunities to its political representative. pork ：Government funds, appointments, or benefits dispensed or legislated by politicians to gain favor with their constituents: ?However much [the voters] may distrust Congress and dislike pork, the advantages of