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老外经常说的个俚语来源 ———————————————————————————————— 作者： ———————————————————————————————— 日期 : 老外经常说的 50 个俚语 来源： 陆仲康 ? Sｕsie 的日志 1 Bｅ ｉｎ thｅ aiｒ 将要发生的事情 Tｈｅ fｅ elin ｇ oｒ ｉ dea thaｔ sometｈ iｎ g neｗ is ａｂｏｕ t ｔ o hａｐｐ en oｒ ｉs going tｏ cｈａｎ ge. Exaｍ plｅ： Frｏ m the arｇ uments goinｇ on at the meeｔｉ ng, it ｓｅ eｍs thａｔ a cha ｎge in p ｏ licy ｉ s iｎ tｈｅ air. 2 Ｃｌｅ  ar thｅ  air  消除误会 To settle a disｐ ute  and reｓ tore good  relations Exａ mpｌ e： Ｗ e had  a meｅ tin ｇ ｗ ith th ｅ ｗ ork ｅ rs, aｎ d  Ｉ  thi ｎｋ  we’ve  clearｅ d tｈ e  air  ｎ ow. 3 Coｓt an arm and a  leg  极其昂贵 To  be  ｖｅ  ry  expｅnsi ｖｅ Exampｌ e: ｃａｕ sｅ  Ｉ ｌ ove that iｔ cｏstｓ  fur coat. However, Ｉ don ’ t thiｎk I aｎ arｍ and ａ leg.  ’ m goiｎｇ  to b ｕ y  ｉｔ  be Ａ baｄ egg 缺乏道德的人 Ｓomeｂ ody  ｗhｏ has no  moral  ｐ rinci ｐ leｓ  anｄ  shoulｄ ｂe  ａ voide ｄ Examp ｌ e: You  mustn ’ｌt eｎ d  Ｔ i ｍ  monｅｙ , he’ sａ  ｂ ad  ｅｇ  g.  You’lｌ  never see hｉm  ｏ r yo ｕ r  money again! 5 In t ｈe Bag  稳操胜券 Ｓaid of  ａｎ  achievement which  is  secure Example:  We have  tｈｅ ｄ eaｌ  ｉ n  ｔ he  ｂ aｇ .  Thｅ  ｃ li ｅ nt cａｍｅ  i ｎ  tｈｉ s morｎｉ ng to sig ｎ  the agreemｅnt. Ｉ n thｅ ｂalancｅ 未知的 ,不可预测的 Said wheｎ  the outｃ ome of a si ｔｕ aｔ ioｎ  is unｋ nown o ｒ  ｕｎ predｉｃ table Example: His c  ａ reer  as  ａ ｐ ilot i  ｓ  i ｎ  the baｌ ance, as  ｈｉｓ  eyeｓ i ｇ ht do ｅ s  ｎ ot  ｓ eeｍ  gｏｏ  d eｎ ough. 7 Dri ｖ e a ｈ aｒd ｂ argａin 极力讨价还价 To ｈ aｖ e thｅｏus ｐ rice anｄ  nｅ goti ａｔ i ｎ g strenｇｔ h and ｓｋ i ｌls to ｇｅ t ｔ he most a ｄ vantaｇ e condｉｔ ioｎ s Eｘ ample: Am ａｎ da ｉ s negotｉ atｉｎ g the be ｓｔ ｐｒ ice fro ｍ ｔ he suppliers. S ｈｅ drives ａ hａ rd bａｒ gａi ｎ. Ri ｎ g a bｅｌ l 看上去或听起来非常熟悉Ｔo loo ｋ , ｓ ouｎ d or seem ｆ aｍｉ liar Exampｌｅ : Thａ t face ｒ ings ａ bell ， where haｖｅ I ｓ een hｉ m ｂ efoｒｅ ? 9 Tighten oｎ e’ｓ belt 节衣缩食 Ｔｏ cut ｄｏ wn on ｓｐ eｎ ding ｂ ecａ use therｅ is less income thａｎ bｅ fｏｒ e Example: Ｎ oｗ you are ｏuｔ oｆ ｗ ork， yoｕ ’ ll havｅ to tigh ｔ en your bｅ lt ａ nd ｇi ｖｅ up