日常英语口语 Spoken English

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 everything by the book, hewon’t approve this exception.经理办事很死板，他不会破例批准的。He suggestedthat we go by the book and not accept the proposal. 他建议我们照章办事，不要接受这个提议。

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,it is a closed book to me. 我不太懂经济学，对我来说就像天书一样。

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 these legal contracts were an open book.我真希望我能读懂这些法律合同。Adam says he's an open book, but I've seen him sneaking out of his house late at night. Adam说他没什么秘密，但是我看到过他大半夜偷偷溜出他的房间。

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。I have heard a lot about you, I can’t believe now you’re standing in front of me in the flesh, I’m thrilled. 我听说过很多关于你的事，真不敢相信你现在就站在我面前，我好激动。Inperson 本人，亲自，当面I’ve heard that Liu Dehua is coming here in person, is that true? 我听说刘德华本人要来这，是真的吗？I wanna talk to him in person.我想跟他当面谈。

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 wheel.我这次就不跟你一块了，每次跟你们一块出去，我都感觉我像个电灯泡。I just wanted to feel like part of the team instead of a fifth wheel.我只是想让自己感觉是这个团队的一员，而不是多余的。I didn't realize that the party was for couples only, so when I showed up alone, I felt like a fifth wheel.我不知道这个聚会是只针对情侣的，所以当我一个人出现在那的时候，我感觉自己很多余。

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,干嘛拉着个脸啊？有什么烦心事吗？He came to me with a very long face and said that he had failed the exam.他拉长个脸来找我，说他考试没及格。

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，但是我做不到啊。Hey, go easy on the ketchup, there's not much left.番茄酱你悠着点用，剩的没多少了。

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 like looking for a needle in a haystack.有成千上万份文件堆在一起，这将如同大海捞针。The police told her that searching for the dog was like looking for a needle in a haystack.警察告诉她寻找这条狗就像大海捞针。It soon became clear that we were looking for a needle in a haystack. 很快我们发现，我们就是在大海捞针。

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 disappointed, but you need to roll up your sleeves and redouble your efforts.我知道你很失望，但你需要卷起袖子加倍努力。

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 her first. 我知道你看到她和一个男人在一起，但不要妄下结论，你先跟她谈一下。

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 blown.准备好大开眼界吧。It blew my mind that she had her hair dyed green.她把头发染成了绿色，真是让我大吃一惊。mind-blowing adj. 令人感到震惊的；给人印象极深的It absolutely would be mind-blowing news to him if you tell him.如果你告诉他的话，这绝对会是一个让他震惊的消息。The special effects in this movie are pretty mind-blowing.这部电影里的特效真的很震撼。mindblower n. 令人感到震撼的事物This technology is a real mindblower.这真是一项令人震撼的技术。

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。Have one’s say 说出/表达出某人的观点、看法Just calm down, you’ll have your say. 别着急，你会有机会说的。As soon as I've had my say I'll sit down.只要让我说出我的看法，我就坐下。Have the say 某人说了算，有决定权We all have a say in this, but only the boss himself has the say.这事我们都有发言权，但最终只有老板自己说了算。

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 like nothing had happened.他在大家面前放了个屁，然后表现的跟什么事都没发生一样。fart around 瞎折腾；闲荡；浪费时间Stop farting around and get a job! 别瞎混了，找份工作吧！break wind 放屁Someone in the elevator broke wind. It smelled terrible. 有人在电梯里放了屁，臭死啦。

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，一边还不停地盯着手机看。I came back two hours later to find the kids still had their eyes glued to the television.我两个小时以后回来，发现孩子们还在盯着电视看。Many children would have their eyes glued to the cell phone once they got access to it.很多孩子一旦有机会拿到手机，眼睛就不会从手机上移开了。

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 want to do it. She had been looking forward to the bungee jumping, but she got cold feet right before the jump. 她一直盼望着去蹦极，但在跳之前却退缩了。Tomorrow is your big day. You are not having cold feet, are you? 明天就是你大喜的日子了，你不会是想临阵退缩吧？

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 anything.总统老说大话，但是什么都不做。brag about/of 吹嘘；炫耀boast about/of 吹牛，自夸He bragged to everyone he met about how smart his son was.他向他见到的每一人吹嘘他儿子有多聪明。Is he boasting about his car again? 他又在吹嘘他的车了吗？

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 bigger fish to fry.每次我要他帮我的时候，他都说他有更重要的事情要做。Have other fish to fry 还有其他事情要办I don't have time for this. I have other fish to fry.我没时间干这个，我还有其他事要办。

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 clown fell down on stage.孩子们看到小丑在台上摔倒以后，大笑了起来。Burst into laughterLaughter n.笑；笑声3. He burst into laughter when he turned around and saw his “bride” .他转身看到他的“新娘”以后，大笑了起来。

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burst1. 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. She burst into tears when she saw her terrible grades. 当她看到自己糟糕的成绩时，突然大哭了起来。3. I was so happy to see my family that I burst into tears.我看到我的家人太高兴了，就哭了起来。burst out crying4.The children burst out crying on hearing of the death of their dog. 孩子们听到他们的狗死了，哭了起来。

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 come to our party,and your better half is invited, too! 来参加我们的派对吧，你的爱人也被邀请了。

It’s a bummer.bummer令人不愉快/失望的人、事、经历1. Getting stranded at the airport was a real bummer.被滞留在机场真的是很恶心。2. It’s a bummer that my best friend can’t make it to my wedding.我最好的朋友参加不了我的婚礼了，很烦人。3. It was a real bummer that it rained the whole weekend. I had to stay indoors and did nothing. 整个周末都在下雨，很烦人，我只能呆在室内，啥都没做不了。

better off 达到/处于更好的状况You would be better off without me.没有我你会过得更好。I think you guys would be better off taking the train than driving.我觉得你们坐火车比开车更好Your health will be better off if you choose the fruit salad rather than the chocolate cake. 如果你选择水果沙拉而不是巧克力蛋糕，你的健康状况会更好。

Window-shop 橱窗购物，只看不买shop 购物window 商店的玻璃橱窗A: Do you want to go shopping this weekend? 周末咱去逛街吧？B: I think I’ll just window-shop because I don’t have much money.我可能只看不买，因为我没多少钱。I’m not looking for anything particular, just window-shopping.我没有什么特别想买的，只是看看。

tag along 跟着，跟随tag 标签；紧随along 一起；伴随着When I was a kid, I used to tag along with my brother when he went out with his friends.小时候，我哥跟他的朋友出去玩的时候，我经常会跟着他。If you are going to the mall, do you mind if I tag along? 你如果是去商场的话，介不介意我跟着啊？

up in the air悬而未决；（计划、安排）不确定I didn’t get into college, so my future is kind of up in the air.我没考上大学，所以我何去何从现在有点不确定。Becky and I were supposed to go shopping this weekend, but things are up in the air now, because she’s not feeling well. Becky 和我本来这周末要去逛街的，但是现在不确定了，因为她现在身体不太舒服。

Why did you stand me up last night? 你昨天晚上为什么放我鸽子？1 stand sb up 失约，爽约，放某人鸽子Pronunciationdid you 连读时会发生音变 /d/+/j/=/dʒ/stand me up 连读 stand d失去爆破me up 元音+元音连读，连读时中间加半元音 /j/last night last t 失去爆破这些连读技巧，在我录制的【美式英语发音秘诀第二期】中都有讲到。stand up 其他的义项2 stand up 站起来3 stand up for sb/sth 拥护，维护，为…辩护；支持Nobody stood up for him while they were questioning his loyalty.他们质疑他的忠诚的时候，没有人站出来维护他。Xiao Cui always stands up for what he believes in.小崔总是会认定并坚决支持自己相信的东西。4 stand up to sb/sth直面，勇敢面对；经受住Xiao Cui stood up to those who threatened to kill him.小崔直面哪些威胁说要杀他的人。Will this building stand up to the coming typhoon? 这栋建筑能经受住即将到来的台风吗？5 stand up with sb 做…的伴郎或伴娘（best man伴郎/ maid of honor伴娘）Why don’t you come and stand up with me.要不你来做我的伴郎吧。6 Stand-up 站立的，直立的（重音在第一个单词）stand-up collar 竖领stand-up comedy单人表演的喜剧（类似咱们的相声）stand-up comedian一位单口喜剧演员a stand-up guy 忠诚，可靠；可靠的好男人

bare one’s heart / soul 倾吐心声，袒露心声bare 露出，使裸露heart 心soul 心灵，灵魂We didn’t know each other that well, so I was surprised that he bared his heart to me. 我们不是很熟，所以我很惊讶他对我袒露心声。Billy couldn't keep things to himself any longer. He decided to bare his soul to his best friend.Billy再也憋不住心里的事情了，他决定向他最好的朋友倾吐心声。There’re very few people I would bare my heart to.能让我倾吐心声的人不多。

nail it 完美办成某事；搞定/完成nail 指甲；钉（钉子）Good luck on your performance today, I hope you nail it! 今天的表演，祝你好运，我希望你表演成功。A: How was your interview today? 你今天的面试怎么样？B: Nailed it. 完美。

add fuel to the fire/flames 火上浇油，使情况更糟add添加fuel 燃料fire 火flame 火焰He forgot their wedding anniversary, and his apologies only added fuel to the fire.他忘记了他们的结婚纪念日，而他的道歉只是在火上浇油。fuel the fire/flamesfuel v.添加燃料I don’t wanna fuel the fire here, so I’m just gonna keep my mouth shut.我不想在这火上浇油，所以我就闭嘴好了。She is already furious and his excuses will only fuel the flames.她已经很生气了，他的借口只会火上浇油。

a big deal 大事，重要的事；重要的人物Buying a house is a big deal.买房子是件大事。He is a big deal around here.他在这一片是个大人物。这个短语常见的日常用法还有：What’s the big deal? 有什么大不了的？It’s not a big deal. /No big deal. 没什么大不了的。类似的更口语化的用法：No biggie.没事，不要紧。可以用于回答别人的感谢最后再来强调一下读音big i发短音或叫松元音/ɪ/deal ea发长音或叫紧元音/i/

英语“上厕所”有很多种说法：go to the bathroomuse the toiletanswer the call of nature/ nature's call“响应大自然的召唤”非正式的，有调侃的意味，最好在熟人和朋友之间使用。I had to get up in the middle of the night to answer the call of nature.我得大半夜起来去响应大自然的召唤（上厕所）。He went to answer the call the nature.他去上厕所了。A：Where are you going? 你干嘛去？B：Nature's call.大自然在召唤。

get one's feet wet�刚开始做；开始参加Of course he can't do the job right. He's hardly got his feet wet yet.他当然做不好工作了，他基本上还没开始做呢？Back then, I was still an intern, getting my feet wet.那时候，我还是个实习生，刚开始做。

Once in a blue moon 千载难逢；极为罕见（very rarely）Winning the lottery happens once in a blue moon.彩票中奖是很少见的。No way! You only get a chance like this once in a blue moon.不会吧! 这种机会可是千载难逢啊。

get the hang of something 熟悉某物的用法；掌握窍门；理解某事Don’t worry, keep practicing, you will get the hang of it.别担心，多多练习，你会掌握它的窍门的。 I'm starting to get the hang of how this thing works.我开始熟悉这东西是怎么用的了。

Not to mention +n/v-ing更不用说，更别提mention 提及，说到I can’t even solve the math problem, not to mention the 8-year-old kid.我都算不出来这道数学题，更别说这个8岁的孩子了。He is a rich guy, he has a luxury car, not to mention 2 houses in Beijing.他可是个土豪，他有辆豪车，更不用提他在北京还有2套房子。let alone 一般用于否定句的后面，表示后面的情况更不可能。she can't even make instant noodles, let alone cook a meal.她连下方便面都不会，更别说做饭了。He may never be able to walk again, let alone play football.他可能再也站不起了，更别说踢足球了。

Don’t play dumb with me.别跟我装傻。dumb 哑的；愚蠢的play dumb 装作不知情；装傻，装聋作哑Don’t play dumb with me, I know you know it. Just tell me！别跟我装傻，我知道你知道这事，赶紧告诉我！I don’t want him to know that you are back, so I'm just going to play dumb the next time I see him.我不想让他知道你回来了，所以下次见到他我就跟他装傻。

pain in the ass  形容某人或某事令人厌恶、恶心；眼中钉、肉中刺That guy is a real pain in the ass.那人真的很恶心。I know I need to renew my license, but waiting in line at the DMV is such a pain in the ass.我知道我的驾照需要续期了，但是在车管所排队等真的很烦人。pain-in-the-ass 形容词,做定语修饰名词I’ve still got some pain-in-the-ass work to do before I call it aday.在结束今天一天的工作之前，我还有一些烦人的工作要做。We're having Mary over for dinner night. I just hope her pain-in-the-ass husband doesn't come along as well.我们邀请Mary今天晚上老家里吃饭，我只希望她那烦人的丈夫别也一块过来。需要提醒的是，这个短语比较粗鲁，注意使用场合。pain in the butt/ rear

Let's shake on it. 我们握手成交吧。shake on sth 双方握手表示同意某事；握手成交例句：I can't believe he broke his promise to me after we shook on it. 我真不敢相信在我们约定好了之后他竟然违背了他对我的诺言。I agree to the terms of this deal, so let's shake on it.我同意这次交易的条款，所以我们就握手成交吧。After several months of negotiations,I think we're now ready to shake on the deal.经过几个月的谈判，我觉得我们现在已经可以成交了。

have a lot/ toomuch/ enough on (one's) plate有很多事情需要处理，或者操心Just leave it be, you already have a lot on your plate.别管它了，你已经有很多事需要忙了。Sorry, I can't do that right now, I've got too much on my plate already.不好意思我现在没法做那个，已经有太多事情需要我去处理了。

get/be back on one's feet 重新站起来（字面）;重新振作起来;（生病后）恢复过来She struggled to get back on her feet after she fell.她摔倒后又挣扎着站了起来。Now that I've paid off all my debt, I'm finally back on my feet.现在我还清了所有的债务，我终于可以东山再起了。Mary is happy to be back on her feet again after her injury.Mary很高兴从伤痛中恢复了过来。

in the long run 长远来看Buying the house is a big expense at first, but in the long run it’s cheaper than paying rent. 买这套房子一开始是个大的开销，但是长远来看，比付房租便宜。

What’s the catch? 有什么条件？一般用于当你觉得某事听起来太好了，怀疑它是有条件的，或者是有潜在问题的catch 这就是指潜在的条件或隐患This sounds too good to be true. There's a catch,isn't there?这听起来太好了，而不真实，这是有条件的是吧？There's always a catch. Nothing's truly free in this world.任何事都是有条件的，这个世界上没有什么是完全免费的。

Let’s get this straight.咱先把这个搞清楚。straight 直的，直白的get something straight.弄清楚，搞明白Let me get one thing straight, I’m the boss here, you work for me, so you do what I tell you to do, not the opposite. 咱先搞清楚一个事实，我是老板，你为我工作，所以你照我说的去做，而不是反过来。

Let’s get down to business. 咱们开始干正事吧。get down to business 办正事；谈正事，言归正传例句：Alright, guys, enough chitchat, let’s get down to business.好了，同志们，别闲聊了，咱们开始办正事吧。

1. used to do 过去经常…，曾经…He used to be my best friend, but now we are like strangers to each other.他曾经是我最好的朋友，但现在我们彼此就像陌生人一样。 2. get/be used to +n/doing 习惯于…used adj 习惯的She just got here, and she’s not used to the food here yet.她刚到这，对这里的食物还不习惯。 I used to run in the morning everyday, so I was used to getting up early.我以前每天早晨都跑步，所以我习惯了早起。3.   be used to do 被用来…The water was used to water flowers. 这些水被用来浇花了。读音used to 连读

Don’t judge a book by its cover.不能以貌取人，人不可貌相；不能通过表面来判断事物的好坏。可以指人，也可指物。judge 判断；评判cover 覆盖；封面This machine may not be eye-catching ,but don’t judge a book by its cover, I promise you will be amazed after you see what it can do.这个机器可能看起来很不起眼，但是我们不能仅从表面来评判事物好坏，我保证你看到它功能后你会被惊艳到的。I know she’s a little frumpy, but as they say, you can’t judge a book by the cover, she actually is a very talented girl.我知道她有点邋遢，但是，俗话说人不可貌相，她其实是个很有才的女孩。

The ball is in your court. 轮到你来做决定了，下一步该你了ball 球court 球场Now the ball is in your court, what are you gonna do?现在该你了，你打算怎么办呢？They invited you, so the ball is in your court now. Do you wanna go out with them or not?他们邀请你了，现在该你做决定了，你跟他们去吗？

beat around the bush说话绕圈子，拐弯抹角；旁敲侧击beat 打around 在…周围bush 灌木，灌木丛Stop beating around the bush and answer my question.别绕圈子了，回答我的问题。Don’t beat around the bush, just tell me how much(money) you need.别拐弯抹角了，你就告诉我需要多少（钱）。

Are we on the same page？ 我们的意见是一致的吗？page页面On the same page “在同一页上”表示意见一致，看法相同We all need to be on the same page before we present this idea to the boss.在把这个想法告诉老板之前，我们所有人的意见要一致。

I’d kill for that. 非常渴望，很想得到。I’d= I would      kill for 为了…杀人I’d kill for 为了… 愿意去杀人，表示非常渴望It’s so hot out here, I’d kill for a cold beer.这外面太热了，真想来杯冰啤酒。be dying for… 渴望…to die for 为了…而死be dying for 渴望得到…I’m so tired, I’m dying for a nap. 我好累啊，好想睡一觉。