地道日常英语,精彩情景呈现

yping88 · 发表于 27-1-2015 13:24:18

If I were put up for this job, I would be out of my element 我会做不来的; 不会做得得心应手的

I am at my wit's end 山穷水尽；穷途末路==at the end of the rope

yping88 · 发表于 8-2-2015 22:34:46

The hustle and bustle of the metropolitan city 大都市的喧嚣熙攘

You are railroading me 逼迫我仓促地做出决定或判断

yping88 · 发表于 22-3-2015 21:09:04

I don't ask for quarter, and I don't give any either 我不想别人对我发号施令，也不会对别人指手划脚 Quarter: 方向

Could I ask for quarter? 能不能请你高抬贵手？请您饶恕？quarter, as in HEADQUARTER, means: shelter, mercy

yping88 · 发表于 22-3-2015 21:51:10

Hard cheese==Tough luck, 厄运，倒霉

Get under one's skin 激怒某人

yping88 · 发表于 14-4-2015 09:01:50

What is good for goose is good for gander 实用于雌鹅的规则同样适用于雄鹅。即：规则面前，人人平等。

yping88 · 发表于 21-4-2015 16:43:16

He took a swipe at 攻击, 抨击 her by saying she was reckless when she claimed she loves the feeling of binge drinking 酗酒.

She said to him immediately: It takes one to know one! 只有你自己是不负责任的人，你才认为别人不负责任！

yping88 · 发表于 7-5-2015 20:05:13

本帖最后由 yping88 于 12-5-2015 16:15 编辑

What goes around comes around

She is a sticky beak

I might cross the floor if that solution can address the issues raised!

Why do people get so up in arms about feminism?

They have been working hard to keep their heads above the water

yping88 · 发表于 12-5-2015 17:36:42

本帖最后由 yping88 于 12-5-2015 16:41 编辑

http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2015/05/11/27141541/

yping88 · 发表于 12-5-2015 18:56:31

A case in point

This news knocks me back

yping88 · 发表于 18-5-2015 20:58:53

A piece of advise for all the responsible drivers:

While you are driving on the highway, you find yourself being tailgated. The wise thing you should do is gently brake checking the driver who is tailgating, this could serve as a courtesy reminder to tell that driver that he/she is dangerously close. Sometimes, maybe the driver is just distracted and doesn't realize he/she has put themselves or other road users in dangerous situation.

If that driver ignores your warning, you can brake check her/him once more, hoping he/her can change their driving behaviour. However, if this brake checking serves nothing, you'd better take yourself out of this situation by carefully driving off the main road if safe to do so. Because that driver seems to deliberately drive in a non-responsible way, you certainly don't want to keep yourself in that kind of drama if you can safely get yourself out of the trouble.

yping88 · 发表于 19-5-2015 16:36:14

Dog-whistle politics: Politicians use their political jargon that means one thing seemingly to the public but has absolutely the additional meanings from the politics' perspective.

Just got back to YUFU regarding a previous post!

yping88 · 发表于 19-5-2015 19:07:47

本帖最后由 yping88 于 19-5-2015 19:14 编辑

I have a lot of irons in the fire

Be tied to the apron strings of his mother

yping88 · 发表于 26-5-2015 21:29:58

I stand corrected and promise not to do it again!

yping88 · 发表于 1-6-2015 18:40:15

I did a double take when I was run by my friend on the shocking news.

Hanging in there, miss! Even though your clock is ticking in your biological department, doesn't mean that you have to sell yourself short!

yping88 · 发表于 12-6-2015 23:23:36

Your speech is off-putting

Do you have to go uptown on us just because we don't know as much as you do?

It has to be a seat-of-pants decision when it comes to disciplining children!

Yeah, you really beat me to it!

I have done well by you!

You have a knack for solving problems!

You decided to be brown-nose asking those questions

A con job

Pull a trick on someone

It's an uphill battle

yping88 · 发表于 12-6-2015 23:28:22

I would feel guilty if I keep getting a free ride out of tricking her!

yping88 · 发表于 30-6-2015 17:27:16

He must be stir-crazy 因长期禁闭而发疯的 to make a decision like this!

Call a spade a spade 实话实说；说老实话；直言不讳

As square as a butter box--Law abiding, well behaved

Since we are divorced, my parents-in-law have become my parents-out-law

yping88 · 发表于 30-6-2015 21:28:41

He is hitting the sauce 喝酒(酗酒)

yping88 · 发表于 4-7-2015 03:00:44

本帖最后由 yping88 于 6-7-2015 02:01 编辑

She has a chip on her shoulder---Meaning someone has been always unhappy, angry about everything; always feel they are wrongly done by. He/she blames other people for their unhappiness and takes out on people around them.

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