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活用美国俚语??第 一 册??Lesson 01 Definition 定义 Do you know the following stuff? 1. Not on your life Not on your life 决不 an expression of definite refusal, certainly not坚决地回绝；当然不Not on your life would I ever travel by airplane我决不搭飞机旅游。 2. Up in arms Up in arms 生气；激烈地抗议 angry, ready to fight生气；预备打架The women were up in arms about the new antiabortion law.对于新制定的禁止堕胎法律，妇女们激烈地抗议。 3. Quiet down Quiet down 安静下来 lower the noise level 减低噪音的程度The father asked the children to quiet down because the baby was sleeping.那父亲要小孩子们安静下来，因为婴孩正在睡觉。 4. Fed up with Fed up with 极厌恶 having had enough of something; disgusted or angered by某事物够糟了；因……而厌恶或发怒The maid was so lazy that they finally got fed up with her and fired her.那女仆很懒惰，最后他们对她厌恶至极，便把她开除了。 5. Show someone to the door Show someone to the door 将……赶出 ask someone to leave, kick out 要求某人离开；逐出We were very embarrassed, but he stayed so long that we finally had to show him to the door.我们感到很为难，但他停留了那么久，最后，我们只得请他离开了。 6. Let bygones be bygones 6. Let bygones be bygones Let bygones be bygones 既往不咎forget about past wrongs 遗忘过去的错误They decided to reconcile their differences and let bygones be bygones.他们决定和解他们的异议，且不再计较过去的事。 Lesson 02 Sight for sore eyes Sight for sore eyes令人看到就高兴的人或物a welcome person，whom one hasn’t seen for a long time；a thing which is a pleasure to see 一个受欢迎的人，某人与他久未谋面；赏心悦目之物Hi，Jack! You are a sight for sore eyes！嗨，杰克!看到你真高兴。 Hear from Hear from 由…接到信 receive communication from 自(某人处)接到信We only hear from our son once a month.我们一个月只收到儿子的一封信。 Live out of a suitcase Live out of a suitcase携带简便行李said of people traveling whose only belongings are those that they bring with them指所有物质有随身携带的物品之旅行者Travelling is great if you don’t mind living out of a suitcase.如果你不介意只携带简便物品的话，旅行实在是很好的。 Call ones own Call ones own 属于自己所有 to possess；to own 持有；拥有After her older sister got married and left home，she finally had a room to call her own．她姊姊结婚并离开家后，她终于有了自己的房间。 Make one’s mouth water Make one’s mouth water 使人