流行實用的俚語薈萃2

a big mouth 多嘴者 多話的人 守不住祕密的人

if you have a big mouth, you talk too much, especially about things that should be secret

Helen's got such a big mouth - the news'll be all over the town by tonight.

I knew I shouldn't have mentioned the letter. Oh dear, me and my big mouth!

a big gun

大人物,有權勢的人

an important or powerful person in a group or organization

She's a big gun in city politics.

a big girl's blouse (British & Australian humorous)

解釋:形容男孩或男人有些女子氣,尤其是他們害怕的時候

a man or a boy who behaves in a way which other men think is how a woman would behave, especially if they show they are frightened of something

Come on you big girl's blouse, drink up and I'll get you another pint.

a belly laugh:捧腹大笑

a loud laugh which cannot be controlled

It's not often you hear the kind of jokes that give you a real belly laugh.

baptism of fire

解釋:初次經歷,通常是不容易的

a first experience of something, usually something difficult or unpleasant.

My son's just had his first visit to the dentist. He stood up to this baptism of fire very well.

Mary's had her baptism of fire as a teacher. She was assigned to the worst class in the school.

banker's hours

解釋:短暫的上班或工作時間;(如銀行所實行的)銀行短工作時(美英銀行每日工作五六個小時)

short work hours: 10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.

When did you start keeping banker's hours?

There aren't many bankers who keep banker's hours these days.

bang on (或upon)[口語]

1. 正中目標;完全正確,完全符合要求;非常恰當;很好
例句: Your answers banged on.
你的回答完全正確.

2. 猛擊;砰然重擊
例句: He banged on the door until she let him in.
他砰砰打門,一直到她開門讓他進去爲止.

3. [英國口語]喋喋不休地談到,把...老掛在嘴上,沒完沒了地重複某事,嘮叨不停:
例句: He's banging on about his trip to America all morning.
整個上午他喋喋不休地談他的美國之行.

4. 撞上,碰着;
例句: She banged her head on the low ceiling.
她的頭砰地撞在低矮的天花板上.


bank on something

1.依靠,依賴;信賴;指望;把希望建築在...上

You can bank on him to hand you a reasonable bill for your services.

你可以相信他會給你合理的服務費.　

Don't bank on your friends to help you out of trouble.

不要指望你的朋友來幫你擺脫困境.

2.發現…可靠

to be so sure of something that one can trust it as one might trust a bank with one's money.

I will be there on time. You can bank on it.

我會準時到的,放心吧.

This brake can't be banked on if we have to pull up suddenly.

如果我們必須緊急停車,這個剎車是不可靠的.

bang someone up

解釋:擊敗;攻擊;弄傷
to beat someone up; to assault someone; to damage someone.

The crooks banged him up a little bit.

The crash banged up the passengers in the car.

She banged herself up badly.

bang something up

解釋:撞壞,毀壞,損壞

to crash or wreck something; to damage something.

Don't bang my best skillet up!

Who banged up my best skillet?

bang/beat the drum

解釋:極力宣傳, 鼓吹
to speak eagerly about something that you support (often + for )

Once again she was banging the drum for pre-school nurseries.

The opposition parties are always beating the environmental drum.