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• to criticize or stop something that some people are enthusiastic about
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6
The shoe is on the other foot
• Back in school we made fun of Jones because we thought he spent too much time studying instead of having fun. Now the shoe is on the other foot -- he's made lots of money and the rest of us are just barely making enough to feed our families.
English slangs
Slang is the use of
informal words and expressions , but it’s more acceptable when
used socially.
1
Break a leg
A:Man,I have a performance tomorrow ．I am so nervous. B: Don’t be, you will be fine , break a leg ,okay! A: break a leg? Are you kidding me?
Break a leg= Good Luck
2
On the house
A:Hi,do you want to try this new flavor hamburger , buy one and I’ll give you one on the house. B:On the house? Can I just go upstairs?
• if you say that the shoe is on the other foot, you mean that a situation is now the opposite of what it was before, often because a person who was in a weak position is now in a strong position.
if information goes in one ear and out the other, the person who is told it forgets it immediately because they do not listen carefully enough.
.
5
to throw cold water on sometocks up
• I have bad news: our sales were off 18% for the last quarter. So I'm telling you guys -- you have to pull your socks up and get out there and sell more stuff, or you'll be looking for new jobs this summer.
On the house = for free
3
gold digger
A:I am gonna break up with my girlfriend, she is totally a gold digger.
B: Why ? She must
be rich.
Gold digger = 拜金女
4
• to make an effort to improve your work or behaviour because it is not good enough.
.
8
keep an ear to the ground
• I try to keep an ear to the ground and what I hear these days is that most people think we spend too much money on building roads and not enough on our schools.
It goes in one ear and out the other
• I told Sally it was foolish to marry that man, but it went in one ear and out the other. Now she wishes she'd listened to me. He drinks and gambles and she wants to leave him.
• How many times have I told you to get to work on time. But my words just go in one ear and out the other. So I don't have any choice but to fire you.
• to watch and listen carefully to what is happening around you so that you know about everything
• Everybody else in the office thought my idea was great, but the boss threw cold water on it."
• I had planned on going to medical school but my dad threw cold water on this idea the other day when he told me he wasn't sure he had the money to pay my tuition for so long."
.
6
The shoe is on the other foot
• Back in school we made fun of Jones because we thought he spent too much time studying instead of having fun. Now the shoe is on the other foot -- he's made lots of money and the rest of us are just barely making enough to feed our families.
English slangs
Slang is the use of
informal words and expressions , but it’s more acceptable when
used socially.
1
Break a leg
A:Man,I have a performance tomorrow ．I am so nervous. B: Don’t be, you will be fine , break a leg ,okay! A: break a leg? Are you kidding me?
Break a leg= Good Luck
2
On the house
A:Hi,do you want to try this new flavor hamburger , buy one and I’ll give you one on the house. B:On the house? Can I just go upstairs?
• if you say that the shoe is on the other foot, you mean that a situation is now the opposite of what it was before, often because a person who was in a weak position is now in a strong position.
if information goes in one ear and out the other, the person who is told it forgets it immediately because they do not listen carefully enough.
.
5
to throw cold water on sometocks up
• I have bad news: our sales were off 18% for the last quarter. So I'm telling you guys -- you have to pull your socks up and get out there and sell more stuff, or you'll be looking for new jobs this summer.
On the house = for free
3
gold digger
A:I am gonna break up with my girlfriend, she is totally a gold digger.
B: Why ? She must
be rich.
Gold digger = 拜金女
4
• to make an effort to improve your work or behaviour because it is not good enough.
.
8
keep an ear to the ground
• I try to keep an ear to the ground and what I hear these days is that most people think we spend too much money on building roads and not enough on our schools.
It goes in one ear and out the other
• I told Sally it was foolish to marry that man, but it went in one ear and out the other. Now she wishes she'd listened to me. He drinks and gambles and she wants to leave him.
• How many times have I told you to get to work on time. But my words just go in one ear and out the other. So I don't have any choice but to fire you.
• to watch and listen carefully to what is happening around you so that you know about everything
• Everybody else in the office thought my idea was great, but the boss threw cold water on it."
• I had planned on going to medical school but my dad threw cold water on this idea the other day when he told me he wasn't sure he had the money to pay my tuition for so long."