2017年美国俚语大搜索：帮你与美国人顺利交流（2）

很多到了美国的学生，虽然在国内的英文水平很好，但是都会反映有时还是听不懂美国人在说什么，其实美国人说话的实话都会有一些俚语，而这些是我们在国内一般接触不到的，下面我们把这些俚语进行了总结，希望对同学们有所帮助。

I

in

The tie you are wearing is really in.

fashionable

in deep

They are really in deep with each other.

deeply involved

in the bag

Everything is in the bag. There is nothing to worry about.

settled

intense

This is a very intense situation we are discussing.

serious

J

jam

I am glad you got yourself out of that jam.

trouble

jerk someone around

Recently it seems like everyone is jerking me around.

wasting my time and cause my trouble

jock

My roommate is a jock for the basketball team.

an athlete

john

The john really smells.

bathroom

joint

Where is the closest joint to here.

cheap bar

He is good at rolling joints.

marijuana cigerattes

junkie

Sam is a junkie.

drug addict

just off the boat

He acts like he is just off the boat.

naive

K

keep one s cool

He kept his cool when his house burned down.

remain calm

kegger

I hear there is a kegger at John s house tonight.

beer party

kick

I get a kick out of watching him paint.

enjoy

klutz

He is a real klutz.

stupid and clumsy person

knock

Don t knock it if you can t do it any better.

criticize

knocked up

My dog gets knocked up once a year.

pregnant

knockout

Who was that knockout I saw you with last Friday?

stunning person

knuckle sandwich

Shut up or I ll give you a knuckle sandwich.

punch in the mouth

kook

Watch out for all the kooks in this neighborhood.

strange person

L

laid-back

You need to be more laid-back.

calm and relaxed

lame

That is really a lame excuse.

an inadequate

line

I have heard that line a million times.

story

loser

John is a loser.

annoying and useless

love handles

I exercise every day, but I can t get rid of these love handles.

rolls of fat around my stomach

M

make waves

Try not to make waves around the office.

cause trouble

maxed out

I am maxed out at my work and need to rest.

exhuasted

mean

He plays a mean violin.

performs well on

mega

I have mega amounts of tomatoes in my garden this summer.

large

megabucks

He made megabucks when he sold his company.

a lot of money

mellow

You need to mellow out and enjoy life.

calm downand relax

meltdown

There has been a meltdown in the relationship between my parents and me.

total collapse

mickey mouse

The homework the teacher gave us was mickey mouse.

nonsense and a waste of time

move on someone

I am going to try to move on Sarah next Saturday.

pick up seduce

mush

That is total mush and you know it.

nonsense

N

nark

Watch out for the narks in the airport.

drug police

neat

That was a neat idea that you had.

good

negative

There are too many negatives about the company merger.

bad things

nick

The police nicked the shoplifter as he was leaving the store.

arrested

nip

He took a nip out of the bottle.

a quick drink

no sweat

It s no sweat to have the report in to you by Monday.

no problem

nuke

I ll nuke our dinner in a few minutes.

heat up in the microwave

Does that attack plane have any nukes?

nuclear weapon

nut

I think that he is a nut.

crazy person

You are completely nuts if you think I will go with you.

crazy

P

pad

Have you found a pad yet?

a place to live

pain in the neck

My wife s best friend is a pain in the neck.

annoying

paper-pusher

My office is filled with paper-pushers.

bureaucratic office work

party animal

You re too old to be a party animal.

love parties

party-hearty

We need to party-hearty because we just got a raise in salary.

celebrate

paw

Get your paws off of my body.

hands

peanuts

I am not going to work for peanuts.

practically no money

pickled

He gets pickled after only one beer.

intoxicated

piece of cake

Working on a computer for me is a piece of cake.

easy to do

pig

He is a pig at parties.

eats too much

pig out

Let s go to the restaurant and pig out.

eat a lot or overeat

pit stop

Let s make a pit stop at the next rest area.

stop and go to the bathroom

plastered

He drinks too much and is always plastered on the weekend.

intoxicated

pooped out

He pooped out after we started to do the hard work.

quit

pop

Shut up or I will pop you.

hit

pop for something

It is my turn to pop for the doughnuts.

buy

pro

He is really a pro at his work.

professional

prod

Can you give me a gentle prod next week so I won t forget?

remind

psyched up

The players are really psyched up for the game on Friday.

mentally ready

psycho

She is a psycho. She should be in a hospital.

mentally ill

puke

I feel like I am going to puke.

vomit

push off

I am going to push off now.

leave

put the moves on

You should give up trying to put the moves on her. She is married.

seduce

put-on

It was an elaborate put-on which I almost believed.

deception

Q

quarterback

Who is going to quarterback the meeting?

lead

quick buck

I need to make a quick buck.

some easy money

R

rack

I have to hit the rack by ten or I ll be tired in the morning.

bed

rack out

I am going to rack out for two hours.

sleep

racket

There sure was a lot of racket outside last night.

noise

rag

I can t believe we still get this same old rag.

newspaper

rap

We need to sit down and rap about a few things.

talk about

rathole

When are you going to be able to move out of that rathole?

run down palce

raw

The raw office workers were not getting much done.

new

ream someone out

The boss really reamed him out for his bad report.

got angry with him

red hot

Your idea is really red hot.

important

repo

Hey, don t repo my car. I will pay next week.

repossess

rinky-dink

The circus was really rinky-dink.

inferior

riot

The comedy program was a real riot.

funny

road hog

That driver is a road hog.

takes up too much of the road

rocks

Would you like your whiskey on the rocks?

with ice

rough time

We have had a rough time this winter.

hard time

rug

Is that a rug on his head?

wig

rug rat

My sister has three rug rats.

children

rule

My wife rules the house.

dominates

run off at the mouth

He is always running off at the mouth.

talking too much

run out of gas

The politician ran out of gas during the campaign.

lost interst or momentum

S

sack

When did you hit the sack last night?

go to bed

scam

Don t lose your money in some kind of scam.

swindle

scarf

Since he hadn t eaten in a week, he scarfed down everything on his plate.

ate quickly

schmuck

What a stupid schmuck.

jerk

screw around

If you screw around all day at this work, you will have to come back again.

waste time

screw up

If you screw up one more time, I will fire you.

make a mistake

sharp

He is very sharp with numbers

intelligent

shot

I ll give the puzzle another shot.

try

shot down

Everyone shot down my idea at first, but later agreed that it was a good idea.

disagreed with

slammer

The police threw them both in the slammer.

jail

smashed

Try not to get smashed at the beer party.

intoxicated

smoke eater

My father is a smoke eater.

fireman

split

It is time to split and go see the movie.

leave

spook

The cows were spooked by the howling of the wolves.

frightened

spud

Do you want rice or spuds for dinner?

potatoes

square

My father looks square in his jacket.

old-fashioned

steamed up

Don t get so steamed up over the issue.

angry

stink

This whole operation stinks.

is repulsive

straight

I want you to give me a straight answer.

honest

stressed

I am really stressed by all the recent world events.

upset

sucker

Don t be a sucker.

be deceived

T

take a hike

I am tired of all your complaining. Take a hike.

leave

taken

He was taken for all his money at the casino.

cheated out of

taking care of business

I have been taking care of business.

doing what i have to do

threads

Those look like expensive threads he is wearing.

clothes

tool around

I don t want to tool around all night. It is time to go home.

drive around

totaled

My car was totaled in the accident with the garbage truck.

complemently wrecked

U

up

He has been up ever since he met his new girlfriend.

happy and cheerful

up for grabs

This is a sale. Everything is up for grabs.

available

V

veg out

I want to veg out in front of the television this evening.

relax and do nothing

vibes

He really gives off good vibes.

feeling

w

wad

You don t want to carry a wad like that with you in the big city.

bundle of money

waste

After you waste him, throw the body in the river.

kill

wheels

If you let me borrow your wheels, I ll go out and buy a pizza.

car

whiz

He is a whiz at the computer.

talented person

wired

I am really wired after drinking five cups of coffee.

altert

wussy

Don t be such a wussy all the time. Say what you are thinking.

weak person

Y

yukky

This food tastes yukky

bad

Z

zapped

I am too zapped to help you right now.

exhuasted

zip

He knew zip about running the company.

nothing