butter up 对…说好话

Maybe if we butter up mother, she'll let us go to the movies.

如果我们对妈说点好听的,也许她会让我们去看电影.



butt in 插嘴,打岔

Amy loves to butt in and offer her advice even when it's not wanted.

不管时机对不对,爱米都喜欢插嘴提供意见.



button one's lip 住口;闭嘴

Tell Cindy to button her lip or else she'll be in big trouble.

告诉辛迪闭嘴,否则她就惨了.



buy time 拖延时间

I think we should try to buy more time.

我想我们应该设法拖延时间.



chew someone out 责骂某人;谴责某人

Follow the rules and you won't get chewed out.

遵守规定你就不会挨骂.



cheap shot下流手段

The candidates ended up taking cheap shots at each other during the debate.

辩论中,候选人最后都用下流手段攻击对方.



on cloud line 飘飘然(原以为在九重天上)

Daphne was on cloud nine for days after Chip asked her to the prom.

棋谱邀请戴夫妮参加学校班级舞会,她兴奋了好几天.



cough it up(不情愿地)付钱

Cough it up. I know you have the twenty dollars.

付钱吧.我知道你有这二十美金的.



corny 陈词滥调,毫无新意

Fred's jokes are always so corny.

弗雷德的笑话总是如此毫无新意.



on the dot 准时

He arrives on the dot. I was sure he'd be late.

他准时到了.我本以为他会迟到的.


fall for 上当

We played a trick on him and he fell for it.

我们捉弄他,他上当了.



fiddle around 玩弄

Don't fiddle around with the television set. You'll end up breaking it.

不要玩电视机.你会弄坏的.



half-baked 肤浅的,半吊子

How do you come up with all these half-baked ideas? You should think them out more carefully.

你怎么会想出这些肤浅的主意的?你应该仔细的考虑考虑.



goof up 犯错,出岔子

Don't goof up. This project is too important.

别出岔子.这个计划太重要了.


play dirty用诈术

The only way that Dan knows how to win is to play dirty. I'm going to vote for Brian instead.

丹只会用诈术来赢.我要投布莱恩一票.



potluck 聚餐(各家带一道菜的聚餐方式)

We're having a potluck Friday night, so bring a dish to pass.

星期五晚上我们要聚餐,带一道菜来参加吧!



play games捣鬼

Don't play games with me, Jane. I'm on to your tricks and manipulations.

简,别跟我捣鬼.我对你的诡计手段一清二楚.



raw deal 卑鄙的行为

What a raw deal! I deserve the promotion more than he does.

卑鄙!我比他更应该升职.



stay out of 不介入

I'm going to stay out of their argument.

我不打算介入他们的争执.



walk out on丢开不管

You can't walk out on me. I really need your help.

你不能丢下我不管.我真的需要你的帮助.