10.吃閉門羹 to a locked door
我昨天去他家看他,不想吃了閉門羹。
I went to see him yesterday, but unfortunately I was to a lockeddoor.
11.哪兒都找了 look high and low
我哪都找了,可還是沒有找到那把鑰匙。
I looked high and low for the key, but I couldn’t find it anywhere.
12.抽筋 have a charley horse
別碰我,我大腿抽筋了。
Don’t touch me; I’ve got a charley horse on the leg.
13.燙傷 to scald
炸丸子時他把手給燙傷了,現(xiàn)在手上全是泡。
He had his hand scalded when frying meatballs and now the scalds come up in blisters all over hishand.
14.被叮get stung by
在割草時,他被黃蜂叮了一下,現(xiàn)在臉都腫了。
He got stung by a wasp while cutting grass and his face is swollen now.
15.不一會兒 in a jiffy
別離開,他們不一會就到了。
Don’t go away. They’ll arrive in jiffy.
16.碰某人一指頭 lay a finger on…
如果你再敢碰我妹妹一指頭,我就殺了你。
I’ll kill you if you so much as lay a finger on my sister again.
17.讓我 …… lemme…
讓我試試吧。Lemme have a try.
(lemme 是let me音變形式。)
18.我不騙你 I kid you not
真的, 我不騙你。 他確實是那樣說的。
Really. I kid you. He indeed said so.