[轉貼] [推薦]美國俚語(3)

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[推薦]美國俚語(3)
1. go up in smoke成爲泡影
Peter’s vacation plans went up in smoke when a crisis arose in the office.
辦公室出了問題，peter的假期泡湯了。
2. hit the road上路
We should probably hit the road. It’s going to take us two hours to get home.
我們可能該上路了吧？到家的兩個小時呢！
3. shape up表現良好，乖
You’d better shape up if you want to stay on.
如果你還想留下來的話最好乖一點兒。
4. scare the **** out of someone嚇死某人了
Don’t sneak up behind me like that. You scared the **** out of me.
不要那樣從後面突然嚇我。你嚇死我了。
5. pull strings運用關係 （源於“拉木偶的線”）
He pulled some strings and managed to get us front row seats for the concert.
他運用關係替我們拿到音樂會前排的位子。