1、Slang is the use of informal words and expressions,but its more acceptable when used socially.Break a legA:Man,I have a performance tomorrow I am so nervous.B:Dont be,you will be fine,break a leg,okay!A:break a leg?Are you kidding me?Break a leg=Good LuckA:Hi,do you want to try this new flavor hambu
2、rger,buy one and Ill give you one on the house.B:On the house?Can I just go upstairs?On the house=for freegold gold diggerdigger A:I am gonna break up with my girlfriend,she is totally a gold digger.B:Why?She must be rich.Gold digger=拜金女拜金女It goes in one ear and out the other I told Sally it was foo
3、lish to marry that man,but it went in one ear and out the other.Now she wishes shed 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 dont have any choice but to fire you.if inf
4、ormation goes in one ear and out the other,the person who is told it forgets it immediately because they do not listen carefully enough.to throw cold water on something 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
5、 but my dad threw cold water on this idea the other day when he told me he wasnt sure he had the money to pay my tuition for so long.to criticize or stop something that some people are enthusiastic about The shoe is on the other foot Back in school we made fun of Jones because we thought he spent to
6、o much time studying instead of having fun.Now the shoe is on the other foot-hes made lots of money and the rest of us are just barely making enough to feed our families.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
7、person who was in a weak position is now in a strong position.Pull your socks up I have bad news:our sales were off 18%for the last quarter.So Im telling you guys-you have to pull your socks up and get out there and sell more stuff,or youll be looking for new jobs this summer.to make an effort to im
8、prove your work or behaviour because it is not good enough.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.to watch and listen carefully to what is happening arou
9、nd you so that you know about everything fly off the handle My wife spent all afternoon yesterday cooking a special dinner for our wedding anniversary.So she really flew off the handle when I came home three hours late.He really flew off the handle when I suggested selling the house.to react in a ve
10、ry angry way to something someone says or does Up in arms All us students are up in arms at the news the school is raising our tuition ten percent.Local businessmen are up in arms over the new parking regulations which will make shopping very inconvenient for customers.very angry laugh up ones sleev
11、e We were all laughing up our sleeves at the teacher when he was up at the blackboard explaining the math problem.He had a rip in the back of his pants and didnt know it.We were all laughing up our sleeves at our brother when he sat down at the dinner table.Hed seen his girl off at the airport and had lipstick on his face and didnt know it.to laugh at someone secretly,often in an unkind way！
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