很多时候，我们看到老外们日常对话中的词汇都非常简单，但我们自己却打死也想不到原来还有这种操作，居然可以这样排列组合啊！掌握这些地道的英语表达，连老外可能都会对你的英语刮目相看哟✨
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Cut someone some slack
中文意思：放某人一马
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Hey. Cut me some slack. I was really busy with my frog hunting business last week and forgot to call. I'm sorry!
嘿，放我一马吧。上个星期我真的是忙着捉青蛙了，忘了给你打电话。对不起嘛！
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Down for the count
中文意思：疲劳的；放弃；不愿再参与
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No, you can't take my dog for a walk – she's down for the count after chasing cats all day.
不，你不能遛我的狗。——她追了那几只猫一天，已经累坏了。
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A taste of your own medicine
中文意思：如果对别人使坏，那么自己理所当然地也要尝尝相同的滋味
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After constantly being prank-called, Julian decided to give Juan a taste of his own medicine and ordered twenty-seven pizzas to be delivered to Juan's house.
在多次被捉弄后，朱利安决定也要让胡安尝尝同样的滋味，就订了27块披萨送到胡安的家里。
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In the fast lane
中文意思：繁忙刺激的人生
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When Curtis turned forty, he decided he needed to live life in the fast lane, so he quit his job as a dentist and decided to tour Europe by motorcycle.
当柯蒂斯四十岁的时候，他决心过刺激的人生，所以他辞去了牙医的工作，决定骑摩托车环游欧洲。
18
Draw the line
中文意思：停止；判定好坏的分界线
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Now I draw the line at speaking in front of 34,000 people.
现在我结束了在34000人前的讲话。
19
Every cloud has a silver lining
中文意思：乌云中的幸福线（困境中总会发现转机）
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Even though you just got fired, remember that every cloud has a silver lining – at least you don’t have to work for that grouchy boss anymore!
即使你被解雇了，你也要记住，柳暗花明又一村。至少你再也不用为那个坏脾气的老板工作了！
20
Finding a needle in a haystack
中文意思：根本找不到
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Trying to get a new job these days is like trying to find a needle in a haystack.
这些天找份新工作真是不可能的事。
21
Fish out of water
中文意思：不得其所，格格不入
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Tom felt like a fish out of water at the Star Trek convention his new girlfriend begged him to attend.
汤姆的新女友央求他去《星际迷航》的影迷会，这让他感到浑身不自在。
22
Get something off your chest
中文意思：说出困扰了你很久的事；承认你做错了某事
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I have to get this off my chest – I copied your answers on the Redesigned SAT. Thanks for the 15th percentile score, by the way.
我得承认，在入学考试时我抄了你的答案。顺便感谢你让我进了前15%。
23
Give it a whirl
中文意思：尝试做某事
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I've never gone kite-boarding, but I’m prepared to give it a whirl!
我从没玩过风筝冲浪，但我准备尝试一下！
24
Go down in flames
中文意思：在众人面前失败
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The football player's career went down in flames after the media learned he'd been heavily in gambling debts.
在被媒体爆出身负赌债后，这名足球选手的事业一落千丈。
25
Go the extra mile
中文意思：加倍努力
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My dentist always goes the extra mile, offering free back massages at the end of a stressful tooth extraction.
我的牙医总是非常尽心，会在令人紧张的拔牙后给病人按摩。
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Hang in there
中文意思：有耐心，坚持下去
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I know you're struggling right now in school, but just hang in there. It'll get easier. I promise.
我知道你现在在学校里的日子不好过，但你要坚持下去。一切都会好起来的，我保证。
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