孙文龙　陈　天

1.get someones back up 惹某人生气, 把某人惹翻了

A: What did you do to get her back up?

B: I only said she was easy to take offense.

A: And what else did you say?

B: Well, I also said she was not even a child.

A: But these remarks were enough to get her back up.

A：你怎么惹她生气了?

B：我只是说她爱生气。

A：你还说了什么?

B：我还说她连一个孩子都不如。

A：这些话语就足够让她生气了。

2.get the drop on sb. 先发制人，抢在某人的前面

A: Whats the score of the first half?

B: They got the drop on us and took the lead by 2 to 1.

A: We need to tie them to get the pass for the final.

B: It doesnt seem to be so easy.

A：上半场比分是多少?

B：他们先发制人，以2:1领先我们。

A：如果能胜了他们，我们就能出线了。

B：不容易呀!

3.get the sack 解雇

A: Youre in bad mood. Whats wrong?

B: My brother got the sack yesterday.

A: Why? I heard he worked well in the company.

B: Yeah,but the manager dismissed him with a ridiculous reason.

A: What is it?

B: He said my brother fell in love with his secretary.

A：你情绪不对。怎么了？

B：我哥昨天被解雇了。

A：为什么？我听说他在公司干得不错。

B：是呀，但经理因一个可笑的理由解雇了他。

A：什么呀？

B：他说我哥爱上了他的秘书。

4.get wind of听到风声，得到消息

A: Ive gotten wind of something, and there is a piece of good

news for you.

B: What is it?

A: Youll be promoted.

B: Is it true?

A: Yes, Im sure.

B: Thank you for telling me this.

A:我听到一些风声，有你的好消息。

B:什么好消息？

A:你要晋升了。

B:消息可靠吗？

A:绝对可靠。

B: 谢谢你告诉我这个消息。

5.gild/paint the lily画蛇添足，锦上添花，徒劳无益

A: I think Mary is not as beautiful as she was.

B: Yeah, she was an attractive girl before she married.

A: You see,her husband just gilded the lily by making her wear

expensive clothes.

B: Right. So she looks like all other rich wives around her.

A: What a pity!

A：我觉得玛丽没有以前漂亮了。

B：就是，结婚以前她挺妩媚的。

A：你看，还不是她丈夫婚后要锦上添花，让她穿昂贵的衣服。

B：就是。结果现在她看上去和她周围其他阔妇人一样罢了。

A：真是可惜！

6.give a dog a bad name and hang him洗刷不了

的强加之罪

A: She is very kind actually.

B: Really? But why nobody even say a word with her?

A: Its a long story, just give a dog a bad name and hang him

is in her case.

B: I see.

A：她人其实很不错。

B：那为什么没人和她说话。

A：故事长了，对她来说就是名声一坏再也翻不了身了。

B：我明白了。