1. keep one's shirt on保持冷靜
Keep your shirt on. He didn't mean to offend you. That's just the way he talks.
保持冷靜。那只是他說話的慣常方式，他並非有意要冒犯你。
2. cool it冷靜一點
Cool it. You are making me mad.
冷靜一點。你快把我逼瘋了。
3. joy ride兜風
Let's go for a joy ride.
讓我們去兜兜風。
4. rap說唱樂
Do you like rap music? I have trouble understanding the words.
你喜歡說唱音樂嗎？我聽不太懂其中的.歌詞。
5. red-letter day大日子
This is a red-letter day for Susan. She made her first sale to a very
important client.
今天是susan的大日子。她和一個非常重要的客戶做成了第一筆生意。
6. go up in smoke成為泡影
Peter's vacation plans went up in smoke when a crisis arose in the office.
7. 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！
8. 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。
9. scare the shit out of someone嚇死某人了
Don't sneak up behind me like that. You scared the shit out of me.
不要那樣從後面突然嚇我。你嚇死我了。
10. 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。
