相信不少人都有這樣的感覺，就是自己的英語學得差不多了，但是有時候跟老外對話還是會聽不懂，為什麼?我想你需要掌握下面這些老外常用的.英語俚語短語。
· to sweet-talk someone into (out of ) doing...甜言蜜語地讓某人做(不做)……
the accountant sweet-talked the boss out of checking her account.
· keep someone down a notch挫某人的傲氣
the monitor likes to order us around. he needs to be kept down a notch.
· have one's heart set on...一心想要……
once he had his heart set on something, he'll accept no turning-back.
· one's heart in one's mouth嚇得要命
my heart was in my mouth when i heart someone tapping on my window one raining night.
have one's heart in one's mouth; with one's heart in one's mouth
· not have the heart to do something不忍心去做
how can you have the heart to kill my pet?
· take something to heart往心裡去/認真接受意見等
tom decided to take his father's words to heart and wash his hands off smoking.
· be in the seventh heaven高心極了
mary was in seventh heaven when she finally came to paris, the center of fashion.
· move heaven and earth想盡一切辦法
believe me. i promise to move heaven and earth to help you.
· be in full swing達到高潮，全面展開
china has opened its door to the outside world for twenty years. reforms in every walks of life are in full swing.
· be asleep at the switch玩忽職守
the goal-keeper was asleep at the switch and let the rival team goal at the last minute.
· a t對……再適合不過了
this new job suits me to a t.
· turn the tables扭轉局勢
don't worry, your husband knows how to turn the tables and crack down on those guys.
· drink someone under the table把某人灌醉
he has a hollow leg. he can drink all of us here under the table.
· keep tabs on something/someone掌握情況,密切關注
he has subscribed ten newspapers in order to keep tabs on the new developments in market management.
· have someone dancing on a string任意擺佈某人
betty is a housewife and no income. her husband has her dancing on a string.
· pull strings for someone為某人走後門，幕後操作
in the material world, money pulls the strings.
· be stuck on someone迷戀上某人
tom was stuck on the girl at the first meeting although it was a blind date.
