A: A piece of advice. Don’t screw around with her. She’s got a terrible temper.
　 A: (给你)一个忠告, 别跟她乱来, 她的脾气可坏得很!
　 B: She does? But she looks like a sweet little angel.
　 B: 是吗? 但是她看起来像个可爱善良的小天使。

“screw around with someone” 这个词组基本上是从上面的 “screw around” 延伸出来的用法。 像是对某人的态度轻慢、乱开玩笑就是这里的”screw around with someone” 的意思。

另外有一个跟 “screw around” 也有关系的词组是 “screw around with something”。它的意思是「胡搞某个东西」的意思。好比有人拿着你的遥控器乱玩一番, 你就可以请他 “Stop screwing around with the remote control.”。

63. tell it like it is 实话实说

A: I shouldn’t have called you for advice. You’re cruel, rude and ….. Aarrgh!
　 A: 我不该打电话问你的意见的。你不但残忍、无礼还…..呃!!!!
　 B: Well, I always tell it like it is and, unfortunately, sometimes the truth hurts.
　 B: 嗯! 我一向实话实说的。只是, 有时候, 实话是伤人的。

嘿嘿嘿…这个人真是太狠了。其实说话真是一门很大的学问。如何勇敢地说出自己内心的真正想法, 又不伤害到别人的自尊心并不是一件很容易的事。

64. go places (在社会上等)成功; 有成就

A: This kid is definitely going places someday. I could see a little YoYo Ma in him.
　 A: 这个孩子有一天必定会很有成就的。我在他的身上看到一个小马友友。
　 B: I don’t know about that. I guess he can be anything he wants to be, as long as he’s happy.
　 B: 这我倒不知道。我想, 只要他开心, 他想作什么都可以。

感觉上, 中国父母比较容易会从小帮小孩子计画他们的未来, 替他们安排各种课程, 为的是将来他们长大后能在社会上有成就。美国的父母通常比较不会这样作。也许他们也会让孩子去上一些课, 但一般都是主张让孩子自己来决定自己将来想作什么。

和”go places” 相反的词语是 “go nowhere”, 哪里都去不了, 没有前途的意思。有些人骂人家以后不会有前途时, 就会说:”You’re going nowhere.”

65. beat around the bush 避重就轻; 回避某些话题

A: Anna, please quit beating around the bush. There’s somebody else, isn’t there?
　 A: Anna, 请不要再回避话题了。(你心里)是不是还有别人?
　 B: I’m sorry, Bruce. I didn’t mean to mislead you.
　 B: Bruce, 对不起…..我并不是故意误导你的。

66. clock in 打卡

Don’t forget to clock in,otherwise you won’t get paid.
　 别忘了打卡，否则领不到钱。

67. come on to 对…轻薄；吃豆腐

Tanya slapped Bill after he came on to her.
　 Tanya在Bill对她轻薄之后打了他一巴掌。

68. come easily 易如反掌

Languages come easily to some people.
　 语言学习对有些人来说易如反掌。

69. don’t have a cow 别大惊小怪

Don’t have a cow! I’ll pay for the damages.
　 别大惊小怪的！我会赔偿损失的。

70. push around 欺骗

Don’t try to push me around!
　 别想耍我！

71. keep one’s shirt on 保持冷静

Keep your shirt on. He didn’t mean to offend you. That’s just the way he talks.
　 保持冷静。那只是他说话的惯常方式，他并非有意要冒犯你。

72. cool it 冷静一点

Cool it. You are making me mad.
　 冷静一点。你快把我逼疯了。

73. joy ride 兜风

Let’s go for a joy ride.
　 让我们去兜兜风。

74. rap 说唱乐

Do you like rap music? I have trouble understanding the words.
　 你喜欢说唱音乐吗？我听不太懂其中的歌词。

75. 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。她和一个非常重要的客户做成了第一笔生意。

76. go up in smoke 成为泡影

Peter’s vacation plans went up in smoke when a crisis arose in the office.
　 办公室出了问题，peter的假期泡汤了。

77. hit the road 上路

We should probably hit the road. It’s going to take us two hours to get home.
　 我们可能该上路了吧？到家的两个小时呢！

78. shape up 表现良好，乖

You’d better shape up if you want to stay on.
　 如果你还想留下来的话最好乖一点儿。

79. scare the shit out of someone 吓死某人了

Don’t sneak up behind me like that. You scared the shit out of me.
　 不要那样从后面突然吓我。你吓死我了。

80. pull strings 运用关系 （源于“拉木偶的线”）

He pulled some strings and managed to get us front row seats for the concert.
　 他运用关系替我们拿到音乐会前排的位子。

81. come again 再说一遍

Come again? I didn’t quite understand what you said.
　 再说一遍好吗？你刚说的话我不明白。

82. come clean 全盘托出，招供

The criminal decided to come clean.
　 罪犯决定供出事实。

83. spring for 请客

Let me spring for dinner.
　 我来请客吃饭吧。

84. spill the beans 泄漏秘密

Don’t spill the beans. It’s supposed to be a secret.
　 别说漏了嘴，这可是个秘密哦！

85. stick in the mud 保守的人

Cathy is such a stick in the mud. She never wants to try anything new.
　 Cathy真保守，她从不想尝试新事物。

86. john厕所

I have to go to the john. Wait for me in the car.
　 我要去厕所。在车里等我一下。

87. keep in line 管束

He needs to be kept in line. He’s too wild.
　 他太野了，要好好管束一下。

88. jump the gun草率行事

Don’t jump the gun. We have to be patient for a while.
　 不要草率行事。我们应该耐心等一会儿。

89. jump to conclusion 妄下结论

Don’t jump to conclusion. We have to figure it out first.
　 不要妄下结论，先把事情搞清楚。

90. lemon 次

This car is a real lemon. It has broken down four times.
　 这辆车真次，已经坏了四次了！

91. fishy 可疑的

His story sounds fishy. We should see if it’s really true.
　 他的故事听起来可疑。我们应该看看到底是不是真的。

92. flip out 乐死了

Chris flipped out when I told him that we won the game.
　 我告诉克里斯我们赢了比赛时，他乐歪了。

93. fix someone up 撮合某人