日常英语口语 Spoken English

blow one’s mind 令某人极度震惊，感到意外；令人刮目相看

blow 爆炸

mind 思想，头脑

That was my first time to watch the show,it really blew my mind.那是我第一次看着个节目，太让我震惊了。

Prepare to have your mind blown.准备好大开眼界吧。

It blew my mind that she had her hair dyed green.她把头发染成了绿色，真是让我大吃一惊。

mind-blowing adj. 令人感到震惊的；给人印象极深的

It absolutely would be mind-blowing news to him if you tell him.如果你告诉他的话，这绝对会是一个让他震惊的消息。

The special effects in this movie are pretty mind-blowing.这部电影里的特效真的很震撼。

mindblower n. 令人感到震撼的事物

This technology is a real mindblower.这真是一项令人震撼的技术。

Havea say/voice in something在某件事上有发言权

You don’t have a say in this.这件事上，你没有发音权；这没你说话的份。

They want to have a voice in how this would be handled.在如何处理这件事上，他们想有个发言权。

Have one’s say 说出/表达出某人的观点、看法

Just calm down, you’ll have your say. 别着急，你会有机会说的。

As soon as I've had my say I'll sit down.只要让我说出我的看法，我就坐下。

Have the say 某人说了算，有决定权

We all have a say in this, but only the boss himself has the say.这事我们都有发言权，但最终只有老板自己说了算。

pass gas 放屁

It must be something I ate at lunch that made me pass gas all afternoon.肯定是我中午吃的什么东西，弄得我一下午都在放屁。

fart 放屁；屁

He farted in front of everyone, and he acted like nothing had happened.他在大家面前放了个屁，然后表现的跟什么事都没发生一样。

fart around 瞎折腾；闲荡；浪费时间

Stop farting around and get a job! 别瞎混了，找份工作吧！

break wind 放屁

Someone in the elevator broke wind. It smelled terrible. 有人在电梯里放了屁，臭死啦。

Have one’s eyes glued to something 一直盯着看；全神贯注地看

glue 胶水；沾上

I hate it when people talk to me and have their eyes glued to their phones all the time.我很讨厌有的人一边跟我说话，一边还不停地盯着手机看。

I came back two hours later to find the kids still had their eyes glued to the television.我两个小时以后回来，发现孩子们还在盯着电视看。

Many children would have their eyes glued to the cell phone once they got access to it.很多孩子一旦有机会拿到手机，眼睛就不会从手机上移开了。

Get/have cold feet （做某事前，因为紧张或害怕）临阵退缩

If you get cold feet or have cold feet about something you have planned to do, you become nervous about it and not sure that you want to do it.

She had been looking forward to the bungee jumping, but she got cold feet right before the jump. 她一直盼望着去蹦极，但在跳之前却退缩了。

Tomorrow is your big day. You are not having cold feet, are you? 明天就是你大喜的日子了，你不会是想临阵退缩吧？

big talk 大话，吹牛

He is always full of big talk, but he rarely follows through on it. 他总是说大话，却很少去做并坚持到底。

talk big 说大话，吹牛

The President talks big, but he doesn’t do anything.总统老说大话，但是什么都不做。

brag about/of 吹嘘；炫耀

boast about/of 吹牛，自夸

He bragged to everyone he met about how smart his son was.他向他见到的每一人吹嘘他儿子有多聪明。

Is he boasting about his car again? 他又在吹嘘他的车了吗？

Have bigger fish to fry 有更重要的事情要办

Don't waste time on this. We've got bigger fish to fry.别在这上面浪费时间了，我们还有更重要的事情要办。

Every time I ask him for help, he claims that he has bigger fish to fry.每次我要他帮我的时候，他都说他有更重要的事情要做。

Have other fish to fry 还有其他事情要办

I don't have time for this. I have other fish to fry.我没时间干这个，我还有其他事要办。

Burst out laughing 突然大笑起来

burst 爆发；突发

laugh 笑

1. The baby burst out laughing when he saw the cat slip. 这个婴儿看到猫滑倒了，突然大笑起来。

2. The kids burst out laughing when the clown fell down on stage.孩子们看到小丑在台上摔倒以后，大笑了起来。

Burst into laughter

Laughter n.笑；笑声

3. He burst into laughter when he turned around and saw his “bride” .他转身看到他的“新娘”以后，大笑了起来。

burst into tears 突然大哭起来，眼泪夺眶而出

burst 爆发；突发

tear 眼泪

过去式、过去分词形式不变，仍是burst

1. He burst into tears when he found out that his father had cancer. 当他发现他父亲得了癌症后，哭了起来。

2. She burst into tears when she saw her terrible grades. 当她看到自己糟糕的成绩时，突然大哭了起来。

3. I was so happy to see my family that I burst into tears.我看到我的家人太高兴了，就哭了起来。

burst out crying

4.The children burst out crying on hearing of the death of their dog. 孩子们听到他们的狗死了，哭了起来。

Better half 夫妻中的丈夫或妻子；另一半，爱人

Have you seen my better-half? 你见我爱人了吗？

I had known him for almost three years before I met his better half. 在见到他的另一半之前，我已经认识他近3年了。

Please come to our party,and your better half is invited, too! 来参加我们的派对吧，你的爱人也被邀请了。