现代英语俚语(2)
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An apple-head 缺心眼的人，笨蛋
May:Trying to keep something from （向…隐瞒）me? Well, I’ve got your number （知道底细）.
Jim:What do you know? I’ve never let the cat out of the bag （泄密）, you know?
May:You are head over heels1 （深深地）in love with a girl in the hotel.
Jim:How do you know? Who told you so?
May:A bird told me （我不告诉你）.But there’s nothing wrong with that.
Jim:But there is something wrong with someone else.
May:What’s the trouble?
Jim:The department manager is all over （深深地）her. He say he loves her.
May:What about your friend? Did she fall for （爱上）him?
Jim:Of course not! She think he’s an apple-head （缺心眼的人） .She doesn’t like an apple-head man, you know.
May:It was a false alarm （虚惊一场）to me. Now you don’t have the butterflies in your stomach（心里紧张） ,do you?
Cost an arm and a leg 价格昂贵，宰人
May:Yor are in a bad mood （心情不好）today. What’s eating you?
Jim:I had an argument with Jenny. I asked her to go shopping with me and thought I could take the opportunity to talk sense into （开导）her. When I asked her to take a pick （挑一挑）at the fur coats, she refused to do what I liked her to do.
May:Maybe she thought fur coats are too expensive. Girls don’t like to pay through the nose （让人敲竹杠）,you know?
Jim:But I told her I would foot the bill. She still insisted on （坚持）not buying a fur coat. She argued that items2 like that cost an arm and a leg （宰人）.
May:She is a very good girl. If I were her, I wouldn’t let my money go down the drain3 （让钱打水漂儿）,either. You should appreciate that.
Jim:But I just wanted to please her so that we could sit down and have a good talk.
May:You can’t be more wrong. You can’t buy affections4 （收买感情）.
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heels
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| n.高跟鞋；紧随某人；跟捬；飞奔逃跑；（袜子等的）后跟( heel的名词复数 )；足跟；有…后跟的；女高跟鞋 | |
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items
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| n.物料项目 （任何一种自制或采购的零部件或组装件，如最终产品、部件、子部件、零件或原材料）；条( item的名词复数 )；一项；一则；一件商品（或物品） | |
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drain
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| n.排水沟，阴沟；消耗，负担；v.排去，放干 | |
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affections
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| n.喜爱( affection的名词复数 )；感情喜爱爱慕之情；病 | |
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