现代英语俚语(3)

Get ants紧张，烦躁，焦虑

Sandra: It seems that you get ants（烦躁不安）when you hear I praise another guy.

Frank: I get ants not 'cause you raise a guy, but 'cause you may be taken for a ride（被玩弄）by a guy like him.
Sandra: How come you think of him that way?

Frank: That's because you sound to have lost your vigilance（失去警惕性）. You should be on the watch out （当心）.

Sandra: I have no reason to distrust him. He's never done any harm.

Frank: Isn’t there anything that sounds fishy¹（可疑的）？

Sandra: Nothing smells a rat （没什么不对劲的）. I told you that he's an all-right guy.

Frank: All-right guys! All right. Let's talk about something else instead of all-right guys.

Baby doll 特别漂亮的女子，和蔼可亲的人

Jack²: Actually the general manager is regarded as a baby doll（和蔼可亲的人）. He has much sympathy（同情心）.

John: That's right. And his wife is a baby doll（漂亮的女子）,too. She used to have many followers³（很多追求者）.

Jack: Were you one of them?

John: Nothing of the sort（根本没那回事）. I can't hold a candle to her（配不上她）.

Jack: But you did have a crush on（迷恋上）her, didn't you?

John: Well, many of us liked her and we still think she's a knock-out（特别漂亮的人）.

Jack: Don't be knock over （晕倒）when you see her with my presents.