现代英语俚语
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作者:不详 来源:网上收集 阅读次数：
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all ears 竖起耳朵，全神贯注地听
May: But the thing is that he has everyone of the company eating out of his hand（把每个人搞得服服帖帖的）. When I called on him（去看他） last week, the happened to have a meeting. He was giving them a pep talk（鼓舞士气的讲话） and they were all ears at him. Everyone seemed to lend a willing ear to（洗耳恭听） what he was saying.
May: He‘s really something（真有他的）. He must have got the hang of（找到窍门） dealing with people.
May: Yes, he has. He‘s able to keep everyone on his toes（使每一个人忙个不停）.
Jim: I must go and have a talk with him. I need to pick his brains（请教）.
May: Let me give him a buzz（挂个电话） and see if he‘d like to see you.
注意：当它的后面跟随宾语时，在all ears的后面常用介词at连接宾语。例如：The kids were all ears at the old man. 孩子们全神贯注地听老人给他们讲话。
All the way 自始至终地
May: Of course you can‘t stay idle, but you must find something that you are good at. You can’t do things you are all thumbs（笨手笨脚的） at.
Jim: I know. But how can I know what I am good at before I actually try?
May: That can be costly. And once you have started on something, you will have to bone up（甩开膀子干） on it and move all the day up without hesitation.
Jim: Well, I‘ve come all the way to seek advice from you. I depend on you for directions.
May: Depend on me? You must be pulling my leg（别拿我开心了）! I‘m no good at doing business.
Jim: But your friend is. You can pull the strings（暗地里使劲） and let him advice me.
May: Well, he‘s too busy to talk to you right now.
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 heels （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 items 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 drain （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 affections （收买感情）.
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