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 fishy(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
Jack: 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 followers(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.