英语短语之实用口语俚语

不少学生为什么经常会在英语遇到难题?其实还是单词短语不熟悉，所以导致很多时候，无法了解意思。下面，小编为大家整理了一些英语短语，希望对大家学习英语有所帮助。

· be in full swing达到高潮，全面展开

china has opened its door to the outside world for twenty years. reforms in every walks of life are in full swing.

· be asleep at the switch玩忽职守

the goal-keeper was asleep at the switch and let the rival team goal at the last minute.

· a t对……再适合不过了

this new job suits me to a t.

· turn the tables扭转局势

don't worry, your husband knows how to turn the tables and crack down on those guys.

· drink someone under the table把某人灌醉

he has a hollow leg. he can drink all of us here under the table.

· keep tabs on something/someone掌握情况,密切关注

he has subscribed ten newspapers in order to keep tabs on the new developments in market management.

· keep someone down a notch挫某人的傲气

the monitor likes to order us around. he needs to be kept down a notch.

· take it out on someone拿别人出气

the boy was reprimanded by his father. he took it out on his ball.

· an old wives’ tale无稽之谈

do you think the existence of life on mars is an old wives’tale?

· be the talk of the town满城风雨

the death of the princess diana has been the talk of the town.

· leave a bad taste in someone’s mouth给人留下坏印象

once i went to a famous university. but the untidy campus left a bad taste in my mouth.

· crocodile tears假惺惺的眼泪

some of my business partners came to comfort me when i lost almost everything in one bad deal.

　附：英语背单词的技巧

一、同声传译背单词

看着单词脱口而出它的中文意思，看着中文意思脱口而出这个单词。或者请你的同学说出单词，你立刻脱口而出中文意思;说单词的中文意思，你立刻脱口而出这个单词。通过中英文快速互译的方法背单词，效果特别好!同时还可以锻炼你的口译能力。

二、通过句子背单词

孤立地背单词只能是“背了记、忘了背、背了又忘”!所以，一定要通过实用的背单词。在句子中记单词才是有生命的`单词，才能牢记单词的意思和用法，才能与之建立感情，才会让你刻骨铭心，永难忘怀!更重要的是，通过脱口而出句子来背单词，你不但在积累单词量，更在积累句子量!句子量比单词量更重要!

三、通过短文背单词

一篇短文里面包含了大量有用的单词和短语，通过背诵短文可以大面积地消灭单词!而且，在短文中你可以牢牢记住单词的意思和用法。更重要的是，通过背诵短文你能够大段大段地讲英语了，这才是我们学习英语的最终目的。