老外来了:超实用!美国人最爱用的生活用语

老外来了:超实用!美国人最爱用的生活用语

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一席英语出品:
主播:翩翩老师,Win老师
歌曲:Crying In The Rain


01. Short and sweet  又简单又好用的
simple and easy 又简单又好用


Please keep your lesson short and sweet .


02. Bread and butter  非常基础的
main staple,  fundamental,  basic非常基础的东西


Teaching children is my bread and butter job, while Recording and writing are my side jobs.


main hustle   主业
side hustle 副业


03. Keeping with the Joneses  攀比


跟隔壁老王家攀比
To compare or compete with a neighbor, to do the same thing or even do better.
Everyone was getting new phones, so I had to keep with the Joneses and buy one myself.
每个人都有了新手机,所以我得跟上潮流也给自己买一个


04. Sticky fingers   “三只手”,小偷小摸的人
sticky   粘糊糊的


He has a bad case of sticky fingers.
他有小偷小摸的坏习惯,控制不住去偷东西。


05. Pay the Pied Piper  付出代价


You may not get cancer from smoking quickly, but eventually you will have to pay the pied piper .
你可能不会因为抽烟而很快得癌症,但你始终得为吸烟付出代价。


06. Nuke / Burn the bridge  跟某人断交,关系破裂


burn the bridge    语气稍轻一些 还有修复的机会
nuke the bridge    完全结束


07. Water off a duck’s back  不在乎,没什么影响


People like to say bad things about me, but it’s like water off a duck’s back to me. 
对我评价不好,但是呢对我没有什么影响。


对什么事不Care,这么说:
roll off my back   
no dirt on my shoulder  


08. Good Cop/Bad Cop  一个唱红脸,一个唱白脸


一个唱红脸,一个唱白脸,最终 good Cop 会 get all information。但其实这是不过是他们使得一个trick。


How to use it? 


You are playing a “good Cop &bad Cop” with somebody.
You're playing a bad cop where is the  good cop 


小结 :


1.  Short and sweet  又简单又好用的
2.  Bread and butter  非常基础的
3.  Keeping with the Joneses 攀比
4.  Sticky fingers   “三只手”,小偷小摸的人
5.  Pay the Pied Piper  为曾经做过的事付出代价
6.  Nuke / Burn the bridge  跟某人断交,关系破裂
7.  Water off a duck’s back 不在乎,没什么影响
8.  Good Cop/Bad Cop  一个唱红脸,一个唱白脸




what is your bread and butter job? And what is your side hustle ? 期待你的留言! ^-^




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用户评论
  • 1367498cyqg

    nice! What’s the end song name?

  • 蓝色的海_ile

    One coaxes,the other coerces

  • 怪人_qj

    喜欢 会继续跟随下去