Smart Sentences
① Let's get moving! 赶快行动吧!
get moving: take action, hurry(行动起来)。例如:
Time is running out. Let's get moving.
时间不多了,赶快行动吧。
② I will get Naomi Bartlett elected president come hell or high water.我要克服一切困难,让内奥米·巴特利特当选主席。
come hell or high water: determined to do sth. in spite of the difficulties involved(克服任何困难)。例如:
My father's always managed to get to work on time come hell or high water.
我父亲总能克服一切困难,按时上班。
③ How's the slogan coming? 竞选口号(的工作)进展如何?
how is sth. coming: expression used to inquire about the progress of sth.(询问某事进展的用语)。例如:
How's the project coming?
项目进展如何?
④ Keep your shirt on.别着急。
keep your shirt on: used to tell someone to calm down(放心,别着急)。例如:
Keep your shirt on, Dad. We still have plenty of time.
老爸,别着急,我们还有大把时间。
⑤ Let me catch my second wind.让我喘喘气恢复精力。
second wind: renewed ability to continue in an effort(恢复精力或力量)。例如:
After a short nap, they seem to have gotten their second wind and are making good progress.
在小睡之后,他们似乎恢复了精力,现在进度不错。
⑥ Tina's sworn up and down that you'll have it in an hour.蒂娜已经信誓旦旦地说一个小时之内会给你的。
swear up and down: say as strongly as possible, used for emphasizing that sth. is true(发誓,信誓旦旦,用以强调某事的真实性)。例如:
He swore up and down that he didn't know the guy at all.
他发誓他根本不认识那个人。
⑦ Good point, thanks for the heads up.有道理,多谢你的提醒。
heads up: a warning about a potential source of danger(危险警告)。例如:
I have already given him the heads up on the typhoon.
我已经警告他要小心台风。
⑧ I'm right here under your nose.我就在你眼前呢。
under sb.'s nose: in plain view(近在眼前)。例如:
The keys are right under your nose.
钥匙就你在眼前。