美国俚语大全_俚语惯语

· ace
· he's an ace reporter.
· meaning: very good

· action
· do you know where the action is in this town?
· meaning: excitement

· airhead
· my sister's boyfriend is a real airhead.
· meaning: stupid person

· all wet
· your ideas about politics are all wet.
· meaning: completely wrong

· all-nighter
· i almost fell asleep during the test after an all-nighter.
· meaning: after studying all night.

· ammo
· the gun was useless after the killer ran out of ammo.
· meaning: ammunition

· antifreeze
· i really need some antifreeze in me on cold days like this.
· meaning: liquor

· armpit
· this town is really an armpit.
· meaning: undesirable place

· awesome
· what an awesome sunset.
· meaning: at

· bad
· wow, that was really a bad movie.
· meaning: intense

· barf
· he barfed all over the seat of the airplane.
· meaning: vomitted

· bashed
· the boat was bashed beyond recognition.
· meaning: crushed

· beat
· after working all day i am really beat.
· meaning: exhausted

· beemer
· he just bought a new beemer to drive to work in.
· meaning: b.m.w. car

· bench
· he was benched during the basketball playoffs.
· meaning: taken out of the game

· bent
· it's ok. don't get so bent.
· meaning: angry

· bent out of shape
· don't get so bent out of shape.
· meaning: ome upset

· big gun
· the president brought two big guns to the meeting.
· meaning: powerful people

· big mouth
· shut up! you really have a big mouth.
· meaning: talk too much

· big stink
· the citizens made a big stink about the new nuclear power station.
· meaning: big issue

· blade
· he carried a ten inch blade with him.
· meaning: knife

· blimp
· i always seem to have a blimp sitting next to me when i travel.
· meaning: very fat person

· blow
· i'm going to blow out of here now.
· meaning: leave

· blow
· he blew all his money gambling.
· meaning: lost

· blow a fuse
· hey, don't blow a fuse.
· meaning: lose your temper.

· blow one's cool
· calm down. don't blow your cool.
· meaning: ome angry

· blown away

· i was blown away by his donation of a million dollars.
· meaning: atly impressed

· bomb
· the movie was a bomb.
· meaning: bad

· bombed
· the driver of the car was bombed.
· meaning: intoxicated

· bonkers
· i think i am going bonkers.
· meaning: crazy

· boo-boo
· if you make another boo-boo like that, you won't have a job.
· meaning: mistake

· booze
· i promised to bring two bottles of booze to the party.
· meaning: alcohol

· bread
· i need some bread to pay for my car.
· meaning: money

· break
· a lucky break helped him get the job.
· meaning: opportunity

· break it up
· break it up, or i will call the police.
· meaning: stop

· bring-down
· the news of the airplane crash was a bring-down.
· meaning: depressing

· buck
· do you have a buck i can borrow?
· meaning: dollar

· bummed
· i was really bummed after i heard the news.
· meaning: depressed

· bummer
· my trip to new york was a bummer.
· meaning: bad experience

· bust
· the whole idea was a bust.
· meaning: failure

· buy it
· if you don't slow down, you're going to buy it in a car accident.
· meaning: die

· call
· the weatherman made a good call about when the storm would come.
· meaning: prediction

· can
· do you know where the can is?
· meaning: bathroom

· carb
· my motorcycle's carb is out of adjustment.
· meaning: carburetor

· catch some rays
· i'm going to lie on the beach and catch some rays.
· meaning: get some sunshine.

· catch some z's
· i need to catch some z's before i go on my trip.
· meaning: get some sleep

· cheesy
· that is really a cheesy looking outfit.
· meaning: cheap

· chicken
· don't be a chicken.
· meaning: coward

· chintzy
· that really was a chintzy present you got him.
· meaning: cheap

· chow down
· i need to find a place to chow down.
· meaning: eat a lot

· clip
· watch out or they will clip you at that bar.
· meaning: cheat

· clunker
· i can't go on a date in that clunker.
· meaning: old car

· cold fish
· my date for the dance was a cold fish.
· meaning: dull

· collar
· i knew they would collar the robber sooner or later.
· meaning: arrest

· come up for air
· he has to come up for air or he will die from exhaustion.
· meaning: take a break

· con
· don't try to con me.
· meaning: deceive

· cool
· this is a really cool place to work.
· meaning: good

· cool down
· things should cool down in a day or two.
· meaning: calm down

· cop
· how did you get the road sign? i copped it.
· meaning: robbed

· cop
· the cop showed me his badge.
· meaning: policeman

· couch potato
· he is a couch potato.
· meaning: lazy person

· crack open a bottle
· let's crack open a bottle for his birthday.
· meaning: open

· cram
· i need more time to cram for the test.
· meaning: study hard

· cream
· our team creamed them badly.
· meaning: beat

· croak
· i feel like i am going to croak.
· meaning: die

· cruise
· the skier was cruising down the hill
· meaning: going very fast

· cuffs
· he put the cuffs on the killer.
· meaning: handcuffs

· cushy
· he has a really cushy job
· meaning: easy

· cut
· could you cut my whiskey with a little water?
· meaning: dilute

· cut out
· it is late. i have to cut out.
· meaning: leave

· damage
· lets get the bill and find out the damage.
· meaning: cost

· dead
· this disco is really dead tonight.
· meaning: quiet

· deck
· he was decked in the fight.
· meaning: knocked down

· deep pockets
· her boyfriend has deep pockets.
· meaning: is a good source of money

· dicey
· since the weather is a little dicey, i won't go today.
· meaning: chancy

· dirty
· i hear that it's a dirty movie.
· meaning: an obscene

· ditch
· i'll ditch my younger brother with my grandmother.
· meaning: leave

· do a snow job on
· don't try to do a snow job on me.
· meaning: deceive

· dope
· he is such a dope.
· meaning: stupid person

· dope
· there are a lot of dope dealers around here.
· meaning: drug

· dork
· he is such a dork.
· meaning: strange person

· dough
· i need some dough before i can go christmas shopping.
· meaning: money

· down
· let's go to a bar and down a few beers.
· meaning: drink quickly

· drag
· doing homework on the weekend is a drag.
· meaning: boring

· dynamite
· this drink is really dynamite.
· meaning: powerful; at

· earful
· my grandmother gave me an earful about the neighborhood.
· meaning: a lot of gossip

· easy mark
· the japanese are an easy mark ause they usually carry cash.
· meaning: likely victims

· eat
· the problem is really eating away at me.
· meaning: bothering

· excellent
· that's excellent man.
· meaning: fine

· face-off
· the two sides were headed for a nasty face-off.
· meaning: confrontation

· far-out
· this music is really far-out.
· meaning: at

· fix
· the addict needs another fix.
· meaning: dose of drugs

· flaky
· he is too flaky to do the work.
· meaning: unreliable

· flashback
· at the wedding he had a flashback of his old girlfriend.
· meaning: remembered

· flick
· i haven't seen a flick in a long time.
· meaning: movie

· flip out
· he flipped out when he heard that his mother had been killed.
· meaning: lost control

· flip side
· what kind of music do you have on the flip side of the tape?
· meaning: other side

· fox
· his older sister is a fox.
· meaning: very attractive

· foxy
· she is a foxy lady.
· meaning: sexy

· freebie
· the pillow was a freebie
· meaning: free

· get into something
· i got into gardening in high school.
· meaning: ame seriously interested in

· get it
· i listened to the joke twice, but i still don't get it.
· meaning: understand

· get with it
· if you don't get with it, we will never finish this work.
· meaning: hurry up

· gig
· i have a gig on saturday night from 7:00 to 10:00.
· meaning: job

· glitch
· this computer program has a glitch.
· meaning: defect

· glitzy
· this is a pretty glitzy hotel to be staying in.
· meaning: fashionable

· go
· let me have a go at solving the problem.
· meaning: try

· go bananas
· i am going to go bananas if i don't have a vacation soon.
· meaning: go crazy

· go down
· what is going down?
· meaning: happening

· goof
· i am really a goof at times.
· meaning: fool

· goof up
· i really goofed up when i painted my room en.
· meaning: made a serious mistake

· goofy
· you are always acting goofy these days.
· meaning: silly

· gourd
· use your gourd to figure out what is happening.
· meaning: head

· grand
· his salary is twenty grand.
· meaning: thousand dollars

· grass
· lots of students smoke grass in the dormitory.
· meaning:

   

marijuana

· gravy
· this job is pure gravy.
· meaning: easy money

· groovy
· this music is groovy.
· meaning: pleasant

· gross
· picking your nose is really a gross habit.
· meaning: disgusting

· gross-out
· the party was a gross-out.
· meaning: digusting time

· grub
· where is the best place to get some grub around here?
· meaning: food

· grubby
· those clothes are too grubby to wear to the party.
· meaning: unclean and untidy

· grungy
· that is a really grungy jacket.
· meaning: dirty

· gut
· he got shot in the gut.
· meaning: stomach.

· gut
· the gut issue is about what we are going to do now.
· meaning: basic

· guts
· it takes a lot of guts to give the boss your true opinion.
· meaning: courage

· hairy
· that was a hairy plane trip. i am glad the storm is over.
· meaning: dangerous

· hammer
· put the hammer to the floor or we will be late for the wedding.
· meaning: accelerator

· hang it up
· i have decided to hang up my teaching job.
· meaning: quit

· hang loose
· just hang loose for another few days.
· meaning: relax

· hang tough
· we need to hang tough on our decision.
· meaning: stick with

· hardware
· the police were surprised by all the hardware the gang members had.
· meaning: weapons

· have a buzz on
· i had a buzz on after the third martini.
· meaning: was slightly intoxicated

· have good vibes
· i have good vibes about our new secretary.
· meaning: feel good about

· have it all together
· recently i don't have it all together.
· meaning: feel mentally all there.

· heave
· i heaved up on the floor.
· meaning: vomited

· high
· the teenagers look high to me.
· meaning: intoxicated on drugs or alcohol

· hip-shooter

· he is such a hip-shooter.
· meaning: always talking without thinking

· history
· i don't have any idea where my old boyfriend is. he's history.
· meaning: something in the past

· hit
· your proposal was a hit with the boss.
· meaning: successful

· hole up
· i had to hole up for three days ause the police were looking for me.
· meaning: hide

· honcho
· the honcho says that we are going to have to give up two days of our vacation.
· meaning: boss

· hooker
· her clothes make her look like a hooker.
· meaning: prostitute

· hot
· the police stopped them ause they though the car was hot.
· meaning: stolen

· huffy
· i will do it soon so please don't get huffy.
· meaning: angry

· hungry
· if you are not hungry, you won't get ahead in the business.
· meaning: eager to make money

· hustle
· if you don't hustle, we will be late again.
· meaning: hurry up

· hyped
· the fans were all hyped up for the football game.
· meaning: excited

· hyper
· don't get hyper about what she told you. you know it isn't true.
· meaning: over excited

· i.d.
· can you show me some i.d. please?
· meaning: identification

· in
· the tie you are wearing is really in.
· meaning: fashionable

· in deep
· they are really in deep with each other.
· meaning: deeply involved

· in the bag
· everything is in the bag. there is nothing to worry about.
· meaning: settled

· intense
· this is a very intense situation we are discussing.
· meaning: serious

· jam
· i am glad you got yourself out of that jam.
· meaning: trouble

· jerk someone around
· recently it seems like everyone is jerking me around.
· meaning: wasting my time and causing me trouble

· jock
· my roommate is a jock for the basketball team.
· meaning: an athlete

· john
· the john really smells.
· meaning: bathroom

· joint
· where is the closest joint to here.
· meaning: cheap bar

· joint
· he is good at rolling joints.
· meaning: marijuana cigarettes

· junkie
· sam is a junkie.
· meaning: rug addict

· just off the boat
· he acts like he is just off the boat.
· meaning: naive

· keep one's cool
· he kept his cool when his house burned down.
· meaning: remained calm

· kegger
· i hear there is a kegger at john's house tonight.
· meaning: beer party

· kick
· i get a kick out of watching him paint.
· meaning: enjoy

· klutz
· he is a real klutz.
· meaning: stupid and clumsy person

· knock
· don't knock it if you can't do it any better.
· meaning: criticize

· knocked up
· my dog gets knocked up once a year.
· meaning: pregnant

· knockout
· who was that knockout i saw you with last friday?
· meaning: stunning person

· knuckle sandwich
· shut up or i'll give you a knuckle sandwich.
· meaning: punch in the mouth

· kook
· watch out for all the kooks in this neighborhood.
· meaning: strange people

· laid-back
· you need to be more laid-back.
· meaning: calm and relaxed

· lame
· that is really a lame excuse.
· meaning: an inadequate

· line
· i have heard that line a million times.
· meaning: story

· loser
· john is a loser.
· meaning: annoying and useless

· love handles
· i exercise every day, but i can't get rid of these love handles.
· meaning: rolls of fat around my stomach

· make waves
· try not to make waves around the office.
· meaning: cause trouble

· maxed out
· i am maxed out at my work and need to rest.
· meaning: exhausted

· mean
· he plays a mean violin.
· meaning: performs well on

· mega
· i have mega amounts of tomatoes in my garden this summer.
· meaning: large

· megabucks
· he made megabucks when he sold his company.
· meaning: a lot of money

· knock
· don't knock it if you can't do it any better.
· meaning: criticize

· mellow
· you need to mellow out and enjoy life.
· meaning: calm down and relax

· meltdown
· there has been a meltdown in the relationship between my parents and i.
· meaning: total collapse

· mickey mouse
· the homework the teacher gave us was mickey mouse.
· meaning: nonsense and a waste of time

· move on someone
· i am going to try to move on sarah next saturday.
· meaning: pick up and seduce

· mush
· that is total mush and you know it.
· meaning: nonesense

· nark
· watch out for the narks in the airport.
· meaning: drug police

· neat

· that was a neat idea that you had.
· meaning: good

· negative
· there are too many negatives about the company merger.
· meaning: bad things

· nick
· the police nicked the shoplifter as he was leaving the store.
· meaning: arrested

· nip
· he took a nip out of the bottle.
· meaning: a quick drink

· no sweat
· it's no sweat to have the report in to you by monday.
· meaning: no problem

· nuke
· i'll nuke our dinner in a few minutes.
· meaning: heat up in the microwave

· nuke
· does that attack plane have any nukes?
· meaning: nuclear weapons

· nut
· i think that he is a nut.
· meaning: crazy person

· nuts
· you are completely nuts if you think i will go with you.
· meaning: crazy

· pad
· have you found a pad yet?
· meaning: a place to live

· pain in the neck
· my wife's best friend is a pain in the neck.
· meaning: annoying

· paper-pusher
· my office is filled with paper-pushers.
· meaning: bureaucratic office workers

· party animal
· you're too old to be a party animal.
· meaning: love parties

· party-hearty
· we need to party-hearty ause we just got a raise in salary.
· meaning: celebrate

· paw
· get your paws off of my body.
· meaning: hands

· peanuts
· i am not going to work for peanuts.
· meaning: practically no money

· pickled
· he gets pickled after only one beer.
· meaning: intoxicated

· piece of cake
· working on a computer for me is a piece of cake.
· meaning: easy to do

· pig
· he is a pig at parties.
· meaning: eats too much

· pig out
· let's go to the restaurant and pig out.
· meaning: eat a lot or overeat

· pit stop
· let's make a pit stop at the next rest area.
· meaning: stop and go to the bathroom

· plastered
· he drinks too much and is always plastered on the weekend.
· meaning: intoxicated

· pooped out
· he pooped out after we started to do the hard work.
· meaning: quit

· pop
· shut up or i will pop you.
· meaning: hit

· pop for something
· it is my turn to pop for the doughnuts.
· meaning: buy

· pro
· he is really a pro at his work.
· meaning: professional

· prod
· can you give me a gentle prod next week so i won't forget?
· meaning: reminder

· psyched up
· the players are really psyched up for the game on friday.
· meaning: mentally ready

· psycho
· she is a psycho. she should be in a hospital.
· meaning: mentally ill

· puke
· i feel like i am going to puke.
· meaning: vomit

· push off
· i am going to push off now.
· meaning: leave

· put the moves on
· you should give up trying to put the moves on her. she is married.
· meaning: seduce

· put-on
· it was an elaborate put-on which i almost believed.
· meaning: deception

· quarterback
· who is going to quarterback the meeting?
· meaning: lead

· quick buck
· i need to make a quick

     

buck.
· meaning: some easy money

· rack
· i have to hit the rack by ten or i'll be tired in the morning.
· meaning: bed

· rack out
· i am going to rack out for two hours.
· meaning: sleep

· racket

· there sure was a lot of racket outside last night.
· meaning: noise

· rag
· i can't believe we still get this same old rag.
· meaning: newspaper

· rap
· we need to sit down and rap about a few things.
· meaning: talk about

· rathole
· when are you going to be able to move out of that rathole.
· meaning: run down place

· raw
· the raw office workers were not getting much done.
· meaning: new

· ream someone out
· the boss really reamed him out for his bad report.
· meaning: got angry with him

· red hot
· your idea is really red hot.
· meaning: important

· repo
· hey, don't repo my car. i will pay next week.
· meaning: repossess

· rinky-dink
· the circus was really rinky-dink.
· meaning: inferior

· riot
· the comedy program was a real riot.
· meaning: funny

· road hog
· that driver is a road hog.
· meaning: takes up too much of the road

· rocks
· would you like your whiskey on the rocks?
· meaning: with ice

· rough time
· we have had a rough time this winter.
· meaning: hard time

· rug
· is that a rug on his head?
· meaning: wig

· rug rat
· my sister has three rug rats.
· meaning: children

· rule
· my wife rules the house.
· meaning: dominates

· run off at the mouth
· he is always running off at the mouth.
· meaning: talking too much

· run out of gas
· the politician ran out of gas during the campaign.
· meaning: lost interest or momentum

· sack
· when did you hit the sack last night?
· meaning: go to bed

· scam
· don't lose your money in some kind of scam.
· meaning: swindle

· scarf
· since he hadn't eaten in a week, he scarfed down everything on his plate.
· meaning: ate quickly

· schmuck

· what a stupid schmuck.
· meaning: jerk

· screw around
· if you screw around all day at this work, you will have to come back again.
· meaning: waste time

· screw up
· if you screw up one more time, i will fire you.
· meaning: make a mistake

· sharp
· he is very sharp with numbers
· meaning: intelligent

· shot
· i'll give the puzzle another shot.
· meaning: try

· shot down
· everyone shot down my idea at first, but later aed that it was a good idea.
· meaning:
· disaed with

· slammer
· the police threw them both in the slammer.
· meaning: jail

· smashed
· try not to get smashed at the beer party.
· meaning: intoxicated

· smoke eater
· my father is a smoke eater.
· meaning: fireman

· split
· it is time to split and go see the movie.
· meaning: leave

· spook
· the cows were spooked by the howling of the wolves.
· meaning: frightened

· spud
· do you want rice or spuds for dinner?
· meaning: potatoes

· square
· my father looks square in his jacket.
· meaning: old-fashioned

· steamed up
· don't get so steamed up over the issue.
· meaning: angry

· stink
· this whole operation stinks.
· meaning: is repulsive

· straight
· i want you to give me a straight answer.
· meaning: honest

· stressed
· i am really stressed by all the recent world events.
· meaning: upset

· sucker
· don't be a sucker.
· meaning: be deceived

· take a hike
· i am tired of all your complaining. take a hike.
· meaning:
· leave

· taken
· he was taken for all his money at the casino.
· meaning:
· cheated out of

· taking care of business
· i have been taking care of business.
· meaning: doing what i have to do

· threads
· those look like expensive threads he is wearing.
· meaning: clothes

· tool around
· i don't want to tool around all night. it is time to go home.
· meaning: drive around

· totaled

· my car was totaled in the accident with the garbage truck.
· meaning: completely wrecked

· up
· he has been up ever since he met his new girlfriend.
· meaning: happy and cheerful

· up for grabs
· this is a sale. everything is up for grabs.
· meaning: available.

· veg out
· i want to veg out in front of the television this evening.
· meaning: relax and do nothing

· vibes
· he really gives off good vibes.
· meaning: feelings

· wad
· you don't want to carry a wad like that with you in the big city.
· meaning: bundle of money

· waste
· after you waste him, throw the body in the river.
· meaning: kill

· wheels
· if you let me borrow your wheels, i'll go out and buy a pizza.
· meaning: car

· whiz
· he is a whiz at the computer.
· meaning: talented person

· wired
· i am really wired after drinking five cups of coffee.
· meaning: alert

· wussy
· don't be such a wussy all the time. say what you are thinking.
· meaning: weak person

· yukky
· this food tastes yukky
· meaning: bad

· zapped
· i am too zapped to help you right now.
· meaning: exhausted

· zip
· he knew zip about running the company.
· meaning: nothing