It's fabulous!很漂亮！

Fabulous means barely credible or astonishing.
Another example: Oooo! Look at these jackets over here. Let’s find Another fabulous fit.

Don't perplex the problem.
不要使问题复杂化。

I'm under a lot of pressure.
我的压力很大。

How can I get in touch with you?
我怎样和你联系?

What's the weather like today?
今天的天气如何？

在谈话中常见运用，意思是“你在开玩笑吗？”或“不要开玩笑”，“不要骗我吧！”e.g.Are you kidding me? I've got to think it over.

Let’s forgive and forget.
摈弃前嫌，忘记旧恶。

One man's meat is another man's poison.
对一个人好的东西对另一个人来说未必也是好的。

sport有“玩物”、“嘲笑对象”、“笑柄”之意。把别人当成sport,亦即戏弄、嘲笑他。 e.g. If you go on making sport of me, I'll throw you out of the window.

“搞定”的意思。 e.g. I wish you could get that straight.

I want to get married and settle down.
我想结婚安顿下来。

As a phrase Settle down means to begin living a stable and orderly life.
Another example: Uncle George didn't settle down until he was nearly fifty.

QUOTE

"I've never really felt like the life of the party."

-- Ben Stiller, movie actor, talking about his personality.

MEANING

an entertaining person, a person with a strong personality, a person with a good sense of humor, a person that people like to be around

USE

The "life of the party" is a person who makes life fun. Everyone likes the "life of the party" because he or she is fun to be around. The "life of the party" can make people laugh. The "life of the party" has a great personality. If you're the one who makes a party fun, you're the "life of the party."

FOR EXAMPLE:

"My brother is a great guy. He's really funny and he's always the life of the party."

"You were really the life of the party last night, weren't you? You must have talked to everyone there."

"People always tell me I'm the life of the party, but I don't think it's true. I'm just a regular guy. I do like making people laugh though."

Throw a stone into water, and you will see the ripples it creates.
丟一顆石頭到水裡，你可以看到所引起的漣漪。

Is she dating with you?
她是你的女朋友吗？

　　date一词本来是日期的意思，但是在美国，却被常常用来指约会。就像上面这句话，如果你直译成“她正在与你约会吗？”就不太贴切，一般都是意指她是不是你的女朋友。

　　

　　You are too much! :你太过分了！你太聪明了！
　　这个句子中的每一个单词都很简单，但如果你按照字面上的意思去理解，就大错特错了。当你使用这个句子时，一定是表达一种强烈的情感，生气时可以用它来表达“你太过分了”，当你对某人佩服得五体投地时，可以用它来赞叹“你太聪明了”。
　　如果你的老板对你百般刁难，你可以大声地向他吼道“You are too much! Get out of my office!” 当然，吼完后，别忘了，收拾好自己的铺盖卷。

QUOTE

"To me, our society is very weird about what they get off on."

-- Singer and Actress Whitney Houston





MEANING

(verb) get pleasure from, have fun doing, enjoy

USE

Different people "get off" on different things. You might "get off" on learning English. Your dad might "get off" on watching sports. Your sister might "get off" on talking on the phone to her friends.

You can use this term whenever you refer to an activity that makes people happy, or gives them pleasure.


FOR EXAMPLE:

"You get off on making people feel bad don't you? I think you're a mean person. You should be nicer to people."

"When I was a kid I used to get off on eating chocolate cake, but I don't really like it anymore. It's too sweet."

"My brother gets off on cooking. He wants to be a chef when he gets older. He made dinner for me last night and it was so good."

You always do things at the eleventh hour.
你老是把事情拖到最后一刻去做.

It means you are not an early bird. And you always don’t finish things until the last minute or you are always late for things. For another example. "Yes, I got the work done in time. I finished it at the eleventh hour, but I wasn't late.

Let's cash in on the fine weather and go fishing.让我们趁着这好天气去钓鱼吧!

cash in: take advantage or profit from something.
Another example: The shops are cashing in on temporary shortages by raising prices.

Summer is here! Are you excited?

"My girlfriend is always wailing about something. It seems like she's never happy. I don't know what to do."


MEANING

wailing has several meanings:

doing something in an intense way

hitting, pounding

screaming very loud

complaining


USE

You can use wailing when you're referring to an intense action. If your baby sister is screaming, you could say she's wailing. If your brother is hitting you on the arm, you could tell him to stop wailing on you. If your dad is using an axe to chop some wood, you could say he's wailing on that wood.

(In order to sound natural, you should always use the verb 'to wail' in the progressive form - wailing. It is rarely used in other forms.)

One boy is a boy,two boys half a boy,three boy no boy.
一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝。
　

It’s a long story.
一言难尽。

If you love me, trust in me. The way that I trust in you.
若你爱我，相信我， 正如我相信你一样，相信我。

Everything has its seed.
凡事皆有因./无风不起浪.

She arrived out of the blue.她没有事先告之就来了.

Out of the blue: Unexpected without warning
For example: His resignation came (right) out of the blue.

Don't worry. I'll never let you down.
别担心。我决不会让你失望的。

Let down: To fail to meet the expectations of; disappoint.
For example:　--Ａ: You let me down again!
--B: I’m sorry. I’ll remember your birthday next year.

"We lost the game yesterday, but we don't have time to be sad about it. We need to shake it off and win our game today."

MEANING

forget about it, ignore it, don't let it have an affect, pay no attention to it

USE

If something or someone is bothering you, you can try to shake it off. By shaking it off, you have decided that you're not going to let it get to you. You can try to ignore a problem or try to forget about it, because it is not important to you.

Excuse me, is this seat taken?
对不起，这位子有人坐吗？

You usually say “excuse me” when you want to arise people’s attention. For example, excuse me, may I smoke here? In the case of taking a seat, saying “is anyone sitting here?” is also fine.

I’m feeling energetic today.
我今天感觉精神很好。

This is something you want to tell people every morning! Variations are “I’m feeling great/perfect”, etc. If not very good, then “I’m feeling O.K.” if your boss sees you still yawning, he may question, “are you quite awake, boy?”

No, I won't be afraid, oh, I won't be afraid. Just as long as you stand. Stand by me and darling, darling.

只要有你在身边支持我，我便不会害怕。 支持我，宝贝!