现代英语口语：常用短语（俚语）大全+含例句（03）

· Lose one’s temper发脾气
You don’t have to lose your temper about trifle things.
· Through thick and thin有甘也有苦
The couple have gone through thick and thin for many years.
· Have another think coming大错特错
If you think I’m easily taken in, you are having another think coming.
· Thin-skinned神经过敏
She is so thin-skinned that, whenever we talk about something in a low voice, she will think we are referring to her.
· Jump down someone’s throat严厉训斥某人
The boy saved a girl from the river and went back home. Seeing him all through, his mother jumped down his throat.
· Stick out like a sore thumb特别扎眼
I hate my big nose. It sticks out like a sore thumb.
· Be all thumbs笨手笨脚
I just learned to type. I was all thumbs.
· Turn thumbs down on…不赞成……，反对……
The boss turned thumbs down on the new on promotion scheme.
· Twiddle one’s thumbs无所事事
Why do we have to work overtime while people in PR department are twiddling their thumbs?
· Beat someone’s time with someone勾引别人的女朋友
He is strange. He doesn't go steady with any girl, but enjoys beating others’ time with their girlfriend.
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· On the tip of someone’s tongue就早嘴边上
A man in black came to ask about my son’s whereabouts. My words were on the tip of someone’s tongue when I found the man had a gun inside his pocket.
· Hold one’s tongue保持沉默
I can no longer hold my tongue when I see so many wild animals have become extinct.