啤酒
Cold coffee - Slang for beer.
- After work today, let’s go downtown and get some cold coffee.今天下班后,我们去市区喝点啤酒吧。
- I could really go for a cold coffee right about now.我现在真的可以去喝杯啤酒。
02.
咖啡
Cup of joe - Cup of coffee.
Can I get you another cup of joe?
我能再给你拿杯咖啡吗?
- There is nothing like enjoying a hot cup of joe first thing in the morning.早上第一件事没有什么比喝杯热咖啡更好的了。
03.生气
SpiteA feeling of anger towards another person that makes someone want to annoy, upset, or hurt them, especially in a small way.
He's the sort of man who would let the air out of the tyres on your car just out of spite.
他是那种出于恶意会让你的车轮胎漏气的人。
- The sailors started to call coffee a cup of joe out of spite.出于恶意,水手们开始称咖啡为" a cup of joe"。
04.在任何情况都不, 千金不换
Not for all the tea in ChinaYou are unwilling to do something, no matter how large the reward.
I wouldn't quit my job for all the tea in China.
就算有天大的好处,我都不会辞掉我的工作。
How would I feel about doing extra work? Not for all the tea in China.
做额外的工作我会有什么感觉?有天大的好处我也不干。
05.润肠道
Coffee in, coffee out Having to use the bathroom because you drank some coffee.
Is there a bathroom around here? I drank some coffee this morning and you know the expression, coffee in, coffee out.
这附近有厕所吗?今天早上我喝了太多的咖啡,你知道“coffee in, coffee out”这个表达嘛?
I drank way too much coffee this morning. Coffee in, coffee out.
今天早上我喝了很多咖啡。太想上厕所了。
06.我的菜
One's cup of tea
One's person’s preferences of something and/or liking something.
- Watching horror movies is not my cup of tea.
看恐怖电影不是我喜欢的。
Going shopping with friends every weekend is my cup of tea.
我喜欢每周末和朋友一起逛街。
07.无用的
As good as a chocolate teapot Something that is completely useless.
- Your plan is as good as a chocolate teapot.你的方案没有一点用。
- I'm not taking your advice again, which was as good as a chocolate teapot.我不会再接受你的建议了,那简直没有一点用。
08.小题大做
A storm in a teacupUsed when people talk about a small event, or a small problem as if it were a big tragedy.
Kelly's complaints about the wedding cake were a storm in a teacup. The cake was beautiful in my opinion.
凯莉对婚礼蛋糕的抱怨简直就是小题大做。在我看来,蛋糕很好看。
- If Robert doesn't drink enough coffee in the morning, everything is storm in a teacup.
如果罗伯特早上没有喝足够的咖啡,他会对一切事情都小题大做。