日積月累學口語:你有過這樣的神經過敏狀況嗎?
1.得可疑了smell a rat
當他們同意把那批貨以那樣的價格賣給你的時候，你難道沒有感到有些可疑麼?
Didn’t you smell a rat when they agreed to sell you the goods at such a price?
2.稍微……就行了give ……a once－over
車子不很髒，稍微擦擦就行了
The car’s not very dirty, a once-over will do.
3.死也不同意 over one’s dead body
她說她死也不會跟你結婚的
She said that she would marry you over her dead body.
4.熱情得讓人受不了 kill someone with kindness
她那熱情簡直讓人受不了
She’d kill people with kindness.
5.嚇得直打哆嗦tremble like a leaf
聽到那個消息，他嚇得直打哆嗦
He was trembling like a leaf at the news.
6.無論怎麼樣也不 not do …for love or money
無論怎麼樣我也不能和她那號人合作
I wouldn’t do things together with her sort for love or money.
7.頂牛be at loggerheads
他們倆經常爲某些事頂牛兒。
The two of them are always at loggerheads.
(此語源於中世紀得“潑柏油戰法”。據說loggerhead是中世紀人們用來熔解柏油的用具。在海戰中，敵對的兩隻船相互用loggerhead潑柏油).
8.忐忑不安 have (a case of )the jitters
自從那家人搬到我們這兒，我們就感到忐忑不安
I have had the jitters since that family moved here.
