教科书没出现的日常口语

A: I can't believe all my work is gone just like this. I'veworked my butt off on this all day.

A: 我不敢相信我的心血就这样丢掉了!我今天整天辛辛苦苦都在搞这个!

B: What happened? Computer crashed?

B: 怎么啦? 计算机当了吗?

发现美语里不少口语都跟"butt"(屁屁)有关, 像 "kick ass","kissass"(见本单元第一页).这里的"work one's butt off" 也是.还有一个"freeze one's buttoff"(冷得把屁屁冻僵)也是喔!

work one's butt/ass off 如果你不愿意说butt 或者ass 这个词的时候(大多数人在正式或者半正式场合都会回避这两个词),通常你可以说 I have worked my tail off. 同样,something is a pain in the ass 意思是,什么东西让人讨厌/头疼死了. 你还可以说 somethingor somebody is a pain in the neck.