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与hot相关的口语表达

2011-02-03来源:和谐英语
9. in hot water 因为做错事而遇上麻烦
= in trouble because you have done something wrong

If you send that email now, you'll find yourself in hot water with the boss.
如果你现在发出那封邮件,你的老板就会来找你麻烦了。

10. have a hot temper 很容易发火
= to get angry easily

He has a hot temper, so don't provoke him into an argument.
他脾气很坏,所以别惹他吵架。

11. get hot under the collar 为不重要的事生气
= get angry about something not very important

You always seem to get hot under the collar about people's driving habits. Don't let it worry you!
你好像总是因为别人的驾车习惯而发火,别为这种事心烦嘛!

12. be like a cat on a hot tin roof 焦躁不安的,提心吊胆的
= restless or jumpy

What's the matter with her? She's like a cat on a hot tin roof this morning.
她怎么了?今早看上去焦躁不安的。

13. in hot pursuit 紧追
= to follow closely

The pickpocket ran off, with members of the public in hot pursuit.
扒手逃走了,群众在后面紧紧追赶。

14. hot on the trail 就快发现某事
= close to finding something

The police are hot on the trail of the mastermind behind the bank robbery.
警察很快就要找到银行抢劫案的幕后操纵者了。

15. hot air 空话,大话
= something which is not as important or true as it sounds

What he says is just a lot of hot air - don't take it too seriously.
他说的都是些空话,不要太当真。

16. more (something) than you've had hot dinners 用来强调在某件事上有广泛经验
= an expression to mean that you've had a lot of something

Young man, I've been to more football matches than you've had hot dinners, so you don't have to explain the rules of the game to me.
年轻人,我看过的球赛比你吃过的饭还多,你用不着给我讲解比赛规则。

17. blow hot and cold 反复无常,犹豫不决
= keep changing your mind about something

I'm blowing hot and cold about moving to the countryside.
对于是否搬到农村去我一直摇摆不定。