② I don’t wanna leave university with a big debt hanging over my head. 我不想帶著一大堆的債務離開大學。
have sth. hanging over one’s head: have sth. bothering or worrying one(某事讓人擔憂)。例如:
I have next week’s finals hanging over my head.
我擔心下周的期末考試。
③ Don’t take the mickey! 別取笑我!
take the mickey: make fun of sb., usu. in an unkind way(取笑他人,通常是惡意的)。例如:
Kids often took the mickey out of me because I was short.
因為我太矮小,其他孩子常常取笑我。
④ Ah, I see where you are going with this. 啊,我明白你的意思了。
I see where you are going with this: used to express one’s understanding of another’s thinking(用以表達自己明白對方的思路)。例如:
——Dad might say no to a Sunday picnic, but Mom loves to sit by the lake on a sunny day.
老爸可能不會同意在星期天去野餐,可老媽喜歡在大晴天到湖邊坐坐。
——Haha, I see where you are going with this. We should talk to Mom tonight.
哈哈,我明白你怎麼想的了,我們今晚就找老媽談談。
⑤ What are you on about? 你想說什麼?
What are you on about?: used to clarify the other’s intention, usu. when confused, same as “I’m confused” or “I don’t understand”(用以詢問對方的用意,等同於“I’m confused”或“I don’t understand”)。例如:
——I think Mom doesn’t like Jim, but Dad does.
我覺得媽不喜歡吉姆,但爸喜歡。
——What are you on about?
你想說什麼?
⑥ Otherwise they’ll tell you to get on your bike. 否則他們會將你掃地出門。
get on sb.’s bike: used to tell sb. to leave, go away; a British expression(用以告訴某人離開,英式用法)。例如:
If you do that again, I’m going to tell you to get on your bike.
如果你再那麼幹的話,我就會讓你離開。
⑦ Fair point! 有道理!
Fair point: used to express acknowledgement to an argument(用以表達對一個觀點的認同)。例如:
——If the teacher has not talked about the last two chapters, students shouldn’t be tested on those content.
我覺得如果老師沒有講過最後的兩個章節,那考試就不應該就這些內容考查學生。
——That’s a fair point.
有道理。