1.哪儿都找了 look high and low

我哪都找了，可还是没有找到那把钥匙。

I looked high and low for the key, but I couldn’t find it anywhere.

2.抽筋 have a charley horse

别碰我，我大腿抽筋了。

Don’t touch me; I’ve got a charley horse on the leg.

3.烫伤 to scald

炸丸子时他把手给烫伤了，现在手上全是泡。

He had his hand scalded when frying meatballs and now the scalds come up in blisters all over his hand.

4.被叮get stung by

在割草时，他被黄蜂叮了一下，现在脸都肿了。

He got stung by a wasp while cutting grass and his face is swollen now.

5.不一会儿 in a jiffy

别离开，他们不一会就到了。

Don’t go away. They’ll arrive in jiffy.

6.碰某人一指头 lay a finger on…

如果你再敢碰我妹妹一指头，我就杀了你。

I’ll kill you if you so much as lay a finger on my sister again.

7.让我 …… lemme…

让我试试吧。Lemme have a try.

(lemme 是let me音变形式。)

8.我不骗你 I kid you not

真的， 我不骗你。 他确实是那样说的。

Really. I kid you. He indeed said so.

9.千篇一律 be in a rut

他们的生活只是老一套，不是上班，就是回家做饭或看电视。

Their life is always in a rut. They would either go to work or do cooking and watch TV after work.

10．经常出没于某地 haunt about a place

有人向警方报告说那个嫌疑犯经常和一个戴眼镜的女孩出没于西山角下的大饭店。

Some reported to the police that the suspect often haunted about the grand hotel at the foot of the western hill with a four-eyed girl.