英語口語：常用短語（俚語）大全八

　　每一門語言都有許多的俚語和豐富的口語詞匯，小編在這里為大家整理了現(xiàn)代日常生活中常用到的地道短語和俚語,還有例句哦.

　　· be in a rut千篇一律，一籌莫展

　　His life is in a rut. Office, library, and home are the three places he goes everyday. It is time he had a holiday for a change.

　　· play it safe小心謹慎

　　Our car works very well. But to play it safe, we will bring a spare tire.

　　· safe and sound安全無事

　　He came back from the battlefield safe and sound.

　　· the salt of the earth好心腸的人，沒有壞心眼的人

　　The taxi driver who saved the drowning boy from the river is the salt of the earth.

　　· take something with a grain of salt聽話打折扣，不能輕信

　　He is a braggart. Take his words with a grain of salt.

　　· tip the scales扭轉局勢

　　In the boxing ring, the two sides were evenly matched. But the short break seemed to tip the scales in favor of the boxer in red.

　　· throw someone off the scent轉移某人的視線

　　The murder wrote a last letter for the victim and left it in the site, hoping to throw the police off the scent.

　　· start from scratch從零開始，白手起家

　　There are so many spelling mistakes. I have to write it again from scratch.

　　· talk sense into someone開導某人

　　I've tired to talk sense into him, but he still chose to work in the countryside.

　　· an open sesame法寶，秘訣，關鍵

　　Having connections with VIPs is not an open sesame to success.

　　· the lion's share最大的一份，絕大多數(shù)

　　He designed the most important part of the machine. So he deserves the lion's share of the award.

　　· the black sheep of the family有辱門楣的人

　　He lost everything in gabling and was called the black sheep of the family by this relatives.