掀起美劇短句風(fēng)暴23:用于表示"吃力 困難"(7)

(一).He's off the hook.他平安度過(guò)了。/他沒(méi)事。/ (困境)安然度過(guò)了，

This is a way to say “He won't be respon-‘ sible forthat." Often this is used when ^^omeone is notpunished for something R bad that was done.

Blab be off the hook擺脫了困境，平安度過(guò) I,- get Itake somebody off the hook 把......從困境中救出來(lái)

原音重現(xiàn)：

A: Did you hear that O.J.Simpson was arrestedagain?

你聽(tīng)說(shuō)O.J.辛普森又被逮捕了嗎?

B: Veah, I heard. But he’s off the hook now.

嗯，聽(tīng)說(shuō)了，但是他現(xiàn)在平安無(wú)亊了。

(二).She is out of the woods.她度過(guò)了難關(guān)。

This means “It is not dangerous for her anymore." This is said most often when someone hasbeen very sick, and then that person starts to get well.

I’m out of the woods. 我度過(guò)危機(jī)。

A: Tracy was really sick last week.

特蕾西上個(gè)星期病得很嚴(yán)重。

B: I think she is out of the woods now.

好像她現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)度過(guò)了危險(xiǎn)期。