潮流俚語80

1.ad-lib(爆肚)

For verb:

1.He managed to ad-lib some funny phrases in the show.

2.If you forget the script, ad-lib.

For noun:

3.That was a really brilliant ad-lib.

For adverb:

4.If you forget the script, say something ad-lib. Don't go silent.

2.improvise(爆肚 or 頂住檔先)

1.If you forget the script,improvise your own.

2.I had no choice but to improvise.

3.I noticed several improvisations in the emcee's introduction.

4.I didn't have a printer stand and so I improvised one with a stack of books.

5.The printer stand is an improvisation.

6.The improvised(臨時湊成的) printed stand works quite well.

3.A bit much (離譜)

1.That was a bit much.

2.His one hour absence was just a bit much.

3.Thomas's “Oscar-winner” is a bit much I think.

4The teacher's harshness is really over the top.(過份)

4.Stay out(去蒲)

1.She likes to stay out all night.

2.The bored ones would hang around/about/round/out in the bars in Lan Kwai Fong.

3.Let's hang out to see what's interesting.

5.cocky(好串/招積)

1.He's only got one award and he's so cocky now.

2.Don't get cocky!

3.He's a stuck-up legislator and that's why many reporters spoke ill of him.

Stuck up is adjective, spoke ill of him(唱衰佢)

6.go too far(佢離譜到)

1.The media has gone too far in hyping such a mediocre movie for a week.

2.Hyping such a mediocre movie for a week was going a bit too far.

3.The teacher went so far as to throw her bag into the corridor.

4.The company went so far as to cut 500 more posts.

Go so far as to is use before what is doing

7.mega(勁/非常/極之)

1.a mega movie

2.a mega pop idol; mega prizes

3.a mega ugly guy.

4. I heard a mega funny joke yesterday.

8.fix(造馬)

1. I believe the TV station fixes the weekly charts.

2.Several soccer players were charged with fixing the match.

3.I don't care who got the championship. It was a fix(noun) after all.

4.The hit chart was probably a fix.

5.They rigged(內定) the appointment and that's why you couldn't get the job even though you did well in the interview.

9.cop out/cop out of(縮沙)

1.A:I'm afraid I'm not going.

B:What? Are you copping out?

2.He's copped out of my plan.

3.Jame copped out of lodging a complaint against the company.

4.They've avoided all the sensitive issues. I think that was a cop-out(noun)

5.He chickened out of his finals.

10.fire/get the sack/dismiss(formal) (炒魷魚)

1.In fact the boss didn't want to fire him.

2.”You're fired!” the boss said to John.

3.You'll get the sack if you make a mess next time.

4.The company dismissed 100 employees last year.

Dismissal is noun

11.worldly/a man (woman) of the world /worldly-wise/sophisticated (見慣世面/世界仔)

1.He is a very worldly person.

2.She is a very worldly and knows how to deal with her customers.

3.Such unfair deals mean nothing to a worldly-wise person such as Tom.

4.The accident has sophisticated his naive mind.

12.to make a fast buck/fortune(搵快錢/賺大錢)

to pass the buck(卸膊)

1.Everyone thought he had made an utterly wrong decision,but he still tried to pass the buck.

2.Don't pass the buck and send the complaint to the P.R. Department

3.She seems fairly depressed. You should buck her up.

Buck (somebody) up (使某人振作,為某人打氣)

buck the system (忽視不顧)

13.something(有料到/好係嘢)

1.He's really something! He wrote a 5000-word essay in half an hour!

2.Look! The steps are really something!

3.This story's really something!

Always use following really

14.plug/hype(催谷)

1.ABC is trying hard to plug this new song.

2.ABC gave this new song a great plug(noun).

15.that/this is something(算係咁)

1.A:I only got 70 marks this time.

B:Well,compared with 68 last time, that was something.

2.A:I bought it at 8 and now it's 7.

B:Oh come on,it's only a small loss and I think that's something.

16.pretend/play(扮嘢/扮可憐)

1.She pretended to be pitiful.

2.She played pitiful.

3.He played the expert to please the female classmates.

4.He heard them quarreling, but he just played deaf.

5.Sometimes it's necessary to play calm in front of your audience.

6.He's actually a bad guy playing the good boy.

7.It's no use playing the innocent. You know everything.

17.chicken feed/peanuts(雞碎咁多)

1.My pocket money is just chicken feed.

2.Your course fee is only chicken feed compared to my MBA fee.

18.to pour cold water on something/to dampen something(潑冷水)

1.A: We could organize a series of seminars on EQ. It's such a popular topic,I think it could attract a large of audience.

B:I don't want to pour cold water on that, but I doubt if we could get any guest speakers here.

2.Your words have dampened my enthusiasm, to be honest.

19.debunk(踢爆)

to rip (somebody) off/to fool(搵笨)

1.The TV programme tried to debunk the practices of beauty parlours.

2.Nobody dares to debunk the famous Mr Li.

3.Tourists are being ripped off at Tsim Sha Tsui.

4.I was fooled into going to the show.

20.gorgeous(好正)

1.The dessert was gorgeous. I enjoyed it.

2.The pub boasts a gorgeous atmosphere.

3.What a gorgeous day!

4.Leon got a gorgeous girlfriend, hasn't he?

21.nosy/nosiness(八卦)

meddling/pry/inquisitive(干預別人事)

1.She is so nosy.

2.Because I don't like her nosiness.

3.To be a good student one ought to have an inquisitive mind.

Inquisitive can be mean 充滿求知慾

22.manly/masculine(好man)

1.He has a manly look.

2.She likes manly sports, eg. Football.

3.Cops are usually quite masculine.

4.She was attracted by his manliness/masculinity(男人味)

23.ghost-writer/ghost-write(請槍/槍手)

1.I believe that this article was written by a ghost-writer,not the professor himself.

2.He said he'd pay me to ghost-write his term paper.

3.Tom's application letter was actually ghost-written by his younger brother.

24.make your mouth water/appetizing(垂涎三尺)

1.Look! There' re some mouth-watering sushi dishes!

2.The ad's selling point is a variety of mouth-watering food.

3.as I was so hungry,the smell of burgers and French fries made my mouth water.

25.volley of(一輪咀)

1.She got mad at me with a volley of curses.

2.There were volleys of sensational words in his speech.

26.play up/hype/exaggerate(formal)(煲大)

1.The college student's suicide was unnecessarily played up by the daily

2.The official TV station tried to play down(試圖掩飾) the roits.

27.not even/without a scratch(冇穿冇爛)

1.A:Did you get hurt in any way?

B:No, not even a scratch. Thanks.

2.You exam results this year are better than last year's, but they're still not up to scratch(未如理想)

up to scratch is use follow not

日常事物

28.mobile/cell/hand phone/handset(手機)

29.zip up/do up the zip(拉拉鍊)

1.Zip me up at the back,please.

2.This wallet zips up easily.

30.providing for mistress(包二奶)

1.He's providing for a Mainland Chinese mistress.

31.chinese chess (象棋)

chinese checkers(波子棋)

chinese cabbage(白菜)

barbecued pork(叉燒)

shrimp dumpling(蝦餃)

glutinous rice dumpling(糉)

32.iced tea/iced coffee(凍奶茶/咖啡)

33.a pair of jeans(牛仔褲)

in jeans(穿牛仔褲)

denim jacket(牛仔褸)

34.joss stick(香)

incense burner(香爐)

paper ingot(元寶)

35.napkin(餐巾)

36.split the bill/check(AA制)

1.The bill/check,please.(埋單)

2.Shall/Should we split the bill/check? No,I'll pay.

37.parking space(車位)

parking meter(咪錶)

parking ticket(牛肉乾/告票)

38.tuned in to/switch over(看電視轉台)

39.midnight supper/meal/snack(宵夜)

40.half past(踏半)(表示時間)

1.Half past,my watch said.

41.tuck into/under/behind(塞入/壓住/撥到)

1.I tucked my T-shirt into my jeans.

2.He tucked his mobile phone into his rear pocket.

3.I tucked the piece of paper under a book so that it wouldn't be blown away.

4.She tucked her loose hair behind her ears.

42.goody/goodie(好人)baddy/baddie(奸人)

1.The plot has a lot of goodies.

43.paparazzi(狗仔隊)

1.He was pursued by the paparazzi last night.

2.She drove feverishly, hoping to escape the paparazzi

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44.a meteor shower/falling star/shooting star(流星雨)

1.If the sky is clear,you might be able to see scores of shooting stars.

2.We're expecting a shower of meteors tonight.

45.to print the photos/picture(曬相)

1.Who's going to get the print?(邊個去攞相)

2.Who's going to prints the photo/pictures?

46.stub(票尾)

1.stub out (弄熄)a cigarette

2.stub my toe(撞到腳趾)

3.I used to keep all the movie ticket stubs

47.gay/queer/fag/queen/fairy/pansy(男同性戀者)

lesbian/lesbo/dyke(女同性戀者)

48.exchange/swap(調位)

1.Can we have a exchange of place?

2.Can we have a swap of place?

3.Can we swap places?

49.tough(靭)/tender(淋)/oily(油)/fatty(肥)

1The meat's a bit tough.

2.I like this tender lamb.

3.The fried noodles were yummy but also oily.

4.That dim-sum was really fatty

50.hiccups(打嗝)/sneeze(打噴嚏)/yawn(打呵欠)

1.To stop your hiccups you can drink some water.

2.She suddenly sneezed.

3.She yawned loudly.

51.barbed(有刺)wire mesh/netting/fence(鐵絲網)

1.The temporary parking lot is enclosed by wire netting.

2.We suggest that a wire mesh be set up to enclose the area if security purpose.

3.Someone has cut the wire fence and broken into the premises.

52.expecting/expectant/big(heavy) with child(大肚)

1.Do you know Jane is expecting?

53.something(幾)

1.The shop is called Tai something.

2.The airfare will cost you six thousand dollars something.

3.This is a career magazine for twenty something office workers.

54.a blessing in disguise(塞翁失馬)

1.Your illness was a blessing in disguise, you're escaped a terribly hectic day.

55.bite(咬一口/食嘢)

1.The mother didn't allow her kids to take a bite at the cake.

2.I took a large bite out of the burger.

3.Fancy a bite?

56.critique/criticism(批判)

1.The author put forward a critique of the existing social welfare policies.

2.The article is a critique of the ugly side of human nature.

3.His criticism of John's word was harsh.

57.who's this/that/calling?((電話)你係邊位)

1.Who's calling please?

2.Who am I speaking to?

3.Who's on the phone please?

58.cut-throat(割喉)

1.Local banks have joined a cut-throat competition for credit card customers.

2.We now offer cut-throat price reductions for most items in our stores.

59.cum(暨)

1.Evening school-cum-Counselling Centre

2.a dining cum living room

3.CD cum CD-ROM

60.perform/render/interpret(演繹)

1.He performed the oldies very well

2.She gave a touching rendering of “Eternal Flame”

3.His interpretation captured the true mood of the lyrics.

61.block/in the way(阻住)

1.A crowd is in my/her/his/their way.

2.Don't get in my way,please.

3.A crowd is blocking the entrance.

62.Prince Charming/Mr Right(白馬王子)

1.I met Prince Charming in college some years ago.

2.My gut feeling told me he could be Mr. Right.

3.What's your dream mate( 夢中情人)like?

63.bustling/lively(熱鬧)

1.The mall was bustling with shoppers and restaurant seekers.

2.It was a lively concert with hot artists, great songs and a cheerful atmosphere.

3.There's a lively cafe at the Peak. How's that?

64.blatant(擺到明)

1.That was a blatant lie.

2.He's blatantly fooling you.

3.She has made some blatantly untrue statements.

65.thing/stuff(嗰啲嘢)

1.Frankly,I have no interest in that election thing.

2.We do auditing and stuff like that.

66.accountable/accountability(問責制)

1.The committee should be accountable to the public.

2.The chairman has to be held accountable.(要負責)

3.The government is facing increasing public demands for greater accountability.

67.fate/destiny/predestined(緣份)

1.Fate/Destiny made Leon and May meet again.

2.We're fated/destined to be in hardship.

3.Their predestined relationship has come to an end.

68.itch/itchy(發癢)

1.My skin itches

2.I don't know how to deal with my itching arm

3.This sweater is really itchy.

69.intuition/gut feeling(直覺)

1.My intuition told me I wouldn't be suitable for the job.

2.My gut feeling is Mom will say no to my idea.

3.My gut feeling is that the two are not in love.

70.obsolete/supersede(淘汰/過時)

1.Walkmans have become obsolete.

2.Do you think online shopping will supersede traditional supermarkets?

3.Books won't die out even in the Web age.

71.you're wanted/there's a call(有人找你(在電話))

1.Jane,there's a call for you

2.You're wanted on the phone.

3.Someone wants to speak to you,Jane

72.follow up(跟進/乘勝追擊)/look into(調查)

1.The student union has actively followed up on the issue of student welfare.

2.I guess they'll follow up the success of the documentary with a second series.

73.treat(請食嘢)/go dutch(AA制)

1.It's my treat.

2.The hamburger will be my treat.

3.A dutch treat(AA制的一餐飯)

74.peg(用衣夾夾起/掛鈎)

1.She pegged the t-shirts on the clothesline.

2.The HK dollar is pegged to the US dollar.

75.keep(阻你一陣)

1.What kept you from coming to our meeting?

2.Can I keep you for a moment.

3.Were you kept by the traffic?

76.jot down/take notes(擇低(筆記))

1.Let's jot down the number.

2.There go the Mark Six numbers! Jot them down.

3.We were busy taking notes during the lecture.

77.dead-end/blind alley(死路/堀頭路)

1.I live on a quiet blind alley.

2.Don't go on finding customers. It's a hopeless dead end business.

78.kind/sort of(類似/算係)

1.I think it's kind of a trading company.

2.Are you a vegetarian? Well, sort of.

79.greedy/gluttonous/glutton/gluttony(為食)

1.My brother's a greedy kid.

2.You don't need the chips. Don't be a glutton.(noun)

3.Gluttony(noun) has brought him a stomach ache.

80.(can't)turn back/the die is cast(冇得返轉頭)

1.You've made the decision. You can't turn back.

2.We're gathered all the volunteers. The die is cast. We can put off the variety show.