一起来说说那些热词（二）

　　1.【“拖后腿”英语怎么说？】很多人会误以为pull one's leg就是“拖某人后腿”，其实它的意思是：开某人玩笑，是一种礼貌的玩笑，即good-natured teasing，例如：Are you for real, or are you just pulling my leg?你是认真的呢还是逗我玩儿？特别注意，这个俚语是pull one's leg，而不是pull one's legs。我们可以这样说：drag someone/sth. down或者pull someone/sth. down意思就是：拖某人/某事的后腿。例如：That last test pulled my grade down.最后一门考试拖了我成绩的后腿。If you're not careful he'll end up dragging you down.你若不小心点，他会拖了你的后腿。

　　2.【“催”怎么说？】除了push someone，I am pushing Tom for the Excel sheet，还有什么？"Press"。用法跟push一样。I am pressing Tom. I am being pressed. I am pressed. Don't press me! Stop pressing me!我个人觉得press > push (press比push aggressive一点)。

　　3.【“群发短信”怎么说？】群发短信行为是：mass texting，群发出去的短信是mass text (message)；回短信一般用text back或reply to text (message)；因此，“群发的我不回”英语可以说：I'll never text you back if it's just a mass text.或者说：I'll never reply to any mass text (message).

　　4.【“碰运气”怎么说？】Roll the dice原意是掷色子，引申为：to take a chance on something，也就是碰运气、赌运气、孤注一掷的意思，例如：Let's roll the dice and see what happens.我们干脆碰碰运气/孤注一掷，看看会发生什么。

　　5.【“给你点阳光你就灿烂”怎么说？】我们可以用一个俚语来表达：Give someone an inch and he'll take a mile.或者Give someone an inch and he'll take a yard.意思也就是给别人一个好脸色，他就得寸进尺。也可译为：给某人好脸色某人就蹬鼻子上脸；如：If you cut him some slack this time, he'll never listen to you. Give him an inch and he'll take a mile.如果你这次绕过他的话，他永远都不会听你的了。给他好脸色他就会蹬鼻子上脸。