老外常用俚语短语

俚语短语是英语里十分丰富的词汇，掌握不好这些俚语短语，就难以学好英语。下面，小编为大家整理了一些老外常用俚语短语，希望对大家有所帮助。

· keep a stiff upper lip意志坚定，坚强不屈

one failure means nothing. you've got to keep a stiff upper lip.

· be at loggerheads with...互不相让

the two parties were at loggerheads with each other over the new tax policy.

· a born loser一事无成者

nobody is a born loser. all you need is perseverance.

· louse up something把某事搞得一团糟

he let the cat out of the bag, which loused up the whole deal.

· not love or money死也不会……

stop trying. i won't betray my friend for love or money.

· feel a lump in one's throat心里感到很难受

i felt a lump in my throat on hearing her story of fighting with the deadly disease.

· make do with...用……凑合

we are too tired to cook. we can make do with two bags of instant noodles.

· the man in the street普通的人，老百姓

the interview with the man in the street shows that 90% of them are satisfied with the tv fro grams.

· be one's own man不受他人支配，自己管自己

our monitor is not easy to cope with. he is much his own man.

· steal a march on someone抢在他人前面，暗渡陈仓

we stole a march on our rivals by reducing 5% of our price and got back our market.

· meat and drink精神寄托

to some old people, raising pets is their meat and drink.

· be at the mercy of受……支配

when you get this kind of disease, your life is at the mercy of god.