英语俚语：Not say uncle拒不认错

（单词翻译:单击）

· Talk turkey打开天窗说亮话
Let’s talk turkey, see if you agree. I’ll get 55%of the share, and you’ll get the rest.

· Not say uncle拒不认错，不服输
I don’t know when he has ever said uncle to anyone.

· Take a dim view of…对……抱悲观态度；不赞同
Teachers in middle schools usually take a dim view of students’ talking up too many after-class activities.

· Walk all over someone任意欺负某人
My neighbor walked all over me. He left rubbish in my door, stamped on my grass and wax my windows. I decided¹ to fight back.

· Drive someone to the wall把某人逼得走投无路
He hates learning foreign languages. But the challenging situation drives him to the wall. He decides to go to an evening class.

· Drive someone up the wall把某人搞得心烦意乱
Would you please turn down that Rap music? It has driven me up the wall.

· Be in hot water陷入困境
I’m sorry I can’t lend you money. I myself am in hot water.

· Like water off a duck’s back满不在乎，不起作用
I can do nothing about him. Criticism rolls off like water off a duck’s back. It goes into his one ear and comes out of the other.

· Meet one’s Waterloo惨败
The famous lawyer met his Waterloo at the hands of a fledgling lawyer.

· Fish in troubled waters浑水摸鱼
Don’t tell him that we need that material badly, He is good at fishing in troubled waters and will take advantage of it.

· Make waves兴风作浪
Everything went smoothly² in her wedding ceremony, when her formal boyfriend came to make waves by drinking the bridegroom under the table.

· Have a way with something/someone有应付……的办法
She will make a good teacher. She seems to have a way with even the most disobedient boy.

· Pave the way for…为……铺平道路

Donation from every walks of life has paved the way for the Hope Project to proceed.

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