American Idioms美国俚语

（单词翻译）

美国俚语

Hit the Hay¹ (go to bed )

上床睡觉

A: Listen, Kim. We’re going to be really busy with moving tomorrow, and we’ve got³ to get an early start.

听着，金。明天搬家我们肯定会很忙，而且我们还得早起。

B: I guess you’re right. We’ll need all the rest we can get.

我想你说得很对。我们得抓紧时间休息。

A: What do you say, we hit the hay now?

你是说我们现在就上床睡觉，是吧？

B: Agreed⁴. Let’s go to bed and get a good night’s sleep. It’s going² to be a long day.

是的。我们现在就上床，好好睡一晚。明天将是漫长的一天。

A: Say , Greg. Did⁵ you finally⁶ get that computer that you wanted so much?

嗨，格雷格，你到底有没有买你垂涎已久的那台电脑？

B: Not yet⁷. I needed to raise⁸ a couple⁹ of hundred dollars more.

还没呢。我得再攒几百美元才行。

A: Is it going to take you a while¹⁰ to raise the money?

那你得再攒一段时间的钱喽？

B: It would¹¹ have taken me forever¹², but dad said¹³ he’d cough¹⁴ up the money I need since¹⁵ I’m going to be using the computer for my school work.

也许永远也攒不够了。不过爸爸说既然我要用电脑来做功课，他还是会给我出钱的。

A: Maybe it was¹⁶ difficult for your dad to give you the money-but then, he knows that it’s for a good cause¹⁷.

让你爸给你钱也许很难——不过到那时，他就会明白那是大有好处的。CE