Slang from The Merriam-Webster Dictionary means an informal nonstandard vocabulary composed typically of invented words, arbitrarily changed words, and extravagant figures of speech. Slang in The American Heritage Dictionary means a vocabulary of casual or playful, often short-lived expressions used especially for humor, irreverence, or striking effect. And slang in Oxford Advanced Learner’s English-Chinese Dictionary means very informal words, phrases, etc commonly used in speech, especially between people from the same social group or who work together, not considered suitable for formal contexts and often not in use for long.
An eye for an eye
以牙还牙
Give someone a black eye
把某人打得鼻青眼肿
Green-eyed monster
嫉妒心
Keep one’s eyes on someone
密切注视某人，眼看某人
Be all ears
聚精会神地听，洗耳恭听
Have an ear for music
有音乐方面的天赋
Keep one’s ear to the ground
注意听
Perk up one’s ear
引起注意；竖起耳朵
As plain as the nose on one’s face
一目了然，显而易见
Keep one’s nose to the grindstone
埋头苦干，勤奋工作
It’s no skin off my nose.
与我毫无关系。
Have one’s nose in the air
自负的
Turn one’s nose up at someone or something
拒绝某人或某事
Down in the mouth
神情沮丧，垂头丧气
Live hand-to-mouth
勉强糊口，勉强维持生活
Run off at the mouth
滔滔不绝地谈论，没完没了地说
Shoot off one’s mouth
随便乱说，信口开河
At hand
紧迫的，重要的
Give someone a hand
帮助某人
Know something like the back of one’s hand
对某事了如指掌
An old hand at something
做某事的老手，熟手
Out of hand
失去控制，无法控制
Get back on one’s feet
从失败中重新站起来
Foot the bill
付账，买单
Get a foot in the door
迈向目标的第一步
One foot in the grave
一只脚已经踏入坟墓，行将就木
Put one’s foot down
禁止，阻止
Pussy-foot around
谨言慎行，拐弯抹角
Stand on one’s own two feet
独立自主，自立
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