用法学习: 1. Deciduous teeth, otherwise known as milk teeth乳牙, baby teeth, temporary teeth and now more commonly considered the primary teeth, are the first set of teeth in the growth development of humans and many other mammals (see cultural tradition discussion below). They develop during the embryonic stage of development and erupt—that is, they become visible in the mouth—during infancy. They are usually lost and replaced by permanent teeth, but in the absence of permanent replacements, they can remain functional for many years. 2. The English tend to love follies, those small, decorative buildings constructed simply for enjoyment. It was particularly during the 18th century that thousands were put up on great estates such as Stourhead in Wiltshire and Hawkstone Park in Shropshire. But follies are not solely the preserve of the past - they have become a passion兴趣爱好 for Colin Armstrong, the owner of Tupgill Park in North Yorkshire. Here, in collaboration with an architect, Malcolm Tempest, he has spent the past 10 years assembling an extraordinary collection within a four-acre garden that has become a maze known as the Forbidden Corner. In architecture, a folly is a building constructed primarily for decoration, but either suggesting by its appearance some other purpose, or merely so extravagant that it transcends the normal range of garden ornaments or other class of building to which it belongs. In the original use of the word, these buildings had no other use, but from the 19th to 20th centuries the term was also applied to highly decorative buildings which had secondary practical functions实际功用 such as housing, sheltering or business use. Many follies, particularly during famine饥馑时期, such as the Irish potato famine, were built as a form of poor relief, to provide employment for peasants and unemployed artisans. Poor Relief济贫: Poor Relief refers to any actions taken by either governmental or ecclesiastical bodies to relieve poverty experienced by a population. More specifically, the term poor relief is often used to discuss how European countries dealt with poverty from the time just around the end of the medieval era to modernity when systems changed from barter style economy to the early days of capitalism. Throughout this time frame, authorities have been confronted with such questions as, "Who exactly should benefit from legislation that is passed?" and "Who is ultimately responsible for the care of these individuals?". As a result of trying to answer these difficult questions, in addition to ever changing attitudes towards poverty, many methods have been instituted to remedy this social crisis. 3. Others compared Miley's bum to Lady Gaga's "perfect" and "well-sculpted" thong-clad rump, which made an appearance in the show's opening number. pour [pɔ:] I. Also pour with rain to rain heavily. it's pouring down outside. II. 倾泻. 倾吐. to produce or utter in or as if in a stream or flood (often fol. by out). To send forth, produce, express, or utter copiously, as if in a stream or flood: poured money into the project; poured out my inner thoughts. to pour out one's troubles to a friend. III. to issue, move, or proceed in great quantity or number. To pass or proceed in large numbers or quantity: Students poured into the auditorium. Crowds poured蜂拥而出 from the stadium after the game. pour cold water on Informal to be unenthusiastic about or discourage. pour oil on troubled waters to try to calm a quarrel, etc. spread/pour/lay it on thick = lay in on with a trowel I. Fig. 夸张. 夸大. to exaggerate or over-state praise, excuses, or blame. Sally was laying it on thick when she said that Tom was the best singer she had ever heard. After Bob finished making his excuses, Sally said that he was pouring it on thick. Bob always spreads it on thick. II. 夸大其辞, 言过其实. to make an emotion or experience seem more important or serious than it really is. He'd injured his hand slightly but he was laying it on a bit thick about how painful it was( He's lying about how much painful it was. He was bullshitting about that. ). They must have told us ten times how wonderful their daughter was - they were really laying it on with a trowel. pump someone up (for something) Inf. to get someone, including oneself, mentally ready for something. The coach tried to pump the team up so they would win. The coach talked and talked to pump them up. pump something up I. to inflate something. Do you have something with which I can pump my basketball up? I pumped up the ball just an hour ago. II. Sl. to exercise to make muscles get bigger and stronger. The body builder pumped her muscles up in preparation for the competition. She pumped up her muscles. III. to make someone very interested or enthusiastic. Our coach talks with every team member before a game, offering advice and trying to pump them up. Taylor's band came out and pumped up the crowd. IV. 夸张. 夸大. to make something appear to be bigger or more successful than it is. Opponents charged that the state treasurer pumped up the state's financial figures. We pumped the number of flights up to 500 in our report so everyone would think the airport was really busy. V. to improve someone's or something's performance. Athletes can take drugs to pump themselves up, but there are huge risks involved. Everett hopes the new products will pump up corporate sales. pour it on Informal I. To move or perform an activity at maximum speed or intensity. II. To speak or express oneself continuously or elaborately. Mason - Pour it on: "So why don't you give me the love that i need Girl this is your chance I got to pour it on So don't waste another moment baby". 4. drop/explode a bomb(shell); drop a brick Fig. to announce shocking or startling news. They really dropped a bombshell when they announced that the mayor would resign. Friday is a good day to drop a bomb like that. It gives the business world the weekend to recover. They must choose their words very carefully when they explode a bombshell like that. They really dropped a brick when they told her the cause of her illness. Forever Young: Let's dance in style let's dance for a while, Heaven can wait we're only watching the skies, Hoping for the best but expecting the worst, Are you gonna drop the bomb or not? 5. have [got] (one's) back 掩护, 支持, 保护, 照看. I've got your back = I've got your six(I got your six Basically means "I've got your back." Comes from the old pilot system in which directions correspond to hours on the clock, where 12 o'clock is forward and 6 o'clock is behind. Thus anyone behind you is "at your six." Watch out, dude. There's a creep comin' up behind you but I got your six.) to look out for one's interests or well-being. Nobody has my back. Don't worry, you've got my back. "Miley's my friend and I love her, and I have her back no matter what, but, as her friend, I'm going to tell her - 'Put your tongue in your mouth! I love you, but just put your tongue in your mouth.' Usage notes: Yes! When someone 'has your back' they are supporting you. In essence, they are keeping others from sneaking up and blindsiding you! "You do what you have to do! We have your back!" In a battle, you are facing forward and in combat with someone. Someone else could come up behind you and put a sword in your back. However, other soldiers who are fighting but further behind you would see this someone coming up behind you and dash over and kill them. So, they are protecting you by watching, covering your back, behind you, where you can't see. In modern day life, people can talk about you to your detriment诋毁, 说坏话, or someone at work intend doing something that would enable them to have an unfair advantage over you for a promotion or something. A friend might hear of this, and tell you, and in that way, 'cover your back' in the business jungle and rat race尔虞我诈 of life(rat race: the way of life of people living and working in a large city where people compete in an aggressive way with each other in order to be more successful, earn more money, etc. It's very easy to get caught up in the rat race. The novel is about a couple who get out of the rat race and buy a farm in France.). The same as "I've got your 6 o'clock". When you're in a precarious situation then you can't easily watch out for everything. A person saying they have your back means they are there to help you out, they will watch out and take care of the things you're likely to miss, that they are a second set of eyes and hands for you. 补充: The six o'clock swill( swill v. I. 贪杯. 痛饮. To drink greedily or grossly: "Unshaven horsemen swill the great wines of the Chateaux" (W.H. Auden). II. To flood with water, as for washing. III. To feed (animals) with swill. swill something down to drink something, especially an alcoholic drink, in great gulps. The guy took a quart of beer and swilled it down in a few seconds. He swilled down a quart of beer.) was an Australian and New Zealand slang term for the last-minute rush to buy drinks at a hotel bar before it closed. During a significant part of the 20th century, most Australian and New Zealand hotels shut their public bars at 6 p.m. A culture developed of heavy drinking during the hour between finishing work at 5 p.m. and the bars closing at this early hour. have (one's) back up To be angry or irritated. back to back连续的: Consecutively and without interruption: presented three speeches back to back. behind (one's) back In one's absence or without one's knowledge. off (someone's) back No longer nagging or urging someone to do something. used to tell someone to stop criticizing you: Why don't you get off my back! I'm doing my best. on (someone's) back 骚扰, 麻烦, 催促, 唠叨 Persistently nagging or urging someone to do something. 6. Emotional Wreck: a person who is feeling very sad, confused, or desperate because of something bad that has happened to them. The state of mind or conscience where all of your emotions are tangled into one big ball of mess. Usually occurring after the death of a loved one, a messy break up, loss of some thing with sentimental value, or even after a really, really shit day. Usual symptoms include feeling confused, with tangled ideas about who to be angry/sad at. Oh, and feeling the compulsion to write an urban dictionary definition of it. Yeah, I've just spent 20 minutes on the toilet crying my eyes out over him/her. I pretty much qualify as an emotional wreck... Debbie, who describes herself as an "emotional wreck" after losing Ben, turned to her ever-supportive parents in her grief. 7. Fergie underwent a c-section procedure at an L.A. hospital -- and as we reported, the 38-year-old singer will be recuperating in style ( recuperate [ri'ku:pə,reit -'kju:-] vb I. (intr) 恢复. to recover from illness or exhaustion. To return to health or strength; recover. II. 找回. 物归原主. to recover (losses of money, etc.). restitute(见下边): 退款, 物归原主, 补偿. ), staying in one of the V.I.P. suites famously used by celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Dwight Howard. The family resides in Brentwood, California. Both Duhamel and Fergie are Catholic and attend church. In 2005, he became the co-owner of 10 North Main, a restaurant in Minot, North Dakota, which features dishes such as lobster and pheasant.
关于开会: Well thought out 精心思考过的, 认真考虑过的 questions/comments are the lifeblood of meetings. Many people find it a helpful discipline to annotate ( [ˈænəuˌteit ˈænə-] 加标注 To furnish (a literary work) with critical commentary or explanatory notes; gloss. ) their copy. It is fine to approach a report writer before the meeting - perhaps your query will be satisfied. Perhaps something that merits greater coverage or clarity will be better addressed because of your approach. Android离职高管去小米: "He's a significant figure in the industry, a significant figure at Google," said Pete Cunningham, an analyst at Canalys, a research firm. "It underlines the trend we're seeing in the market. The Chinese vendors are going to play a big part in shaping the future of the industry." The chief executive of Xiaomi, Lei Jun, has taken a page from the marketing playbook of Steven P. Jobs, the Apple co-founder, organizing flashy, onstage product introductions at which he appears in jeans and black shirts. Mr. Lei Jun said this month that the company had raised new financing from outside investors in a deal that gave Xiaomi a valuation of $10 billion. 女子退手机不得: The course of a cell phone purchase doesn't always run smoothly. The terms can be lengthy, the devices complex and the conclusion unsatisfying. Sometimes, you don't realize what you've bought, until the returns policy has expired. And then you get mad. Anger, though, can be expressed in many forms. One woman in Detroit needed to show that her anger was bottomless. Claiming that her son had been ripped off to the tune of "200 motherf***ing dollars," she marched into a cell phone store and demanded restitution ( restitution (recuperate 恢复) I. 物归原主. The act of restoring to the rightful owner something that has been taken away, lost, or surrendered. II. The act of making good or compensating for loss, damage, or injury; indemnification. III. A return to or restoration of a previous state or position. restitute I. To bring back to a former condition; restore. II. To refund. reparation [,rɛpə'reiʃən] I. The act or process of repairing or the condition of being repaired. an injury admitting of no reparation无法修补的伤害. II. The act or process of making amends; expiation. III. Something done or paid to compensate or make amends. IV. reparations Compensation or remuneration required from a defeated nation as indemnity for damage or injury during a war.). Sadly, she lost her equilibrium( equilibrium [,i:kwi'libriəm] I. 均衡. a stable condition in which forces cancel one another. II. a state or feeling of mental balance; composure. ). I would like to use the word "allegedly," but the store clerk filmed much of the episode. As WXYZ-TV reports, the woman began to trash the store. The store has a seven-day policy for refunds. In what seemed like a lot less than seven minutes, the store was a mess. Leaflets were strewn about the floor. A knife was allegedly used to gouge display cases. Then, as a friend tried to shepherd her away, the woman shouted "Take that!" She wasn't referring to the boy band of some years ago. Instead, she had turned toward the clerk's cell phone camera and was showing him where the moon truly shined. "I will be back," she promised, ominously( ominous ['ominəs] I. Menacing; threatening: ominous black clouds; ominous rumblings of discontent. II. Of or being an omen, especially an evil one. ). She felt her money was "up in the air," rather like her bottom had been a few minutes before. She was told, she said, that she could neither get a refund nor another phone. She claimed the T-Mobile phone her son had been sold was both outdated and damaged. The store clerk, who declined to be named, said: "There's no excuse for anyone to walk into anybody's business and do that." Stephanie is not the first to decide that wrecking a cell phone store is all that remains仅余的, 仅剩的, 没有办法的办法. Last year, a man walked into a T-Mobile store in Manchester, England and proceeded to completely -- and gleefully -- trash it. The cause? Why, he was allegedly upset over the refund policy. In Stephanie's case, the store is not, as they say in England, over the moon. Charges may well be pressed. Conveniently for the store owner, the police station is just across the road. However, it's surely troubling for the store that it might now be subject to adverse publicity负面曝光. Sometimes, making a customer happy -- even at the expense of a small loss -- can have longer-term benefits. Getting a customer so irate that she reveals her bottom in displeasure might rebound on the store more than the owner could imagine. It's never good to be known as a place where people get a bum deal( bum adj. I. Inferior; worthless: gave me bum advice; did a bum job of fixing the car. II. Disabled; malfunctioning: a bum shoulder. III. Unfavorable or unfair: got a bum deal on my final grade for the course. IV. Unpleasant; lousy: had a bum time at the party. n. I. An incompetent, insignificant, or obnoxious person: The batter called the pitcher a bum. II. One who is devoted to a particular activity or milieu: a beach bum. milieu ['mi:ljɜ:] An environment or a setting. ). 中国新闻英语版: Foreign news coverage of China is often deadly serious, focusing on topics such as politics, corruption, pollution and food safety. But China — like the United States — also produces a steady stream of funny, bizarre and outrageous news stories. Fleshi Light乌龙事件后. Soon afterward, the inevitable cellphone video surfaced showing a street vendor trying to sell more "magic mushrooms" for up to $3,000 apiece. He played the TV report on his laptop as a testimonial and batted away skeptical questions(bat away I. To knock an object, usually a ball. The ball can still be batted away with one or both hands. It can be batted from a player's hands or batted away during a shot. II. To avoid by diverting the focus of a discussion. ). "The news is real," the con man says with a straight face. "How can it be a lie?" China's Internet is a target-rich environment ( Target rich environment 资源丰富的, 目标丰富的 I. A combat situation in which an attacker, normally equipped with a superior weapons system, is presented with a large number of highly desireable, poorly defended and high-value targets all at once, such a situation might be an attack helecopter with night vision capability finding a complete enemy brigade or divisional HQ convoy stalled at night on a narrow road with no place to go and no air defense. II. A workplace, bar, party or other place of entertainment where a new arrival finds a large number of attractive, unattached members of the opposite sex, and is spoilt for choice. "God, I was in the pub last night and this hen party wandered in.... a dozen pissed girls looking for fun... that's what I call a target rich environment !") for stuff like this. Another post shows pictures of a 22-year-old intern who parked a Maserati in the middle of a city street. Chinese readers figured 猜测 ( suppose, think, believe, expect, guess. I figure I'll learn from experience. How do you figure that out? I can't figure that guy out 猜不透, 看不穿. 看不明白. 看不透, 看不懂 at all. I want to figure out how much it'll cost.) she was the daughter of a tycoon, a military officer or worse. The website has made fun of everything from foreign correspondents to the thousands of pigs found floating mysteriously in Shanghai's Huangpu River earlier this year. Of course, the site also takes aim at Chinese officials and their many foibles ( foible ['fɔibəl] I. A minor weakness or failing of character. II. The weaker section of a sword blade, from the middle to the tip. ), including the tendency to issue boilerplate 习惯性的, 千篇一律的, 空洞的 denials. A few years back some foreign reporters found black jails where the government detained ordinary citizens without charge. At the time, China's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman was adamant. "I don't know what prompted you to ask this question," the spokeswoman said when questioned about black jails, which reporters have thoroughly documented. "Things like this don't exist in China. China is a country with a rule of law." Responses like that inspired a fake article on China Daily Show about a new government answering machine that issues stock denials on a wide variety of stories, ranging from official malfeasance (malfeasance [mæl'fi:zəns] 非法行为, 违法行为 Misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official. the doing of a wrongful or illegal act, esp by a public official. misfeasance [mis'fi:zəns] 不当行径, 行径不当 Improper and unlawful execution of an act that in itself is lawful and proper. the improper performance of an act that is lawful in itself. nonfeasance 渎职, 不作为 [non'fi:zəns] Failure to perform an act that is either an official duty or a legal requirement. malfeasance: wrongdoing, misconduct, misbehavior; specifically, the misuse of authority by a public officer – called also malpractice; an act or instance of wrongdoing especially by a public officer under color of authority of his office. misfeasance: a wrong action; the performance of a lawful action in an illegal or improper manner; wrong or improper conduct in public office. When a contract creates a duty that does not exist at common law, there are three things the parties can do wrong: Nonfeasance is to ignore and take no indicated action - neglect. Misfeasance is to take inappropriate action or give intentionally incorrect advice. Malfeasance is hostile, aggressive action taken to injure the client's interests. Example: A company hires a catering company to provide drinks and food for a retirement party. If the catering company doesn't show up, it's considered nonfeasance. If the catering company shows up but only provides drinks (and not the food, which was also paid for), it's considered misfeasance. If the catering company accepts a bribe from its client's competitor to undercook the meat, thereby giving those present food poisoning, it's considered malfeasance. The rule of law laid down is that an action in contract (ex contractu) will lie for any of the three. However, an action in tort (ex delicto), will lie only in misfeasance or malfeasance. The doctrine was formerly applied to certain callings carried on publicly. At present the terms misfeasance and nonfeasance are most often used with reference to the conduct of municipal authorities with reference to the discharge of their statutory obligations; and it is an established rule that an action lies in favour of persons injured by misfeasance, i.e. by negligence in discharge of the duty; but that in the case of nonfeasance the remedy is not by action but by indictment or mandamus or by the particular procedure prescribed by the statutes. This rule is fully established in the case of failure to repair public highways; but in other cases the courts are astute to find evidence of carelessness in the discharge of public duties and on that basis to award damages to individuals who have suffered thereby. Misfeasance is also used with reference to the conduct of directors and officers of joint-stock companies. The word malfeasance is sometimes used as equivalent to malpractice by a medical practitioner. Malfeasance is a legal term that refers to an individual intentionally performing an act that is illegal. Misfeasance, is a legal act performed wrongfully. That is, a public official or a lawyer (or an FAA agent) may do something that is not illegal but is mistaken or erroneous. ) to censorship. Of course, there are limits to how far anyone can push satire in China. And these days, you don't have to read Chinese to enjoy them. A growing number of websites are making these offbeat 怪异的 tales increasingly available to English-speaking audiences.
关于劈腿和劈叉: A split 劈腿, 劈叉 (commonly referred to as "splits" or "the splits") is a physical position in which the legs are in line with each other and extended in opposite directions. Splits are performed in various athletic activities, including dance, figure skating, gymnastics, martial arts, contortionism, synchronized swimming, cheerleading and yoga. A person who has assumed a split position is said to be "in a split" or "doing the splits". When executing a split, the lines defined by the inner thighs of the legs form an angle of approximately 180 degrees. This large angle significantly stretches, and thus demonstrates excellent flexibility of, the hamstring and iliopsoas muscles. Consequently, splits are often used as a stretching exercise to warm up and enhance the flexibility of leg muscles. 不同的劈叉: There are two general forms of splits: Side splits测劈 are executed by extending the legs to the left and right of the torso. Side splits are called straddle splits (or middle splits) in dance and yoga, and may be referred to as Chinese splits in martial arts. Other names for side splits are box splits and center splits. Front splits前劈 are executed by extending one leg forward of, and the other leg to the rear of the torso. In dance, a front split is named according to the leg that is extended forward (e.g., the right leg is extended forward when executing a right split). Front splits require hyper-extension of the iliofemoral ligament, otherwise the majority of the range of motion must come from the front hip joint. There are many variations of form and performance of splits, including: Oversplit, in which the angle between the legs exceeds 180 degrees. Suspended split吊劈, in which the body is static and supported only by the feet. A split leap or split jump跳劈, 劈腿跳 is a split that is executed after leaping or jumping, respectively, while still in the air. In figure skating, split jumps are sometimes called Russian jumps. These are sometimes done as an exercise. Standing split or vertical split立劈, 竖劈, in which the leg lines are oriented vertically either to the side or to the front. This can also be an oversplit and a front oversplit with the back arched backwards is sometimes called a layout. Twisting splits are performed by transitioning from front split to side split, and then to the opposite front split. Martial arts split is a front split in which the back leg is rotated so the inside edge of the foot rests on the ground. It is more commonly named a "half split". 锻炼劈腿的技巧: Here are some stretches to help you work on your splits/flexibility. For the straddle侧劈--lay on your back with your butt against the wall. Extend your legs up the wall and then let them fall into the straddle stretch, gravity will help pull your legs down. Hold as long as you can. Repeat a few times. Also when you are doing your normal stretching in the straddle position, right before you are done stretching, lean forward into the middle and then try to pull through the stretch.
Who is Tony Abbott: Yet, if you were to read many of the comments on the Internet and the print media at the time, you could be forgiven for thinking he was attempting to impose his will on all females in Australia, had ranted against women, had argued for Muslim like chastity(Chastity贞操观 ['tʃæstiti] is sexual behavior of a man or woman that is acceptable to the moral standards and guidelines of their culture, civilization or religion. In the Western world, the term has become closely associated (and is often used interchangeably) with sexual abstinence, especially before marriage. Hinduism's view on premarital sex is rooted in its concept of the stages of life. The first of these stages, known as Brahmacharya, roughly translates as chastity. Celibacy is considered the appropriate behavior for both male and female students during this stage, which precedes the stage of the married householder. ), and so on. Because he was not prepared to reveal personal issues of others (ethics, principles), he did not speak about his own sister's lesbian relationship and the part he played in supporting her. It would have been an easy defence for him, but in line with his principles and values, he chose not to use it. Granted, he is not a super smooth超级流利的, off the cuff, speaker, and does not fit the orator mould. But when he is compared to the glib tongues花言巧语者, 巧言令色者, 舌绽莲花者 and untrustworthiness of Gillard, Rudd, Swan, etc., it is not difficult to determine which attributes are more important for the leadership of Australia. He was dismayed at the policies of former leader Malcolm Turnbull relating to ETS, and following widespread disaffection with Turnbull's stance among Liberal Party members, threw his hat into the ring(throw/toss your hat in the ring To announce one's candidacy in a contest. to do something that makes it clear you want to compete with other people, especially to compete for a political position. She's seriously considering throwing her hat in the ring and declaring herself a candidate for the election. put/throw/toss (some)one's name in the hat 自荐, 自举 (idiomatic) To run in an election or to nominate oneself for consideration in some other selection process; to nominate someone other than oneself for such consideration. Usage Notes: Usually used to refer to a situation in which one nominates oneself, but sometimes used to refer to nominations of one person by others (as in the 1996 quotation above). ), as did Joe Hockey, for leadership of the Liberal Party. At the time, the polls were running strongly against the Liberal Party (in the 40% approval range), while Kevin Rudd enjoyed figures around 60%. Within a short space of time很短的时间里, with Abbott as leader, those figures changed to such a degree that Rudd was replaced in the now infamous "faceless men" coup which installed Gillard. Since that time, Abbott has maintained constant focus on the ever widening circle of disasters associated with the Gillard government to the stage where support for that government now hovers around the 30% mark. Abbott strikes me as a person of integrity, he has values in which I too believe, and ethics based on his Christian beliefs. I would much rather place my trust in someone who, in his actions, has shown he is what he says, rather than someone who will say anything to gain a prospective advantage for themselves.
偷回被偷自行车: She said she immediately recognised her bike, with personalised stickers on the frame. "Holy crap, this is my bike," Smith told the news organisation. "Like, what do I do? And then I was just, like, play dumb装傻充愣." The woman asked the seller if she could ride it around the parking lot. She then rode off with the bike. As news of her daring dash spread online, police cautioned against confronting thieves, but her actions continued to draw praise赢得赞誉. "Was it smart? Probably not. Was it badass ( badass n. (US, slang) A mean or belligerent person; a person with extreme attitudes, behavior or appearance. Don't
mess with that guy, he's a real badass. adj. (US, slang) Having extreme
appearance, attitude, or behavior that is considered admirable. That tough guy looks badass. ) as all hell? Damn straight(damn right/straight = without doubt, certainly, for sure, usually used as a reply emphatically in the affirmative, in the manner of "Yes, indeed" or "You got that right." The phrase is somewhat coarse due to its profanity, and would not be employed in the most polite or formal contexts. emphatic I. Characterized by emphasis. II. Stated with conviction. He gave me an emphatic no when I asked him out. III. belonging to set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do + an infinitive without to. fucking A (US, slang, vulgar) An expression of triumph, or joy. Usually in response to a piece of unexpected positive news. A: "We won!" B: "Fucking A!" damn skippy I. (slang) A term of approval or excitement. II. (slang) An indication of agreement. right on (US, idiomatic) An expression of enthusiasm or encouragement. I knew you could do it. Right on! you (can) bet your life/bottom dollar you can be very sure. If there's anything he can sue you for, you can bet your bottom dollar you'll be in court. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of bottom dollar (your last bit of money, which you would not risk losing. You can bet your life she won't apologize. How much do you want to bet? (informal) also Do you want a/to bet赌多少吧, 想打赌吗? (informal) something that you say when you do not believe that what someone has just said will be true. 'I don't think she'd be stupid enough to lend him any money.' 'How much do you want to bet?' )!" said a comment on the reader section of CBC's website.
