短語 · 電影裡的地道說法
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字面猜不出意思的固定說法，看一遍片段就記住。
- Why don't you just throw in the towel and come home, huh?Front of the Class · 2008
throw in the towel
口語認輸；承認失敗；放棄努力
4 部電影 - Well I don t think it s quite that black and whiteEyes Wide Shut · 1999
black and white
（照片、電視等）黑白的
25 部電影 - Well, you'll all get what you deserve.Minions · 2015
get what you deserve
口語罪有應得
3 部電影 - Listen, I hate to put you on the spot, but I really must ask you to clear my name.The Grand Budapest Hotel · 2014
put on the spot
（提出難題）使某人尷尬，使某人為難
5 部電影 - She's prays at the drop of a hat these days.Steel Magnolias · 1989
at the drop of a hat
立即；毫不遲疑
2 部電影 - You're fucked in the head, Karen. This is all in your mind.GoodFellas · 1990
be all in mind
只是憑空想像
2 部電影 - And help her. If you can't, I'm at my wits' end.Suddenly, Last Summer · 1959
be at your wits end
智窮計盡；全然不知所措
2 部電影 - I was born to do this.Turning Red · 2022
be born to be
註定會成為；註定要做
2 部電影 - You should. Put your stamp on it. I'm not set in my ways.The Way Way Back · 2013
be set in your ways
積習難改；稟性難移；執拗
2 部電影 - Or I'll deliver thy indignation to him by word of mouth.Twelfth Night · 2012
by word of mouth
口頭上；經口述
2 部電影 - All right. Yeah. You got it, sir. You came out on top.The Purge · 2013
come out on top
（在比賽或辯論中）名列前茅，先拔頭籌
2 部電影 - Don't look so down in the dumps. Christmas is tomorrow, after all.The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two · 2020
down in the dumps
口語悶悶不樂；沮喪
1 部電影 - He flies off the handle sometimes, but we're good friends.The Godfather · 1972
fly off the handle
口語大發雷霆
2 部電影 - That's exactly what we said to him. He's giving us the finger in The Crimson.The Social Network · 2010
give the finger
美式 · 口語向某人豎起中指（手背向外以表示侮辱）
2 部電影 - I doubt a human could keep her at bay.Avengers: Age of Ultron · 2015
hold at bay
不讓（敵人）接近；防止（問題）惡化
2 部電影 - I could have your head on a spit in the blink of an eyeTroy · 2004
in the blink of an eye
眨眼的工夫；很快
2 部電影 - to be executed only in the event of her death by murder.The Grand Budapest Hotel · 2014
in the event of
如果…發生；萬一；倘若
1 部電影 - We gotta make sure this one does not get out in the public eye, so keep it tight.Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen · 2009
in the public eye
（通過報紙、電視）讓公眾熟知的，廣為人知的
2 部電影 - Not for a minute, you're not!Sons of the Desert · 1933
not for a minute
當然不；絕不
2 部電影 - I was hoping Wichita was just playing hard to get,Zombieland · 2009
play hard to get
口語故作姿態；故意擺譜；拿架子
2 部電影 - As for you, Valiant, step out of line, and we'll hang you and your laundry out to dry.Who Framed Roger Rabbit · 1988
step out of line
表現不好；不守規矩；越軌；出格
3 部電影 - The next six months, I got to know the ins and outs of Wall Street.The Wolf of Wall Street · 2013
the ins and outs
（尤指複雜或難的）全部細節，詳情
2 部電影 - like us, there's more to them than meets the eye.Transformers · 2007
there is more to than meets the eye
某人（或物）比料想的更為複雜（或有趣）
1 部電影 - He wanted me to throw you under the bus.Boiling Point · 2021
throw under the bus
（為了自救或私利而）使別人受苦，拿某人當犧牲品
2 部電影 - has seen all and knows all She knows what makes you tickEverything Everywhere All at Once · 2022
what makes tick
使某人這樣做的原因
2 部電影 - I said, "Do not meet her in private."Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father · 2008
in private
私下地；沒外人在場
33 部電影 - There's a world of difference between being called crow-head and being called carrots.Anne of Green Gables · 1985
a world of difference
口語完全不同；是兩碼事
1 部電影 - I have to admit, in the back of my mind I was praying, he wouldn't get fresh and all of the while I was wondering why and a little bit girl should attract him, then all of a sudden he said, I couldn't go wrong with the way of all flesh.She Loves Me · 2016
at the back of your mind
在潛意識裡；依稀記得
1 部電影 - My dear warlordsHow to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World · 2019
be asking for trouble
口語要自找麻煩；要自討苦吃
1 部電影 - The general manager there says he wants to be every bit as good as the networks.Broadcast News · 1987
every bit as good
（和某人、某事物）同樣好、同樣壞等
1 部電影 - Sorry is when you step on somebody s fin at the movie theaterShark Tale · 2004
only have yourself to blame
只能怪你自己；是你自己的錯
1 部電影 - - Let's hear it for Brightbill. - [chuckling]: Okay.The Wild Robot · 2024
let's hear it for
口語（表示值得稱讚）咱們為…鼓掌，讓我們為…喝彩
20 部電影 - An artist placed a clone on display in a stasis tube.World of Tomorrow · 2015
on display
陳列；展出
6 部電影 - Say the word, and I'll keelhaul them.The Ghost and Mrs. Muir · 1947
say the word
下命令；吩咐一下；提請求
32 部電影 - I mean to say, if I freeze, l can't rightly drop,Raising Arizona · 1987
mean to say
（強調要說的話，或問對方是否真是這個意思）意思是說
7 部電影 - And getting a Vespa? Seeing the world...Luca · 2021
see the world
見多識廣；見世面
22 部電影 - We get up at the crack of dawn around here.The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two · 2020
at the crack of dawn
口語黎明；破曉；清晨
4 部電影 - You got to remember, when Riley was three, animals were all the rage.Inside Out · 2015
be all the rage
口語十分流行；成為時尚；風靡一時
4 部電影 - Christ.The Purge · 2013
frighten to death
把某人嚇得要命
4 部電影 - I have such a bone to pick with you.Steel Magnolias · 1989
have a bone to pick with
口語對某人生氣，想與之解決；有理由反對（或惱恨）某人
4 部電影 - Look, it's got a mind of its own, sweetheart.Spaceballs · 1987
have a mind of your own
有主見；能自作決定
4 部電影 - it s not here of its own free will It was summonedThe Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It · 2021
of your own free will
自願
3 部電影 - I did not pay good money for you for your company.Gladiator · 2000
pay good money for
為…花費很多錢（尤指錢白花了）
4 部電影 - You want a little something to take the edge off?El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie · 2019
take the edge off
減弱；使變鈍；挫傷…的銳氣
4 部電影 - For your information, I am Zerbino.Deux Frères · 2004
for your information
口語（指出對方弄錯）需要提醒你的是，需要說明的是
5 部電影 - - You're on. Mm-hm. - I'm on, huh?El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie · 2019
you're on
口語（用於接受打賭時）賭就賭吧
28 部電影 - I'd just hate for things to get out of hand.Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 · 2013
out of hand
難以（或無法）控制
23 部電影 - I propose we go straight away.Living · 2022
straight away
立即；馬上
7 部電影