01.

可疑的

Fishy

• The newspaper article made it seem as if all the killings were accidents, but that sounds a little fishy to me.

  报纸上的文章让所有的杀戮看起来都是意外，但这听起来有点可疑。

  
  

• It seems fishy to me that you haven't heard from him for ages.你很久没有他的消息了，我觉得这很可疑。

  
  

02.

指转移某人注意力或误导某人

A Red Herring

• The new law is just a red herring meant to draw our attention away from the real issues.

  新法律只是为了误导我们，把我们的注意力从真正的问题上转移开。

  
  

• The author introduced a red herring into the plot to keep you guessing.

  作者在情节中加了一些转移注意力的内容，让你捉摸不透。

  
  

03.

指非常拥挤

Packed like sardines

• The subway was packed like sardines this morning.

  今天早上的地铁真的非常拥挤。

  
  

• We're all packed like sardines in here and it's always hot and smelly.

  这里太挤了，而且又热又臭。

  
  

04.

指度过一段快乐的时光

To have a whale of a time

• I had awhale of a time at my 50th birthday party.

  在50岁生日派对上，我过得很开心。

  
  

• We hada whale of a time at the beach last weekend. You should come next time.

  上周，我们在沙滩玩的很开心。你下次也应该一起来。

  
  

05.

指能轻松地跳很高

To leap like a salmon

• He leapt like the salmon and the ball went into the basketball hoop.

  他跳得很高，把球投进了篮球框。

  
  

• If I practise long enough, maybe one day I can leap like a salmon.

  如果练习的时间足够长的话，也许有一天我也能跳很高。