「You killed it」可不是「殺了它」！它的意思讓你意想不到

所以看到Y(jié)ou kill it，大家就很自然而然地以為是“你把它殺死了”。

其實(shí)這句話是老美常用的一句語氣詞，表示“干得漂亮”、“Slay全場”、“表現(xiàn)驚艷”等意思。

例如：

You kill it! The show was incredible.

你的表現(xiàn)太棒了!演出堪稱完美!

Kill這個(gè)詞語，在英語，尤其是美式俚語中的運(yùn)用非常廣泛，而且意思也極為靈活多變，很多時(shí)候，它的意思需要視語境和說話人的語氣而定。

例如：

This massage is killing me.

這個(gè)按摩舒服死了。

Can you stop talking? You are killing me.

你能別說話了嗎?我快被你煩死了。

They want me to work this weekend—ugh, kill me now!

他們想讓我這周末加班——啊!殺了我吧!

英語中，與kill有關(guān)的俚語還有：

Dress to kill：

Very well-dressed and fashionable, typically in an attempt to impress other people.

穿著講究、時(shí)髦，想要引起他人的注意。

例如：

I have to be dressed to kill at this event tonight—a lot of important people will be there.

我今晚一定要盛裝出席，因?yàn)楹芏嘀匾宋飼?huì)在場。

Kill the clock:

In sports, to protect a lead by using up as much possible time that remains in a game or match without giving the opposing team a chance to score, generally by maintaining a passive or defensive strategy.

體育運(yùn)動(dòng)中，領(lǐng)先一方為了保持優(yōu)勢，在剩余時(shí)間里采用消極防守的戰(zhàn)術(shù)，盡量讓對(duì)方無法進(jìn)球。

例如：

With just a narrow two-point lead, the home team is trying to kill the clock to hold out for a win.

因?yàn)橹活I(lǐng)先2球，所以主隊(duì)一直在拖延時(shí)間，保住勝利的果實(shí)。

kill the goose that lays the golden egg(s):

To ruin or destroy something that brings one wealth.

毀滅給自己帶來財(cái)富的事物，殺雞取卵

例如：

Firing the programmer who created your most successful app is like killing the goose that lays the golden egg.

這名程序員開發(fā)了這款極為成功的應(yīng)用軟件，如果解雇他，就如同殺雞取卵。