1148315 金鑫 第一次作业

1.I didn't stand her up on purpose.  我不是故意失约。
Stand someone up / to stand up someone  未能按时赴重要约会，犹指男，女朋友间约会。
My date is three hours late. I'm being stood up,right?

2. If she wants to borrow any more money from me, she will be barking up the wrong tree.
Bark up the wrong tree  打错算盘了
If you think I am the one who will never lose temper, you are barking up the wrong tree! I won't forgive you for your inappropriate behavior.

3. There's a lot of hard work to be done before the weekend, so let's gird up our loins and start.
Gird your loins  准备就绪
The solders girded up their loins for a new battle.

4. One little push and off you pop.
Off you pop 你可以跳了
off +主语+动词    某人可以怎样做了
Off you go  
You wait until the car cools off, restart it and off you go.

5. Mrs Hudson will cry, and Mummy and Daddy will cry, ant The woman will cry and John will cry buckets and buckets.
Cry buckets and buckets  哭天抢地
She cried buckets and buckets because she lost all her money.
Give  someone the bucket  解雇某人， 下解雇通知
He was given the bucket by his manager for his careless work.