Mike: Allen, don’t glue to the tube all day long. I don’t want you to become a couch potato. Let’s go out and paint the town red.
Allen: I think I’ll pass this time. What I really want is to sit back and be lazy.
Mike: Come on, since you broke up with Cindy, you have to been acting like this all the time. Are you still carrying a torch for her?
Allen: I really don’t want to talk about this.
Mike: Let me fix you up with someone, maybe you’ll feel better.
Allen: Can you get off my back, please?
Glue to the tube 沒完沒了地看電視
I can’t see well recently.
You have to stop gluing to the tube everyday.
A couch potato ( couch potatoes) “沙發(fā)土豆片” ，看電視過多的人
Poor Ted has become such a couch potato that we can’t persuade him to do anything else. That’s too bad for him.
Paint the town red 到外邊去飲酒歡度時光，狂歡。
How did the boys spend their first night in town?
They went out and painted the town red.
I’ll pass 我不參加
It’s your turn to play the bowl.
I don’t feel well. I’ll pass.
Sit back 放松
How do you like to spend your weekend？
I want to sit back and think about what I have done the whole week.
Break up 破裂，斷絕關(guān)系
Hi, Tom. Where is Joan?
I don’t know. We broke up.
Carry a torch for someone 單戀，單相思
A：George is carrying a torch for Anna, even though she is in love with another person.
B：Poor George.
Fix one up with someone 幫某人找男（女）友，幫某人約會
A：Can you possibly fix me up with someone this weekend? I am so terribly lonesome!
B：I’ll try.
Get off one’s back 停止煩擾，不要嘮叨
A：Get off my back; can’t you see how busy I am?
B：Ok, take it easy, you don’t have to be so angry。
Allen: I think I’ll pass this time. What I really want is to sit back and be lazy.
Mike: Come on, since you broke up with Cindy, you have to been acting like this all the time. Are you still carrying a torch for her?
Allen: I really don’t want to talk about this.
Mike: Let me fix you up with someone, maybe you’ll feel better.
Allen: Can you get off my back, please?
Glue to the tube 沒完沒了地看電視
I can’t see well recently.
You have to stop gluing to the tube everyday.
A couch potato ( couch potatoes) “沙發(fā)土豆片” ，看電視過多的人
Poor Ted has become such a couch potato that we can’t persuade him to do anything else. That’s too bad for him.
Paint the town red 到外邊去飲酒歡度時光，狂歡。
How did the boys spend their first night in town?
They went out and painted the town red.
I’ll pass 我不參加
It’s your turn to play the bowl.
I don’t feel well. I’ll pass.
Sit back 放松
How do you like to spend your weekend？
I want to sit back and think about what I have done the whole week.
Break up 破裂，斷絕關(guān)系
Hi, Tom. Where is Joan?
I don’t know. We broke up.
Carry a torch for someone 單戀，單相思
A：George is carrying a torch for Anna, even though she is in love with another person.
B：Poor George.
Fix one up with someone 幫某人找男（女）友，幫某人約會
A：Can you possibly fix me up with someone this weekend? I am so terribly lonesome!
B：I’ll try.
Get off one’s back 停止煩擾，不要嘮叨
A：Get off my back; can’t you see how busy I am?
B：Ok, take it easy, you don’t have to be so angry。