American Slangs

American Slangs

 

Example

Meaning

Vocabulary

He`s an ace reporter.very goodAce
Do you know where the action is in this town?excitementAction
He knew zip about running the company.nothingZip
Your ideas about politics are all wet.completely wrongAll wet
I almost fell asleep during the test after an all-night.after studying all nightAll-nighter
He is very sharp with numbers.cleverSharp
My wife rules the house.dominatesRule
He is a pig at parties.eats too muchPig
What an awesome sunset.greatAwesome
Wow, that was really a bad movie.intense, seriousBad
He barfed all over the seat of airplane.vomitedBarf
That was a neat idea that you had.goodNeat
After working all day I am really beat.exhaustedBeat
He just bought a new beemer to drive to work in.B.M.W. carBeemer
He was benched during the basketball play off.taken out of the gameBench
It`s OK. Don't get so bent.angryBent
Don`t get so bent out of shape.become upsetBent out of shape
The president brought two big guns to the meeting.powerful peopleBig gun
Shut up! You really have a big muath.talk too muchBig mouth
The citizens made a big sink about the new nuclear power station.big issueBig stink
He carried a ten inch blade with him.knifeBlade
I`m going to blow out of here now.lostBlow
The movie was a bomb.badBomb
A lucky break helped him get th job.opportunityBreak
I need some bread to pay for my car.moneyBread
Do you have a buck I can borrow?dollarBuck
If you don`t slow down, you`re going buy it in a car accident.dieBuy it
Do you know where the can is?bathroomCan
I`m going to lie on the beach and catch some rays.get some sunshineCatch some rays
Don`t be a chicken.cowardChicken
watch out or they will clip you at that bar.cheatClip
The addict needs another fix.doze of drugsFix
His older sister is a fox.attractiveFox
Let me have a go at solving the problem.tryGo
That was a hairy plane trip.dangerousHairy
Put the hammer to the floor or we will be late for tge wedding.acceleratorHammer
The teenagers look high to me.intoxicated on drugs or alcohol.High
I don`t any idea where my old boyfriend is. He`s history.some thing in the pastHistory
Your proposal was a hit with boss.successfulHit
The police stopped them because thy thought was hot.stolenHot
If you are not hungry, you won`t getahead in the business.eager to make moneyHungery
The tie you are wearing is really in.fashinanIn
Everything is in the bag. There is nothing to worry about.settledIn the bag
The john really smells.bathroomJohn
I have heard that line a million times.storyLine
He plays a mean violin.performs well onMean