Kenny T. M. Kuo

ENGLISH

USEFUL SLANG WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS:

  1. I am all for your doing so. / I am all for it.
  2. The honeymoon is all over.
  3. I am at your service.
  4. Anything you say goes. / Anywhere you say goes.
  5. You are really the apple of my eyes!
  6. I am travelling at my own expense.
  7. They laughed at my expense.
  8. Everything on sale here is sold as it is.
  9. I keep thinking in the back of my mind that I should first practice my English much harder, before I go to work in hotel.
  10. If you think you can fool me, you are barking up the wrong tree.
  11. You seem to be working your head off these days. What are you after?
  12. I am glad to see you. / Glad to meet you. / It is my pleasure to meet you.
  13. I want to be friend with you.
  14. Who is pulling the strings behind the scenes?
  15. Do you get homesick? / Are you ill with longing for home?
  16. After getting there, I was in a daze.
  17. That’s beneath my dignity. I won’t do it.
  18. Be more specific, I want to know why. / There is no specific reason for my leaving.
  19. Can I be of any service to you? / Can I help you? / May I do anything for you?
  20. Something is heading our way. So be on guard.
  21. Yes, I am proud of you. More than ever, sir.
  22. She is beside herself these days.
  23. Be square to everyone. / I will get square with him for cheating me.
  24. If you are up on things, you don’t have to be down on things.
  25. Tomorrow we have a big day at hotel.
  26. He is a big mouth, usually talks about the affairs of others. / She is an IBM!
  27. The reason I can’t stand you sometimes is that you blow hot and cold and I never know what really mean.
  28. You have to bone up on your work.
  29. Come on, just try your very best. You don’t have to lick the boss’s boots.
  30. You are all bottled up inside yourself. Come on, speak up!
  31. Your sense of humor will help break the ice.
  32. I am sure your speech will bring down the house.
  33. She is always burning someone for a laugh.
  34. Mind your own business, or your might get your fingers burned.
  35. I will get it by hook or by crook.
  36. Do you care for a cup of coffee?
  37. Don’t carry grudges. Get them off your chest.
  38. I believe in you, so please don’t cover up anything.
  39. He seemed to be cut out for hotel management.
  40. Thank you so much for your hospitality which we enjoyed thoroughly. The warmth of your hotel coupled with the excellent food made the evening perfect.