Learn Some English Slang (3)

Learn some English slang. Slang is highly ephemeral: it changes from one generation to another. Slang terms come into existence for various reasons, some obvious, some inexplicable, but most of them are delightfully direct and to the point. The use of slang adds spice to speech and writing.

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Double Dutch: Incomprehensible talk.
e.g. For 20 minutes, he had been talking double Dutch as if he were drunk.

No two ways about it:: no doubt; no other alternative.
e.g. This is the way to go; there're no two ways about it.

Cop out: faint; pass out; die.
e.g. As soon as she heard the news, she copped out.

Make someone's ears burn: talk intimately behind someone's back.
e.g. What you have been saying about your wife must have made her ears burn.

Grand slam: a great success.
e.g. The project was a grand slam.

Knock off: create; make.
e.g. This composer has the talent to knock off a masterpiece.

Make head or tail of: understand.
e.g. Honestly, I could not make head or tail of what he was saying.

Noodle: a simpleton; a fool.
e.g. He is no more than a noodle; don't pay any attention to him.

Make it snappy: Be brief.
e.g. Please make it snappy! We don't have all the time in the world.

Pack up: stop working.
e.g. If you make one comment, I'll pack up and go.

Stephen Lau

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