English slang and its allusions

Answer 1

The following are some English slangs and their allusions:

** 1. Slang for love **
1. **Fall in love with somebody**: There is no specific story, but it means to start falling in love with someone.
2. **Love at first sight**: There is no specific story behind it, but it means love at first sight.
3. **Be an item**: There is no specific story behind it, but it is used to describe a couple who have an ambiguous relationship.
4. [Match made in heaven]: There is no specific story behind it, but it is used to describe the two of them as a match made in heaven.
5. **Be head over heels**: There is no specific story, but it means that you like it very much.
6. Be lovey-dovey: There was no specific story behind it, but it described a couple being intimate.
7. [Blinded by love]: There is no specific allusion, but it is an expression of love.
8. [Blind date: There is no specific story behind it. It refers to a blind date.]
9. **Tie the knot**: There is no specific story behind it. It means to get married, just like getting married.
10. **Love rat**: There is no specific story, used to describe a scumbag or a scumbag.
11. **Have the hots for somebody**: There is no specific allusion, but it is used to express infatuation with someone.
12. **Break up/Split up**: There is no specific reference, but it refers to breaking up and ending a relationship.
13. **To be someone's one and only**: There is no specific story, but it means to become someone's one and only.
14. **To have a crush on someone**: There is no specific allusion, but it is used to express infatuation with someone.
15. **To fancy someone**: There is no specific story, but it means that you like someone.
16. **To love someone with all of one's heart and soul**: There is no specific story, but it means to love someone wholeheartedly.
17. **To be smitten with someone**: without a specific story, it means to be fascinated by someone.
18. **To be the apple of someone's eye**: There is no specific allusion, but it means to become the apple of someone's eye.
19. **Kiss and make up**: There is no specific story behind it, but it means to make up.
20. **No love lost between**: There is no specific story, expressing mutual disgust.

** 2. Other slangs **
1. **My old China**: It means "brother", and there is no specific reference to it.
2. **The ball and chain**: It means "my wife", and there is no specific reference.
3. **The old man**: It means "my father", and there is no specific reference to it.
4. **Ankle biter**: It means "little friend", and there is no specific reference.
5. Bury the Hatchet: literally means "bury the battle axe". Its allusion is a local custom in the 17th century in the United States. The warring parties buried the battle axe underground to indicate the truce and reconciliation between the two sides. The extended meaning is "reconciliation, reconciliation."
6. **Steal someone's thunder**: literally means to steal someone's thunder. The story comes from the 18th century. An actor and theater manager named John Dennis invented a machine to imitate the sound of thunder. When he learned that the later staff used his machine, he angrily said,"Damn them!" They will not let my play run, but they steal my thunder! (Damn it! They don't want to continue my play, they want to steal my invention!" steal one's thunder
7. **Play to the gallery**: Since the mid-17th century, the cheapest seats in the theater were called the gallery, so this phrase meant "cater to the vulgar taste."
8. **It ain't over till the fat lady sings**: This expression was first used in a basketball game in 1976:"The opera ain't over till the fat lady sings." In opera, a voluptuous soprano would end the scene with a famous aria, so this expression meant "there's still some time before good things happen, to reassure someone."
9. **Yob**: This is a slang term that is read backwards. If the letters are spelled backwards, others will be able to see the meaning. Yob is a boy, which is used to refer to street hooligans.
10. **By the skin of my teeth**: The story was taken from a story in the Book of Job in the Bible. Job was tempered by Satan but was finally saved by God.
11. In the 16th century, merchants sat on benches to discuss business. In Italian, benches were benca (now bank), and bankruptcy came from banca rotta (broken bench).
12. **In a nutshell**: The allusion comes from an ancient story. The philosopher Cicero once saw Homer's epic poem, the Iliad, being copied on parchment that was small enough to fit into a walnut shell, so the phrase means "in short".
13. **Apple of Discord**: It was used to describe the source of conflict, without any specific allusions.
14. **101 American English idioms and 101 American English proverb **: Mentioned idioms and proverbals that are similar to idioms and aphorisms, but did not specifically give the allusions of the slang in them.
15. ** Pear-shaped **: It was said that the story originated from the British pilots in the past. They had to fly in a circle during training, but because of the high difficulty, they often flew in a pear-shaped shape instead of a perfect circle, indicating that things were not going well.
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