Easy on the gas

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定义

Easy on the gas! (Slow down!): 不要加速！（慢点！） idiom

示例

"Easy on the gas! The speed limit is 65 miles per hour, not, 97!"

练习 1

Match each situation with the appropriate idiom. Each idiom is used only once.

Situation:

You say:

You are prepared to leave

Your friend is driving too fast

Someone is blocking your path

The car is going to hit a tree

Match each situation with the appropriate idiom. Each idiom is used only once.

Situation:

You say:

You are prepared to leave

We're ready to roll! 1

Your friend is driving too fast

Easy on the gas! 2

Someone is blocking your path

Out of the way! 3

The car is going to hit a tree

Look out! 4

1 We're ready to roll!: This is the correct choice. The expression "(Are you) ready to roll?" is a slang term which is synonymous with "(Are you) ready to go, to leave, or to begin?" The verb "to roll" is used in a slang way to mean "to move" or "to go". Example: Every Friday, Icarus goes rolling with his friends down the Embarcadero in a Toyota Prius.

1 Easy on the gas!: This is incorrect. The expression "Easy on the gas!" would not be used in the situation. "Easy on the gas!" means "don't travel so fast" or "slow down".

1 Out of the way!: This is incorrect. The expression "Out of my way!" would not be used in the situation. "Out of my way!" is used to ask someone to stop blocking a path or route.

1 Look out!: This is incorrect. The expression "Look out!" would not be used in the situation. "Look out!" is used to attract someone's attention to an imminent danger.

2 Easy on the gas!: This is the correct choice. The expression "easy on the gas" is used to tell someone to "slow down" or "go slower"; to lift the foot off the gas pedal. "To go easy on (something)" means to use a little of something. Example: Go easy on the ketchup, we don't have much left.

2 Out of the way!: This is incorrect. The expression "Out of my way!" would not be used in the situation. "Out of my way!" is used to ask someone to stop blocking a path or route.

2 Look out!: This is incorrect. The expression "Look out!" would not be used in the situation. "Look out!" is used to attract someone's attention to an imminent danger.

2 We're ready to roll!: This is incorrect. The expression "We're ready to roll!" would not be used in the situation. "Ready to roll?" is a request to see if someone is prepared to depart or leave.

3 Out of the way!: This is correct. "(Get) out of the way!" is an informal and slightly rude way of asking someone to "move" or stop blocking a route or view. Example: I asked the man with the big hair to get out of my way because he was blocking my view of the circus.

3 Look out!: This is incorrect. The expression "Look out!" would not be used to ask someone to stop blocking a route. "Look out!" is used to attract someone's attention to an imminent danger.

3 Easy on the gas!: This is incorrect. The expression "Easy on the gas!" would not be used in the situation. "Easy on the gas!" means "don't travel so fast" or "slow down".

3 We're ready to roll!: This is incorrect. The expression "We're ready to roll!" would not be used in the situation. "Ready to roll?" is a request to see if someone is prepared to depart or leave.

4 Look out!: This is correct. The expression "Look out!" means "be careful" or "watch for the danger", and is used to get someone's attention and inform them of imminent danger. Example: Look out! There's an asteroid that is going to fall on your head!

4 Easy on the gas!: This is incorrect. The expression "Easy on the gas!" would not be used in the situation. "Easy on the gas!" means "don't travel so fast" or "slow down".

4 Out of the way!: This is incorrect. The expression "Out of my way!" would not be used in the situation. "Out of my way!" is used to ask someone to stop blocking a path or route. It would be stupid to ask a tree to move out of the way.

4 We're ready to roll!: This is incorrect. The expression "We're ready to roll!" would not be used in the situation. "Ready to roll?" is a request to see if someone is prepared to depart or leave.

练习 2