Dialogue

　　Sue: Wow! What a gracious table! Everything looks so beautiful.

　　Bob: This might be the best dinner you've ever had.

　　Sue: Surely it is. I can hardly wait. They make my mouth water.

　　Bob: I feel itching, too. Let's start and try these delicacies.

　　4.【胡說八道】shooting from the hip

　　He thinks I've got the hots for Lily? It's shooting from the hip!

　　他說我迷戀上李麗了?這簡直是胡說八道!

　　漢語口語中的"胡說八道"曾被譯成break wind。其實，英美人更習慣用shoot from the hip來表示這一說法。

　　Dialogue

　　Rose: I didn't know Joe was two-faced. He stabbed me in the back.

　　Mark: What did he do?

　　Rose: He told my boyfriend that I had affairs with several men, which, of course,

　　made my boy friend very suspicious of me.

　　Mark: I didn't believe he would shoot from the hip like that! It was very vicious of him. You must not put up with him.

　　Rose: Of course not! He will soon know what he deserves!