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我们在与英国人交谈或者看英剧时常碰到一些习惯用法，看上去简单却不知道到底是什么意思。一起来看看下面的说法你知道几个？ 1、barmy eccentric or foolish. Also: balmy 古怪或傻的。也用作：balmy He used to say I was barmy, and that really got to me. 他过去经常说我傻，这真的很让我介意。 This policy is absolutely barmy. 这项政策傻透了。 2、take the Mickey making fun of someone 嘲弄他人 Don't take the Mickey out of someone who's sensitive. It could hurt them. 别和敏感的人开玩笑。那有可能会伤害他们。 3、idiot box A television set. This slangy and pejorative expression dates from about 1960. 电视机。这种俚语的、含有贬义的表达方式大约从1960年出现。 There they sit in front of the idiot box, hour after hour. 他们坐在电视机前面，一个又一个小时。 You spend too much time watching the idiot box. 他们在看电视上花了太多时间。 4、bog off Get out of here; go away; get lost. (originally RAF slang) 从这里离开；离开；走开。（起初是英国皇家空军的惯用表达） Listen, I don't want to buy any, so why don't you just bog off and leave me alone! | 
