1. go easy:适度地使用(某物);节省(某物)如:Go easy on the money—that’s we’ve got till next month.钱要省着点花—就这么多了,要用到下个月。
2. go on:不相信;举动;别夸大其词;量某人不敢做某事(鼓动某人做某事的用语)如:“Our teacher is fifty on Wednesday.” “Go on—he only looks about forty.”“我们老师星期三就五十岁了”。“我才不信呢!看上去他才四十岁”。“Should I help her or not?”“Oh, go on, you’ll never make any girl friends if you don’t.”“我该不该帮她?”“哦,帮吧!要不然你永远也交不上女朋友了。”
3. go on it:加油干;努力干;开始干(某事)如:Go on it, Paul—if you work hard you’ll have it finished by lunchtime!加油干吧,保罗—如果你加油干的话,到吃中午饭的时候你就会干完的!
4. Here goes! 开始做某事(用于开始做需要勇气的事)如:Here goes then! I’ll see you ten hours, after the exam. 好啊,看我的!两个小时考试之后见!
5. Here we go again: 同样的事又发生了(尤其指令人不快的事)如:“Here we go again,”muttered Jane as she handed the money to her cousin, for the sixth time this month.“又来了”,简咕咙着把钱给了她表妹,这是她本月第六次借钱给她表妹了。
6. go to the length of :甚至于;如:She went to the length of saying that she would kill him.她甚至说她要杀死他。
7. go through of fire and water: 赴汤蹈火;在所不辞;如:He would go through fire and water for his country. 为了他的国家,他愿意赴汤蹈火,在所不辞。
8. go to pieces: 神经错乱;如:At the news of her son’s death, she went to pieces. 得到她儿子的死讯,她神经错乱了。
9. go without saying: 自不待言;如:It goes without saying that he loves her. 他爱她是自不待言。
10. How's it going? 你好吗?(非正式用语)如:“How’s it going, Alice?”“Ok, thanks. And how are you?”“爱丽丝,你好吗?”“还好,谢谢,你也好吗?”
11.(It’s)no go. 不可能;如:It’s no go. I’m afraid your proposal will not work. 我想这是不可能的。你的建议不会奏效。
12. Off we go! 走吧!如:“Off we go, then, said Xiao Wang as he drove off.”“好了,我们走吧。”小王说着便开动了汽车。
13.Where do we go from here? 下一步该怎么办?如:We’ve collected the materials. Where do we go from here? 我们已经将材料收集好了,下一步该怎么办?
14.Who goes here? (站岗哨兵的盘问口令)谁啊?如:“Halt, who goes here?”Shouted the soldier. “站住!谁?”士兵大声喝到。
15.There you go again. 你那一套又来了。如:“There you go again, talking loudly in the reading room—I’ve told you not to do that lots of times, now stop it.”“你的毛病又犯了。在阅览室里大声谈话,我已跟你讲过多少次不要这样。别谈了。”(该习语用来对某某人言行不满和表示吃惊。习语中的There要重读。)
16. Go man, go! (鼓励用语,源于美国爵士乐用语)大丈夫,上啊!如:You can beat Joe—go man, go! 你可以击败乔—男子汉大丈夫,上啊!
17.That’s the way is goes. 事情就是这样,无法改变(发生不幸事情时的用语,有幽默色彩)如:Sorry to hear you’ve failed in the college-entrance examination this year, Wei dong. But that’s the way it goes. 很遗憾,卫东,听说你今年高考落榜。不过这也是没办法的事。
18.Go fly a kite! (俚)滚开!(主要为美国用法)如: I’m tired of you interrupting our conversation, Allen. Go fly a kite! 我讨厌你打断我们的谈话,艾伦。滚开!
19.Don’t go off the deep end. 不要心灰意冷。如:When you face a difficult question, don’t go off the deep end. 你面对困难问题时,不要心灰意冷。
20.go around with a chip on his shoulder: 到处生事;如:He goes around with a chip on his shoulder. 他到处找人生事。
21. go a pit-a-pat:迅速而轻快;如: I could hear the child’s going pit-a-pat over the floor. 我能听到这孩子在地板上轻快的走动。
22. go in for:爱好;沉迷于;参加;如:John goes in for tennis while his wife goes in for painting. 约翰喜爱打网球,而他旗子则沉迷于绘画。
23.go one’s own way:我行我素;一意孤行;如:He goes his own way and never listens to people’s advice. 他一意孤行,从不听从人忠告。
24. go far: 价值大;效力大;成名如:A Yuan does not go so far as it did twenty years ago. 现在一元钱不像二十年前那么值钱了。
25. go for much: 大有用处如:If you want to learn good English, that book does not go for much. 如:如果你想学纯正的英语,那本书是没有多大用处的。
26.Going, going, gone! (拍卖用语)用语拍卖者宣布对某物品的喊价就要结束了;如:Any more offers for this fine oil painting, then? Going, to the man in the black suit, going, going, gone! 这幅精美的油画还要人要喊价吗?要卖了!卖给那位穿黑衣服的先生!要卖了,要卖了,卖掉了!