| Alabama State = Heart of Dixie |
| American institution, e.g., Eric Severaid |
| Are you flipped out? = Are you going bananas? |
| banny shot = crip shot, easy shot |
| barlesque = naked lady |
| bum = drunkard |
| Calm down. |
| Charles = Charlie = Chuck |
| Close, but no cigar. |
| Do you want my company? |
| Don’t bogart the joint. Pass it around. |
| drink you under the table |
| Expo '70 has been such a resounding success - even showing a profit. |
| foul things up = 台無しにする |
| freak out = cop out = drop out |
| get your rocks off |
| getting carded |
| He became a figure-head with little power and influence. |
| He doesn't seem to be around. |
| He goes there once every other week. |
| He is a hell of a good player. |
| He is pissed off. = He is mad angry. |
| He is playing it safe by avoiding decisions. |
| He is still kicking. = alive |
| He kicked the bucket two years ago. = died |
| He would be a nice fellow if he didn't have so many idiocincracies. |
| Hit the sack. Hit the chao. |
| Hot damn, that was close. |
| I hope you are still holding the line. |
| I'm hoping to spend a couple of days in the mountain. At the seashore.
On the beach. |
| I'm on my season. = period |
| inductive (intuitive) thinking vs deductive (logical, causal) thinking |
| Japan time is 14 hours ahead to the US Eastern time. |
| John Doe, Janis Doe = John Smith 山川太郎 |
| knock her up = to get her pregnant |
| LA and Minnesota are tied at 3 each. |
| LCB card = Liquire Control Board card |
| leecher = dirty old man |
| Let's kick the subject now. |
| limousine liberal = like Lindsey |
| Mason-Dixie Line = 38 degree North --- free South --- slave 1860's |
| moon-shine whisky = whisky made illegally |
| My information did not get through to him. |
| People working near each other are likely to be on the same grapevine. |
Prostitution is a racket.
He is running a racket.
a racketeer |
| racket = illegal manner |
| Shape up, or ship out. |
| Shut it off. = Close it off. Kill it off. Switch it off. |
| Speak up, or shut up. |
| square = conservative, straight |
| Stick around. |
| Take a content? |
| TGIF = Thanks God, it's Friday. |
| That's the freaks. = That's the way it is. |
The plane lands.
The train arrives.
The ship docks.
The bus pulls in. |
| think it over talk it over |
| three flavors of ice cream |
Three minutes' station-to-station call costs $9.00.
It costs $12.00 to make person-to-person call. |
| Time takes care of some problems. |
| turn one on (off) = ring one's chimes |
| Turn over your books. |
| What point are you trying to get (or put) across? |
| What's coming off, Jack? = What's going on? What's happening? |
X I'm very much appreciated.
○ I appreciate it very much. |
| You ain't just whistling Dixie. = You are right. It's true. |
| You went a little too far this time, Joe. |