1. 活该！ serves you(him,her) right! = you deserve (he/she deserves it.)
e.g you failed the test? serves you right for not studying!
2. 活该！ you had it coming!
e.g. a: i gained weight!
b: well, you had it coming, because you’ve been eating so much
without exercising.
3. 胡闹 that’s monkey business!
e.g. a: stop fooling around! that’s monkey business! 别再混日子了！你根本
在胡闹嘛！
注：本句也可把monkey当成动词说成“stop monkeying around!”
3．请便！ help yourself.
do as you please. (表示不需准许而可取东西，就是请客人自在点，不必
太拘束。)
4．哪有？ what do you mean? not at all!
注：如果只说“what do you mean？”那是不带任何用意的问句，只是想问清楚对
方的意思；但是它也可用于挑衅及威胁，代表不满对方表达的意见。若加上“not at
all”，表示你在否认对方表达的意思。
5．才怪！ yeah，right！
as if！
e.g. a: today’s test was very easy.
b: yeah, right!
a:he thinks he can socialize with us! as if! 他自认可以跟我们交往！ 才
怪！
注：“yeah，right”常用于讽刺性的回答。“as if”大多是10到17岁女孩的用语。