今天，我们来学习一个非常重要的词汇，并且非常多的例句和一个情景对话让您掌握它的用法。

Expressions: off the hook

Explanation: Freed from an obligation. （脱身，摆脱困境）

Usage:它通常和get连用，即为：get someone off the hook，意思是：帮助某人脱离险境，帮助某人逃脱责任等。

e.g. At first, Sam was suspected of stealing money from the safe, but he was let off the hook after security camera footage showed it was someone else.

起初，萨姆被怀疑从保险柜里偷钱，但监控录像显示是别人干的，于是他就没有罪责了。

e.g. ——I thought you had that big work event tonight. —— No, it got canceled, so I'm off the hook.

—— 我以为你今晚有个重要的工作活动。—— 不，它被取消了，所以我就没事了。

e.g. Thanks for getting me off the hook. I didn't want to attend that meeting.

谢谢你帮我摆脱了困境，我不想参加那个会议。

e.g. I couldn't get myself off the hook no matter what I tried.

不管我怎么努力，都摆脱不了困境。

Dialogue:

A: Can I help you?

我能为你效劳吗？

B: Look, this is the clothes I bought from you last month. You said it won’t be worn out untill my death, but now you see there have been tears on it.

看看，这是我上个月在这儿买的衣服。你说我穿到死都不会坏，可是你看，现在已经有破口了。

A: But…

但是……

B: But I want my money back. You cannot get yourself off the hook now.

但是我要你退钱给我，你现在不想推卸责任。

A: But the day you bought the clothes, you were quite off-color then, so I promised you that way. I am sorry, sir.

但是那天您来买东西，看起来起色不好，所以我才那样跟你许诺的。对不起，先生。

Vocabulary: hook：挂钩 off-color：脸色不好的