第一， 迷你对话

A: What on earth does he mean?

他到底是什么意思？

B: Take it easy.

别当真。

A: He really made me hot under the collar.

他真让我生气。

B: You’ll get used to his temper soon.

你会很快习惯他的脾气的。

第二， 地道表达

hot under the collar

1. 解词释义

Hot under the collar的意思是“很生气，很气恼”。常常与动词get和make连用。用法如下：get hot under the collar（变得很生气），make sb. hot under the collar（使某人很生气）。

2. 拓展范例

e.g. He became hot under the collar when he realized that he had been cheated.

当他意识到自己被骗时,不禁勃然大怒。

e.g. Don't get hot under the collar. I didn't mean to offend you.

别发火，我本无意冒犯你。

e.g. He gets very hot under the collar whenever he hears about cruelty to animals.

每当他听说对动物残忍凶狠的事时，他就非常愤怒。

e.g. You don't need to get hot under the collar. He didn't steal your money.

你也不用脸红脖子粗的呀，他又没偷你钱。

第三， 咬文嚼字

on earth：到底，究竟

e.g. How on earth did you manage to get the car started?

你到底是怎么把汽车发动起来的？

e.g. How on earth could I have made so grave a mistake?

我怎么会犯如此大错呢？

take it easy：从容，不急

e.g. "Take it easy," he told himself aloud. "You'll get out."

“别着急”，他大声对自己说“总会脱险的”。

e.g. It's nice to sit down and take it easy after a hard day's work.

劳累了一天之后，能在这里坐下来，轻松一下，该多么愉快呀。

get used to：习惯

e.g. Famous people get used to the stares of the crowds.

出了名的人习惯于人群的盯视。

e.g. I couldn't get used to the silence.

对这种安静我怎么也习惯不了。