14. no-brainer 不必花脑筋的事物

A：How do you use this program? It looks quite complicated. 你怎么样用这个软件呢？看起来蛮复杂的。

B：No. Looks can be deceiving. This thing is actually a no-brainer. Let me show you. 不会！外表有时是会骗人的。这个东西其实很容易(不必花脑筋的)。我玩给你看！

"Looks can be deceiving."是“外表有时是会骗人的”的意思。也许你的竞争对方把自己抬高，表现出很厉害的样子，你的朋友就可以说"Looks can be deceiving. He may be just a paper tiger."来安慰你。

15. work one's butt off 很努力地(做一件事)

A：I can't believe all my work is gone just like this. I've worked my butt off on this all day. 我不敢相信我的心血就这样丢掉了！我今天整天辛辛苦苦都在搞这个！

B：What happened? Computer crashed? 怎么啦？计算机当了吗？

发现美语里不少口语都跟"butt"(屁屁)有关，像 "kick ass"、"kiss ass"(点击查看＝>经典英语俚语教你说地道美语(1))。 这里的"work one's butt off" 也是。还有一个"freeze one's butt off"(冷得把屁屁冻僵)也是。

16. push around 驱使(某人)

A：Gary, do you think you can rewrite this paper. I don't really like the topic. Gary, 你想你是不是可以把这个报告重写一遍。我并不是很喜欢那个主题。

B：Hey, I'm only trying to help you out. You shouldn't be pushing me around like this. 嘿，我是在帮你忙耶！你不应该这样指使我喔！

“把一个人推来推去”应该和“指使”很容易联想吧！