英美人天天都在说的4000句 50:cut sb. some slack

　　[00:01]C：My diary! My diary, that's brilliant!
[00:03]I should have told her it was my diary. She never would have made me read her my diary.
[00:07]M：You know, that's true. You'd be a great person to have around the day after an emergency.
[00:11]P：I, I cannot believe Ross even made this list. What a dinkus!
[00:14]J：Hey, cut him some slack¹. It was Chandler's idea.

1 slack   

adj.松弛的，萧条的，懈怠的；vt.使松弛

参考例句：

• Slack off those ropes there,there's a storm coming!把那里的绳索放松，暴风雨就要来了！
• Some are hard at work and some are slack in work.有的勤奋工作，有的则消极怠工。