英美人天天都在说的4000句 159:shoot from the hip

[00:02]H：So, Dom tells me you're looking for some lady friend you knew back at school.
[00:08]T：Yeah. Yeah.
[00:10]H：It's cute. I don't buy it. But it's cute.
[00:15]T：You are not buying what?
[00:16]H：Ted, I'm the kind of guy who likes to shoot from the hip¹.
[00:23]I want you to level with me.
[00:30]Come on, let's talk.
[00:32]Did you knock this skirt up? She is blackmailing² you, right?
[00:36]T：Blackmailing me? No.

1 hip   

n.臀部，髋；屋脊

参考例句：

• The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。
• The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line.新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。

2 blackmailing   

胁迫，尤指以透露他人不体面行为相威胁以勒索钱财( blackmail的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The policemen kept blackmailing him, because they had sth. on him. 那些警察之所以经常去敲他的竹杠是因为抓住把柄了。
• Democratic paper "nailed" an aggravated case of blackmailing to me. 民主党最主要的报纸把一桩极为严重的讹诈案件“栽”在我的头上。