These are the most common IDIOMS with UP and DOWN used in English:

　　以下是英語中最常用的含有up和down俚語：

　　UP

　　關于up的俚語

　　act up = to misbehave

　　行為不當

　　My son used to act up every day when he was little.

　　我兒子小的時候，每天都要調皮搗蛋。

　　bottle up = stay hidden

　　避而不談

　　He would rather bottle up rather than solve the problems at work.

　　他寧愿避而不談也不愿解決工作中的問題。

　　break up = end a relationship

　　分手

　　Jessica just broke up with her boyfriend.

　　杰西卡剛和男朋友分手。

　　back up = to copy something as a security measure

　　安全備份

　　My computer crashes three times this week, so I need to back up all my data now.

　　這周我的電腦死機三次，所以我現在需要備份所有數據。

　　blow up = to get angry very fast

　　發脾氣

　　Mr. Moore blows up almost every class because Jack is always late.

　　因為杰克總是遲到，摩爾先生幾乎把每節課都搞砸了。

　　brighten up = to make cheerful, happy

　　使高興;使高興

　　My sister tried to brighten up my day when I was feeling said.

　　當我感覺有人說的時候，我姐姐試圖讓我的一天變得愉快。

　　butter up = to flatter

　　奉承

　　She always butters up her boss when the new job position is available.

　　當新的工作職位空缺時，她總是奉承她的老板。

　　catch up = to share news with someone

　　跟某人分享新聞

　　I haven’t seen him for such a long time, and it was great to catch up.

　　我好久沒見他了，能趕上他真是太好了。

　　chat up = to have a light, friendly conversation

　　聊天=輕松友好的交談

　　She went to that bar only because she liked chatting up with the handsome bartender.

　　她去那家酒吧只是因為她喜歡和英俊的酒保聊天。

　　come up with = think of something, a plan or an idea

　　想出某物、計劃或想法

　　We have to come up with a plan!

　　我們必須想出一個計劃!

　　cover up = to hide, conceal

　　遮掩

　　Even in court, he still tried to cover up everything that he did.

　　即使在法庭上，他仍然試圖掩蓋他所做的一切。

　　doll up = to dress formally, to dress for a special occasion

　　打扮

　　My mom needs to doll up before her birthday party.

　　我媽媽需要在生日聚會前打扮一下。

　　dress up = to have very nice clothes on

　　穿上漂亮的衣服

　　Alicia always liked to dress up for her dates.

　　艾麗西婭總是喜歡盛裝赴約。

　　eat up = to believe immediately

　　立刻相信

　　He ate up everything that his psychologist told him.

　　他相信心理學家告訴他的一切。

　　end up – to turn out, conclude

　　最后——結果是，得出結論

　　He ended up working at his father’s company.

　　他最后在他父親的公司工作。

　　fix up = to make right, adjust

　　糾正

　　Melissa fixed up her dress before going out.

　　梅麗莎出門前把衣服整理好。

　　give up = surrender, admit failure

　　放棄=投降，承認失敗

　　I will never give up.

　　我永遠不會放棄。

　　head up = to lead, to take charge

　　領導，負責

　　You have to head up all the meetings today.

　　你今天必須主持所有的會議。

　　hold up = to wait, to delay

　　等待，延遲

　　What’s holding up the presentation?

　　什么阻礙了演示?

　　hung up = thinking or worrying about someone/something

　　掛掉，掛掉

　　She was too hung up about her wedding.

　　她太沉迷于婚禮了。

　　juice up = to charge

　　充電

　　I have to juice up my laptop because the battery is dead.

　　我得給筆記本電腦充電，因為電池沒電了。

　　keep up = to continue

　　繼續

　　Keep up the good work everyone!

　　大家繼續努力!

　　kiss up to = to show false flattery

　　親吻

　　Everyone knew she was kissing up to the boss to get a better job.

　　每個人都知道她是為了找一份更好的工作而和老板接吻。

　　line up = have something/someone ready

　　排隊=準備好東西/某人

　　Do you have any food lined up?

　　你有排隊的食物嗎?

　　loosen up = to relax

　　放松

　　You have been very stressed lately – you have to loosen up.

　　你最近壓力很大，你必須放松。

　　make up = to reconcile after a quarrel/fight

　　和解

　　I can’t stay mad at you anymore, let’s make up?

　　我不能再生你的氣了，我們和好嗎?

　　mess up = to make a mistake, to ruin

　　弄糟

　　He totally messed up the cake.

　　他把蛋糕弄得一團糟。

　　roll up one’s sleeves = to prepare to work

　　卷起袖子=準備工作

　　He rolled up his sleeves, and started packing.

　　他卷起袖子，開始收拾行李。

　　round up = to collect or gather something

　　收集某物

　　Round up the employees for the meeting!

　　召集員工參加會議!

　　screw up = to ruin, to make a mess

　　搞砸，弄亂

　　He totally screwed up on his exam.

　　他考試考砸了。

　　sign up = to commit oneself to a period of employment/education

　　致力于一段就業/教育時期

　　Kevin signed up for his first Psychology course online.

　　凱文在網上報名參加了他的第一個心理學課程。

　　speed up = to make something go faster

　　加速

　　You have to speed up your car if you want to be there on time.

　　如果你想準時到那兒，你必須加快車速。

　　split up = to separate, to break apart from the group

　　分開

　　They had to split up in order to find Jimmy.

　　為了找到吉米，他們不得不分開。

　　suck up = flatter someone excessively

　　過分奉承

　　He sucked up to the teacher only to get a better grade.

　　他為了得到更好的成績而向老師討好。

　　take up = occupy time, space, attention

　　占用時間、空間、注意力

　　It’s going to take up too much time.

　　要花太多時間。

　　tied up = very busy

　　非常忙碌

　　He is always tied up with work.

　　他總是忙于工作。

　　think up = to invent or imagine something

　　思考

　　We have to think up an excuse for why we didn’t go to school.

　　我們得想出一個不上學的理由。

　　up the creek = to be in serious trouble

　　遇到嚴重麻煩

　　If I don’t pay the bill by tomorrow, I will be up the creek.

　　如果我明天不付款，我就要麻煩了。

　　wind up = end up in a specific situation, place

　　在特定情況下結束，地點

　　I never thought I would wind up in Australia.

　　我從來沒想過我會去澳大利亞。

　　DOWN

　　關于down的俚語

　　back down = to take a less aggressive position

　　采取不那么激進的立場

　　I was about to win the argument, but I had to back down.

　　我本來想贏得這場爭論，但我不得不放棄。

　　break down = to become unstable due to stress

　　因壓力而變得不適

　　She broke down today at work, so she took a day off.

　　她今天上班時身體不適，所以請了一天假。

　　calm down = to become less excited

　　冷靜下來

　　Please, calm down before you hurt somebody.

　　請在你傷害別人之前冷靜下來。

　　clamp down on = to end something

　　結束某事

　　We have to clamp down on illegal businesses.

　　我們必須取締非法生意。

　　close down = to stop trading as a business

　　關閉=停止作為企業進行交易

　　Their company will close down soon.

　　他們的公司很快就會倒閉。

　　cool down = to become less agitated

　　冷靜下來

　　Wait till he cools down, and then apologize to him.

　　等他冷靜下來，然后向他道歉。

　　dress down = to scold

　　盛裝訓斥

　　Jessica was just dressing down the employees.

　　杰西卡只是敷衍員工。

　　dumb down = to convey something in simple words

　　用簡單的語言表達某物

　　She couldn’t understand the teacher, so he had to dumb down the explanation for her.

　　她聽不懂老師的話，所以他只好把解釋給她聽。

　　flag down = to get someone’s attention

　　引起某人的注意

　　You really have to flag down; otherwise, she won’t even look at you.

　　你真的要退縮，否則她甚至不會看你。

　　go down = to change from greater value to lesser

　　從較大值變為較小值

　　The prices really went down this month.

　　這個月物價真的下跌了。

　　hands down = easily, without too much effort

　　容易，不需要太多的努力

　　He finished the test in 10 minutes hands down.

　　他在10分鐘內親手完成了測試。

　　hunt down = to find with difficulty

　　很難找到

　　It was hard to hunt down all the suspects.

　　很難找到所有的嫌疑犯。

　　jot down = to make a note

　　記下

　　Can you jot down the main ideas from the meeting, please?

　　請你把會議的主要想法記下來好嗎?

　　keep down = to stay quiet

　　保持安靜

　　Jack, can you keep it down, we are trying to sleep?

　　杰克，你能不能小聲點，我們在睡覺?

　　man down = to lose courage

　　失去勇氣

　　You cannot man down when it comes to you family.

　　當涉及到你的家庭時，你不能屈服。

　　I cannot understand your main idea, can you narrow it down, please?

　　我不能理解你的主要想法，請你縮小范圍好嗎?

　　settle down = to establish a lifestyle, to marry

　　安定下來

　　Julie and Jack finally settled down.

　　朱莉和杰克終于安頓下來了。

　　shut down = to end, to close

　　關閉

　　We have to shut down the party, because it’s getting late.

　　我們得把聚會關掉，因為天要晚了。

　　turn down = to refuse, to decline

　　拒絕

　　Unfortunately, they turned down our offer.

　　不幸的是，他們拒絕了我們的報價。