嗨，大家好！我们知道cut有“剪”的意思，slack作名词有“(绳索的)松弛部分”的意思，这个单词作形容词有“松懈的”的意思，那cut sb. some slack是什么意思呢？
cut sb. some slack的意思是“to not judge someone as severely as you usually would because they are having problems at the present time”，即“给…方便，对…网开一面”。这句习语来源于船舶的停靠。其实很好想，以前那个年代，船都要用绳子停靠，slack有“（绳索）的松弛部分”的意思，那这样的绳子就让船的停靠没那么吃力。所以后来就引申为“给某人方便”的意思了。
如果你对某人宽容，你就不会对他们不好的行为提出批评，因为你知道他们处境艰难。就比如某人刚开始工作时，同事和老板会对他宽容一点。因为他是新来的，所以老板和同事会原谅一些小错误。这句习语就可以用来形容这样的场景啦！
例句：
A:She's late again.
B:Cut her some slack.She just had a baby.
A：她又迟到了。
B：对她网开一面吧。她刚生小孩。
cut sb. down to size
cut sb. down to size的意思是“to show someone that they are not as clever or important as they think”，即“使某人有自知之明，挫某人的傲气”。
例句如下：
Someone should cut Mike down to size!
应该有人挫挫迈克的傲气！
cut sb. dead
cut sb. dead的意思是“to pretend you do not know someone in order to show you are angry”，即“不理睬某人，假装不认识某人”。
举个例子：
I just spoke to Amy, but she cut me dead.
我刚刚跟艾米说话，但是她根本不理睬我。
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