0318 Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth (#3)에서

1. bob your head

Janitor smiled a little bit sad. “Life is hard sometimes, isn’t it, sis?” he said.

I bobbed my head up and down. “Yes,” I said. “Life is P.U.”

*bob: to move up and down with short regular movements, especially on water that is rising and falling

bob up and down: The little boat bobbed up and down on the waves.

*bob your head

to move your head down and then back up again in a short quick movement as a way of greeting someone or showing agreement or respect

2. knuckle sandwich

How’d you like a knuckle sandwich, you big fat Jim?

*knuckle sandwich: A punch in the mouth.

3. shoot your mouth off

I shot off my big fat mouth in kindergarten.

*shoot your mouth off

to annoy people by talking too much about how good you are

They've been shooting their mouths off about how they're going to beat us.

4. scoot over

Then I hurried up on the bus. And I scooted way over by the window.

* scoot: to leave or go somewhere very quickly

* scoot over

if someone sitting down scoots over, they move to a different position, for example to make space for someone else to sit down

If I scoot over a little, there's room for you.

5. lose your grip

Then me and Daddy had to help Mother look for the pacifier speedy quick. ’Cause she was losing her grip, I think.

*grip: a firm strong hold

* lose your grip (on something)

to become less able to understand things or deal with them

Are you starting to lose your grip on reality?

6. cuckoo sign

“I am just being one job!” I said very angry. “It’s a special kind of job where you paint and you unlock stuff and you save people! So there! Ha-ha on you!”

That Jim made a cuckoo sign at me.

*cuckoo sign

A gesture, consisting of a twirling motion of a finger near the temple, that indicates that a person may (have a screw loose).

have a screw loose INFORMAL=to be slightly crazy