The willies
【中文】害怕 恐慌 毛骨悚然
【定義】To be freaked out.
【例句】-Sandra got the Willies when she watched the Thai horror movie "Shutter".
-Kenny got the Willies when he went on a ghost hunt and thought he heard a noise.
-Sara got the willies when she walked through the dark woods.
-I get the willies whenever someone knocks at my door at midnight or in the evening. On most occasions it was just the water bill lady but one day it was a man punching at my door...我特別害怕
-Sometimes horror movies can't make people get willies but it's real people who are out of their mind who can really scare people. 不正常的人會讓人毛骨悚然.
Pull wool over one's eyes
【中文】欺騙 騙
【定義】To deceive someone.
【例句】-Although Damien acted stupid, no one in the office can pull wool over his eyes.
-The store keeper pulled wool over Laura's eyes by saying the TV was more expensive than it actually was.
-A man in Northern China pulled wool over the eyes of a southerner by saying the Arctic Fox was a Siberian Samoyed puppy.
-She pulls wool over her own eyes by telling herself she is the happiest person in the world, even though she has an alcoholic husband and a criminal son. 她自欺欺人!
-Dad was not feeling very well. But he pulled wool over our eyes by not showing us the full extent of his condition. He doesn't want us to worry! 爸爸騙我們!