地道英语get (sb) off the hook用法解析

get (sb) off the hook

let sb off the hook

（使,让）摆脱困境，逃避惩罚;免除责任

to free yourself or sb else from a difficult situation or a punishment

to allow someone to escape from a difficult situation or to avoid doing something that they do not want to do

hook做名词解释是“挂钩，吊钩”，做动词解释是“钩住”，off有“离开、脱掉”之意，那off the hook字面意思就是“脱掉了挂钩，摆脱掉了”，延伸过来，就是（使）摆脱困境，逃避惩罚；摆脱困境、脱身（解脱）出，如：

I couldn't get myself off the hook no matter what I tried.

不管我怎么努力都摆脱不了困境。

I wasn’t prepared to let her off the hook that easily.

我不愿意如此轻易地放过她。

John's agreed to go to the meeting in my place so that gets/lets me off the hook.

约翰同意代替我去开会，这样我就不必担心了。

But I'm not gonna just let him off the hook.

但我不会就此放过他的。

It's nice of you to let me off the hook.

你能原谅我真是太好了。

Though we are letting you off the hook this time, you’d better be careful, you won’t be so lucky next time.

虽然这次我们让你摆脱困境了，但你最好小心点，下次你就不会这么幸运了。

He counted on his friends to get him off the hook.

他指望朋友们帮他摆脱困境。

You're so lucky the teacher let you off the hook this time.

你真好运，老师这次放你一马。

John was out of town during the robbery so he was off the hook.

发生抢劫时约翰不在镇上，所以他摆脱了嫌疑。

He was charged with leaking confidential information, but I got him off the hook by vouching for his integrity.

他被指控泄露机密信息，但我为他的正直作了担保，使他摆脱了困境。

If you are caught coming in late again, you won't get off the hook so easily anymore.

如果我们再发现你晚回来，绝不会轻易放过你！

His opponents have no intention of letting him off the hook until he agrees to leave office immediately.

在他同意马上离职之前，他的对手不打算放过他。

Thanks for getting me off the hook. I don't want to hang out with them on the weekend.

谢谢你帮我脱身，我不想周末和他们出去玩。

Thanks for gettingmeoffthehook. I didn't want to attend that meeting.

谢谢你帮我摆脱了困境，我不想参加那个会议。

Critics say Congress will give in to lobbyists and let inefficient providers off the hook.

批评人士说，国会将向说客让步，让低效率的供应商摆脱困境。

I couldn't get myself off the hook no matter how hard I tried.

无论我怎么努力都摆脱不了困境。

She's trying to help him get off the hook.

她在帮助那个人逃脱制裁。

The teacher let him off the hook with a warning this time.

这一次老师放过他，只给了一个警告。

Government officials accused of bribery and corruption get off the hook with monotonous regularity.

被指控贪污受贿的政府官员无一例外总能脱身。

The coach is able to focus on the kids while the other parents are relieved to be off the hook for another season ．

教练可以把注意力集中在孩子身上,而其他父母则可以放心地在下一个赛季脱身了。

I am off the hook.

我终于解脱了。

注意：

1）.off the hook（为防止电话打进来而使听筒）不挂上

if you leave or take the telephone off the hook , you take the receiver (= the part that you pick up) off the place where it usually rests, so that nobody can call you

He left the phone off the hook as he didn't want to be disturbed.

他不想被电话打扰，就把电话听筒摘下来了（不挂上了）。

His creative process involves holing up in his Paris flat with the phone off the hook.

他在创作的过程中躲在自己巴黎的公寓里，连电话都挂起。

2）.ring off the hook

usually used in the progressive tenses 通常用于进行时(北美英语)of a telephone 电话响声不断；铃声大作

to ring many times

Since war broke out, the phones at donation centers have been ringing off the hook.

自从战争爆发以来，捐赠中心的电话就一直响个不停。

The phone has been ringing off the hook with offers of help.

表示愿意提供援助的电话接连不断。

与”陷入困境“相关，例如：

run into trouble，

get in/into trouble，

get sb out of trouble 和 in trouble

in a dilemma，

in deep water，

in a (pretty) pickle

(caught/stuck) between a rock and a hard place

help sb to get out trouble使人摆脱困境

help sb out摆脱困境或使人摆脱困境