Boy, Oh Boy 让人无奈的孩子

When they're together, my five-year-old son and his cousin tend to cause mayhem. one Saturday, I put my foot down.

我五岁的儿子和他的表弟在一起的时候，总要招来大乱。一个星期六，我开始抗议了。

"All right, you two," I said sternly. "No screaming , grabbing, whining, hitting, teasing, tattling, breaking toys, scratching or fighting."　　

“好啦，你们两个，”我严厉地说，“不许叫喊，不许乱拿，不许哭闹，不许乱敲，不许取笑，不许扯淡，不许弄坏玩具，不许乱抓，不许打架。”

As I turned to leave, I heard my son say, "C'mon, Steven, let's get dirty . "

我刚转身要走，就听我儿子说：“来，斯蒂文，我们来把自己弄脏吧。”

1.cause mayhem

mayhem

n.严重伤害罪；故意伤害罪；伤人致残罪；蓄意破坏

在这里表示蓄意破坏。

2. put my foot down

put sb's foot down表示坚决反对,在对别人的意见有坚决否定态度的时候用。

在英国还有表示踩油门加速的意思。

eg：I shall have to put my foot down and stop this nonsense.

我必须采取坚定的态度，制止这一荒谬的事情。

3.turned to leave

转身正要离开

转身：turn around，turn back