1.go off the hooks

释义：To perish or die. （死亡）

例句：About two million people go off the hooks each year in the United States.

美国每年约有二百万人死亡。

How long do you think it will take him to go off the hooks, Tom?

你看他还得拖上多久才能咽气，汤姆？

I should like to go off the hooks, miserable, poor, and starving, without any friend.

我真希望死的时候贫困潦倒，饥寒交迫，一个亲人也不在身边。

I said,"Oh, dear godmother, tell me, pray do tell me, did mama go off the hooks on my birthday?"

我说：“噢，亲爱的教母，告诉我，求求你告诉我，妈妈是在我生日的那一天死的吗？”

2.on one’s own hook

释义：By one's own effort or energy，all by oneself. （全靠自己，独自地）

例句：I just think Jennifer needs to do things on her own hook more, instead of waiting to see what her boyfriend wants to do all the time.

我只是觉得Jennifer应该自己独立去多做些事情，而不是一直等着看她男朋友想做什么。

I don’t need any help. I can do it on my own hook.

我不需要任何帮助。我可以自己做这件事。

The rest of the time I write and photograph on my own hook and send pieces to other magazines.

我在其余的时间就自己写，自己拍，然后把作品寄给其他杂志。

“Let me help you," he said. "It's not easy thing to go on your own hook here."

他说：“让我帮你，在这里独自谋生不容易。”

3.on the hook

释义：To held responsible (for something); obliged (to do something). （对某事付责任，被迫或承诺做某事）

例句：I would think very carefully signing your name to those documents. If something goes wrong in the company, it could be you on the hook.

我会慎重考虑在文件上签上你的名字。如果公司出什么问题的话，那就是你的事情了。

I'm on the hook for nearly half a million dollars after my partner skipped town with the company's pension fund!

跟我合伙的人拿着公司的养老退休金逃跑了，我不得不拿出将近50万美元出来。