I'd taken my phone off the hook in order to get some sleep.

我把电话听筒拿了下来，以便可以睡会儿觉。

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。

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。

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

自从战争爆发以来，捐款中心的电话一直响个不停。

I'm off the hook now.

我现在解脱了。

Aren't you just letting him off the hook?

你这不是在给他开脱吗？

You don't get off the hook that easily.

可不能那么便宜了你。

That lets Mr Kibaki off the hook far too easily.

这使齐贝吉先生能容易的摆脱困境。

But let us not pretend that it lets us off the hook.

但是，让我们不要假装这样做我们就可以逃脱责任了。

The next day, our phone started ringing off the hook.

第二天，我们的电话开始响个不停。

Once I got voicemail. But usually it rings off the hook.

有一次我接通了语音信箱，但是通常电话都无人接听。

I'll let you off the hook this time, but don't do that again.

这次不罚你，下次不要这样干了。

Still, certain sugar sources may not be entirely off the hook.

不过，某些糖类可能也逃脱不了干系。

On birthdays, I'd shut the door and take the phone off the hook.

我生日那天我锁好门拿着电话就躲开朋友们了。

They took the phone off the hook so no calls would disturb them.

他们摘下电话听筒，以免电话打扰他们。

"The study doesn't let transgressors off the hook, " said Garcia.

“这项研究不是让感情不忠者开脱，”加西亚说。

But since Iceland's population is a mere 300, 000, they're off the hook.

但是由于冰岛的人口仅有30万人，他们正摆脱困境。

The scariest thing about these words is that they let you off the hook.

这两个字的最可怕之处是让你逃脱困境。

But EU diplomats say none of this will let Turkey off the hook over Cyprus.

但是欧盟的外交官说，没什么能让土耳其绕开塞浦路斯问题。

It wasn't about letting the other person off the hook and forgetting what they had done.

不是让别人摆脱困境，忘掉他们的所作所为。

So I often encourage people to let themselves off the hook, cut themselves some slack.

因此我通常鼓励人们脱离有问题的情况或轻松一些。

And skinny people are not off the hook when it comes to the risks of sedentary behavior.

当谈到久坐行为的风险时，瘦小的人也不能幸免。

But what they detest is the idea that it might let feckless Italians and Portuguese off the hook.

但是他们讨厌他们实行的解救欧元区的计划也会让意大利和葡萄牙摆脱困境。

Just because the oil spill is plugged doesn't mean we're off the hook: there's still work to do.

石油泄漏被堵住了，但这并不意味着我们大功告成可以松一口气；还有许多工作要去做。

Garrison's phones have been ringing off the hook since the house was put on the market on Friday.

这套豪宅于上周五开始出售后，加里森的电话都被打爆了。

It will probably get you off the hook for a few days or months or keep the problem on the back burner.

它能使你在一些天甚至几个月内摆脱困境或者延缓问题。