cut sb some slack slack /slæk/ to not judge someone as severely as you usually would because they are having problems at the present time 给…方便;对…网开一面 A: Andrew‘s late again。 安德鲁又迟到了。 B: Cut him some slack - his wife‘s just had a baby。 对他就网开一面吧——他妻子刚生小孩。