导读:TOEFL的最新成语汇总,非常口语话,非常实用的地道美语,出现在听力及阅读中。一起来学习。
3 E- Q' v1 g, v9 L 1.Those second-hand pianos are selling like hot cakes, if you want one, you'd better buy one now before they're all gone. sell like hot cakes=sell very well or very quickly9 n) p, x9 m$ S& h4 W
2.Whenever I have to make a speech I get butterflies in my stomach. get butterflies in one's stomach=get nervous
( R- l' x U( Q 3 He would do anything for his daughter. She was the apple of his eye. be the apple of one's eye=be very precious to sb.9 u1 g. q( o8 f6 }. B
4 Lend me ,please, Tom, I'm broke at the moment. be broke=doesn't have any money5 x( ]2 m# @; L6 [( q# V
5 The accident was caused by a taxi driver jumping the green light. jump the green light=doesn't wait for the traffic lights to change to green
/ m9 i/ U/ d' D, q8 I8 m 6.You didn't think I was serious, did you, Joe! It was a joke! I was pulling your leg, that's all. pull one's leg=tease someone,逗某人玩
& [" I7 S# V; y0 ? 7 Because the owner wanted a quick sale, the painting went for a song-only. If something "goes for a song", it is sold very cheaply
% j3 ]4 H4 c1 w1 N% x0 F7 ?) P7 k 8 There was a shortage of food; so you had to pay through the nose for what you could find. To "pay through the nose " for something is to pay far more for something than it is really worth# i$ e" Z9 O! \' k) C ?5 @. c
9 If he finds out what you did with the company's money, he'll hit the roof. hit the roof=get very angry
# M# `; e! S# \& Z 10 The sky got very dark and soon the rain began to bucket down. bucket down = rain very heavily
9 m9 L, j" \, d4 ~" h0 P" Y1 ? 11 They all chip in for the benefit of Simpson's widow and little child. chip in=contribute money捐献
- f+ ^. U* r) B 12.He usually buys his clothes off the peg. It's cheaper than going to a dressmaker. Off the peg clothes =成衣
' |2 ?' T9 d. Z 13 Now stop beating about the bush and tell me what happened! beat about the bush=avoid saying directly what you mean* m; D9 ~: l" K4 m% q
14 I really must go and lie down for a while ;I've got a splitting headache. Splitting headache=painful headache |