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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 quickly/ }: w2 ?) {) X L/ Z: _- {
2.Whenever I have to make a speech I get butterflies in my stomach. get butterflies in one's stomach=get nervous4 P6 R+ u- b i8 Y2 l( \- u* `
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. 8 ^; a8 _5 V2 P/ ?% ^9 h 4 Lend me ,please, Tom, I'm broke at the moment. be broke=doesn't have any money& b% e. \2 ^$ M' I6 N9 p& t) S3 d$ O
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 ' m2 Y6 F: r9 w, ?4 r8 e 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# i3 L$ x) C+ E7 d. T# J. H' d; M
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& M! T3 y1 X& V& `
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 worth8 ?9 l4 _# ]+ a" L1 l9 ^9 i
9 If he finds out what you did with the company's money, he'll hit the roof. hit the roof=get very angry / u3 b7 q$ S: V) ~4 X 10 The sky got very dark and soon the rain began to bucket down. bucket down = rain very heavily7 C9 @( s( s0 n5 @
11 They all chip in for the benefit of Simpson's widow and little child. chip in=contribute money捐献% Q% T/ ~$ K7 c2 Y& W6 e
12.He usually buys his clothes off the peg. It's cheaper than going to a dressmaker. Off the peg clothes =成衣 2 o2 s: Q* W1 N& k: J$ p! j0 z7 | 13 Now stop beating about the bush and tell me what happened! beat about the bush=avoid saying directly what you mean2 k8 g4 O: N$ U5 L; m9 A
14 I really must go and lie down for a while ;I've got a splitting headache. Splitting headache=painful headache