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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.
4 G: s! b9 k2 `4 _* @/ wsell like hot cakes =sell very well or very quickly
) h: B* E1 o1 n. ?7 a2.Whenever I have to make a speech I get butterflies in my stomach.
get butterflies in one's stomach =get nervous
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.
4.Lend me ,please,Tom,I'm broke at the moment.
be broke =doesn't have any money
5.The accident was caused by a taxi driver jumping the green light.
; i% d; ?1 X/ \$ i0 h7 Ijump the green light =doesn't wait for the traffic lights to change to green
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
5 j0 ~6 o3 `/ ?# s7.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
/ A  `- C0 n) P8.There was a shortage of food;so you had to pay through the nose for what you could find.
/ p; O2 M' O6 m, yTo "pay through the nose"for something is to pay far more for something than it is really worth
& p% Z$ s2 F4 I- A9.If he finds out what you did with the company's money,he'll hit the roof.
hit the roof=get very angry
# x" X. y. O8 ]10.The sky got very dark and soon the rain began to bucket down.
bucket down =rain very heavily
11.They all chip in for the benefit of Simpson's widow and little child.
* m! ]- c1 _- X6 xchip in=contribute money捐献
12.He usually buys his clothes off the peg.It's cheaper than going to a dressmaker.
% F' P4 P4 K; ~5 ]) j$ b9 U5 qOff the peg clothes =成衣
13.Now stop beating about the bush and tell me what happened!
/ H! r# q4 O$ u) u) C1 y9 qbeat about the bush=avoid saying directly what you mean
; t: p8 ^" x) @14.I really must go and lie down for a while ;I've got a splitting headache.
Splitting headache=painful headache