托福听力考试的最新成语

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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
2.Whenever I have to make a speech I get butterflies in my stomach.
3 c% U4 d) `# `" \2 u. fget butterflies in one's stomach =get nervous
3.He would do anything for his daughter.She was the apple of his eye.
8 e" w8 N9 ~+ A' ]9 W# pbe the apple of one's eye =be very precious to sb.
7 B8 c  R  A$ h+ n/ Z+ I4.Lend me ,please,Tom,I'm broke at the moment.
; S$ Q! e# f% q+ L; j# {- _be broke =doesn't have any money
5.The accident was caused by a taxi driver jumping the green light.
/ m, s$ J7 n, P8 g" i; n- g1 N! Hjump the green light =doesn't wait for the traffic lights to change to green
' x  t  w) |) a2 R' o6.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
7.Because the owner wanted a quick sale,the painting went for a song-only .
* W5 {- e: \) R8 _" FIf something "goes for a song",it is sold very cheaply
8.There was a shortage of food;so you had to pay through the nose for what you could find.
5 @2 V) u7 h3 {4 g( P4 lTo "pay through the nose"for something is to pay far more for something than it is really worth
* I$ o. m) \- ]6 }- l9.If he finds out what you did with the company's money,he'll hit the roof.
: C2 e, E/ A2 F2 x8 S: B9 ahit the roof=get very angry
- {, W5 U5 c. }, k/ M10.The sky got very dark and soon the rain began to bucket down.
* c# m% a% K0 G7 q- R1 t3 \8 y8 O  _bucket down =rain very heavily
2 ~) b6 ~- {- F- D; T! M11.They all chip in for the benefit of Simpson's widow and little child.
chip in=contribute money捐献
12.He usually buys his clothes off the peg.It's cheaper than going to a dressmaker.
; N% c! c- J$ N1 I6 vOff the peg clothes =成衣
1 d9 J' z' m1 P% e, w/ W3 P13.Now stop beating about the bush and tell me what happened!
beat about the bush=avoid saying directly what you mean
  e  }" e9 Y% u9 n* P" I  }14.I really must go and lie down for a while ;I've got a splitting headache.
Splitting headache=painful headache