托福聽力背景詞匯之常用習語 (1)
在托福聽力考試中經(jīng)常會出現(xiàn)一些美國日常應(yīng)用的常用習語,這些習語一般不會出現(xiàn)在教科書中,在輔導(dǎo)材料中出現(xiàn)的幾率也不多,但是卻是生活中會經(jīng)常遇到的。我們記憶這些常用習語,對于托福聽力考試會有很大的幫助。
1. a picky eater 吃飯?zhí)籼拗?/p>
2. apple of one’s eye 珍愛之人(或物),寶貝
3. the cold shoulder 對某人冷淡
4. a slip of the tongue 口誤
5. a bitter pill to swallow 吞下苦果
6. an apple a day keeps the doctor away 一天一個蘋果,不用請醫(yī)生(常吃水果有益健康)
7. a piece of cake 容易做的事(不費吹灰之力)
8. as fit as a fiddle 非常健康
9. a big appetite 胃口很好
10. an adventurous eater 大膽的食客
11. bring home the bacon 掙錢養(yǎng)家
12. bite off more than you can chew 貪多而吃不下(尤指接下過多工作而完不成)
13. burn the midnight oil 熬夜
14. be kept in the dark 被蒙在鼓里
15. behind the times 過時了,落伍了,不時髦
16. bump into 偶然碰到,撞見
17. burn the candle at both ends 非常忙碌,過度疲勞
18. cry over spilt milk 覆水難收
19. It is not my cup of tea 非我所愛
20. the calm before the storm 暴風雨前的平靜
21. born with a silver spoon in your mouth 生于富貴之家,生來享受富貴
22. by hook or by crook 不擇手段,無論如何
23. burn one’s bridges 破釜沉舟,自斷后路
24. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder 情人眼里出西施
25. bite the hand that feeds you 忘恩負義
26. eat like a horse 吃得很多
27. go to pieces 破碎,沮喪,心碎
28. go Dutch 各付各的錢
29. get the axe 被解雇,被開除
30. go in one ear and out the other 聽了并不照辦,左耳朵進右耳朵出
31. get carried away 得意忘形,失去理智
32. give somebody a ring 給某人打電話
33. give somebody a hand 幫助某人
34. have your cake and eat it 魚與熊掌兼得