托業(yè)考試美國口語常用短語匯總

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(gè)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(fèi)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(shí)了，落伍了，不時(shí)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(fēng)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(fù)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(jìn)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

35. hold your horses 放慢，等一等

36. high and dry 讓某人陷入困境

37. hit the hay 去睡覺

38. be hot and bothered 焦慮，不安

39. have one’s hands full 很忙

40. have cold feet緊張

41. hit the roof 很生氣

42. His name rings a bell 名字聽起來很熟

43. have a heart of gold 心好，好人

44. in the wink of an eye 一眨眼功夫，很快

45. to jump the gun 行動(dòng)過早， 結(jié)論錯(cuò)誤

46. keep a straight face擺出嚴(yán)肅面孔。忍住不笑

47. keep one’s fingers crossed 交叉手指，乞求好運(yùn)

48. keep an eye on someone留心，留意

49. to kick the bucket 死

50. to knock your teeth out打人

51. look for a needle in a haystack 象大海撈針一樣困難

52. to let the cat out of the bag 泄露秘密

53. to let one’s hair down 放松，好好玩

54. the least of my worries次要的事情，小事一樁， 一點(diǎn)也不擔(dān)心

55. eat one’s words 收回說過的話

56. a fish out of water如魚兒離水，沒有把握，有點(diǎn)不安

57. to face the music 勇敢地面對困難

58. make a monkey out of 嘲弄，戲弄

59. make eyes at 送秋波，拋媚眼

60. make one’s mouth water 使人垂涎三尺，想吃

61. make or break 涉及成敗的關(guān)鍵時(shí)刻

62. music to one’s ears悅耳的聲音，喜訊

63. make hay while the sun shines 趁熱打鐵，及時(shí)把握機(jī)會

64. make some time 抽出時(shí)間，擠出時(shí)間

65. meet each other half way相互妥協(xié)，各讓一步

66. My legs have fallen asleep 雙腿麻木

67. make a night of it 痛快玩一夜

68. make heads or tails of it 弄清楚，弄明白 （多用在搞不懂的情況下）