考试辅导托福听力考试最新成语汇总及其例句

文章作者 100test 发表时间 2008:05:23 10:04:40
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导读：TOEFL的最新成语汇总，非常口语话，非常实用的地道美语，出现在听力及阅读中。一起来学习。

1.Those second-hand pianos are selling like hot cakes,if you want one,youd better buy one now before theyre 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.

get butterflies in ones stomach =get nervous

3.He would do anything for his daughter.She was the apple of his eye.

be the apple of ones eye =be very precious to sb.

4.Lend me ,please,Tom,Im broke at the moment.

be broke =doesnt have any money

5.The accident was caused by a taxi driver jumping the green light.

jump the green light =doesnt wait for the traffic lights to change to green

6.You didnt think I was serious,did you,Joe!It was a joke!I was pulling your leg,thats all.

pull ones leg =tease someone,逗某人玩

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

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 worth

9.If he finds out what you did with the companys money,hell hit the roof.

hit the roof=get very angry

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 Simpsons widow and little child.