下列材料是新托福考試聽(tīng)力題中常見(jiàn)的一些美國(guó)俚語(yǔ),了解這些俚語(yǔ)對(duì)于大家的聽(tīng)力會(huì)有些幫助,希望大家能好好準(zhǔn)備、利用,考出滿意的成績(jī)。
1. a picky eater 吃飯?zhí)籼拗?/p>
2. apple of one's eye 珍愛(ài)之人(或物),寶貝
3. the cold shoulder 對(duì)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(píng)果,不用請(qǐng)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(qián)養(yǎng)家
12. bite off more than you can chew 貪多而吃不下(尤指接下過(guò)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(guò)時(shí)了,落伍了,不時(shí)髦
16. bump into 偶然碰到,撞見(jiàn)
17. burn the candle at both ends 非常忙碌,過(guò)度疲勞
18. cry over spilt milk 覆水難收
19. It is not my cup of tea 非我所愛(ài)
20. the calm before the storm 暴風(fēng)雨前的平
21. born with a silver spoon in your mouth 生于富貴之家,生來(lái)享受富貴
22. by hook or by crook 不擇手段,無(wú)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(qián)
29. get the axe: 被解雇,被開(kāi)除
30. go in one ear and out the other 聽(tīng)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(yú)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(jué)
38. be hot and bothered 焦慮,不安
39. have one's hands full 很忙
40. have cold feet 緊張