在托福聽力測驗中常常會湧現一些鄙諺,考生假如不克不及準確懂得這些鄙諺的意思,對考生的聽力成就會有影響的,下面留學托福頻道為考生整頓了托福聽力常見美國鄙諺,願望考生能賣力預備。
1. a picky eater 用飯抉剔之人
2. apple of one's eye 珍重之人(或物),瑰寶
3. the cold shoulder 對或人冷漠
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,不消請大夫(常吃生果有利康健)
7. a piece of cake 輕易做的事(不費吹灰之力)
8. as fit as a fiddle 異常康健
9. a big appetite 胃口很好
10. an adventurous eater 勇敢的門客
11. bring home the bacon 掙錢養家
12. bite off more than you can chew 貪多而吃不下(尤指接下過量事情而完不可)
13. burn the midnight oil 熬夜
14. be kept in the dark 被蒙在鼓裏
15. behind the times 過期了,落後了,時時髦
16. bump into 有時碰著,撞見
17. burn the candle at both ends 異常勞碌,過分疲憊
18. cry over spilt milk 反水不收
19. It is not my cup of tea 非我所愛
20. the calm before the storm 狂風雨前的鎮靜
21. born with a silver spoon in your mouth 生於繁華之家,生來享受繁華
22. by hook or by crook 不擇手腕,不管若何
23. burn one's bridges 背城借一,自斷後路
24. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder 戀人眼裏出西施
25. bite the hand that feeds you 利令智昏
26. eat like a horse 吃得許多
27. go to pieces 破裂,懊喪,心碎
28. go Dutch 各付各的錢
29. get the axe: 被開除,被解雇
30. go in one ear and out the other 聽了其實不照辦,左耳朵進右耳朵出
31. get carried away 忘乎所以,落空理智
32. give somebody a ring 給或人打手機
33. give somebody a hand 贊助或人
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 讓或人墮入逆境
37. hit the hay 去睡覺
38. be hot and bothered 焦炙,不安
39. have one's hands full 很忙
40. have cold feet 重要