1.Those second-hand pianos are selling like hot cakes,if you want one,you'd better buy one now before they're all gone.
sell like hot cakes=sell very well or very quickly 來源:考試大
2.Whenever I have to make a speech I get butterflies in my stomach.
get butterflies in one's stomach=ger nervous來源:考試大
3 He would do anything for his daughter.She was the apple of his eye.
be the apple of one's eye=be very precious to sb.
4 Lend me $30,please,Tom,I'm broke at the moment.
be broke=doesn't have any money
5 The accident was caused by a taxi driver jumping the green light.
jump the green light=doesn't wait for the traffic lights to change to green
6.You didn't think I was serious,did you,Joe! It was a joke! I was pulling your leg, that's all.
pull one's leg=tease someone,逗某人玩來源:考試大
7 Because the owner wanted a quick sale, the painting went for a song-only $1000.
If something "goes for a song",it is sold very cheaply
8 He caught the last train by the skin of his teech.
By the skin of one's teech=the person only just caught the last train;he almost missed it.
9 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來源:考試大
10 If he finds out what you did with the company's money,he'll hit the roof.
hit the roof=get very angry
11 The sky got very dark and soon the rain began to bucket down.
bucket down = rain very heavily
12 They all chip in for the benefit of Simpson's widow and little child.
chip in=contribute money 捐獻(xiàn)來源:考試大
13.He usually buys his clothes off the peg.It's cheaper than going to a dressmaker.
Off the peg clothes =成衣來源:考試大
14 Now stop beating about the bush and tell me what happened!
beat about the bush=avoid saying directly what you mean
15 I really must go and lie down for a while ;I've got a splitting headache.
splitting headache=painful headache
sell like hot cakes=sell very well or very quickly 來源:考試大
2.Whenever I have to make a speech I get butterflies in my stomach.
get butterflies in one's stomach=ger nervous來源:考試大
3 He would do anything for his daughter.She was the apple of his eye.
be the apple of one's eye=be very precious to sb.
4 Lend me $30,please,Tom,I'm broke at the moment.
be broke=doesn't have any money
5 The accident was caused by a taxi driver jumping the green light.
jump the green light=doesn't wait for the traffic lights to change to green
6.You didn't think I was serious,did you,Joe! It was a joke! I was pulling your leg, that's all.
pull one's leg=tease someone,逗某人玩來源:考試大
7 Because the owner wanted a quick sale, the painting went for a song-only $1000.
If something "goes for a song",it is sold very cheaply
8 He caught the last train by the skin of his teech.
By the skin of one's teech=the person only just caught the last train;he almost missed it.
9 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來源:考試大
10 If he finds out what you did with the company's money,he'll hit the roof.
hit the roof=get very angry
11 The sky got very dark and soon the rain began to bucket down.
bucket down = rain very heavily
12 They all chip in for the benefit of Simpson's widow and little child.
chip in=contribute money 捐獻(xiàn)來源:考試大
13.He usually buys his clothes off the peg.It's cheaper than going to a dressmaker.
Off the peg clothes =成衣來源:考試大
14 Now stop beating about the bush and tell me what happened!
beat about the bush=avoid saying directly what you mean
15 I really must go and lie down for a while ;I've got a splitting headache.
splitting headache=painful headache