下列材料是新托福考试听力题中常见的一些美国俚语，了解这些俚语对于大家的听力会有些帮助，希望大家能好好准备、利用，考出满意的成绩。

1. a picky eater 吃饭挑剔之人

2. apple of one's eye 珍爱之人(或物)，宝贝

3. the cold shoulder 对某人冷淡

4. a slip of the tongue 口误

5. a bitter pill to swallow 吞下苦果

6. an apple a day keeps the doctor away 一天一个苹果，不用请医生(常吃水果有益健康)

7. a piece of cake 容易做的事(不费吹灰之力)

8. as fit as a fiddle 非常健康

9. a big appetite 胃口很好

10. an adventurous eater 大胆的食客

11. bring home the bacon 挣钱养家

12. bite off more than you can chew 贪多而吃不下(尤指接下过多工作而完不成)

13. burn the midnight oil 熬夜

14. be kept in the dark 被蒙在鼓里

15. behind the times 过时了，落伍了，不时髦

16. bump into 偶然碰到，撞见

17. burn the candle at both ends 非常忙碌，过度疲劳

18. cry over spilt milk 覆水难收

19. It is not my cup of tea 非我所爱

20. the calm before the storm 暴风雨前的平

21. born with a silver spoon in your mouth 生于富贵之家，生来享受富贵

22. by hook or by crook 不择手段，无论如何

23. burn one's bridges 破釜沉舟，自断后路

24. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder 情人眼里出西施

25. bite the hand that feeds you 忘恩负义

26. eat like a horse 吃得很多

27. go to pieces 破碎，沮丧，心碎

28. go Dutch 各付各的钱

29. get the axe: 被解雇，被开除

30. go in one ear and out the other 听了并不照办，左耳朵进右耳朵出

31. get carried away 得意忘形，失去理智

32. give somebody a ring 给某人打电话

33. give somebody a hand 帮助某人

34. have your cake and eat it 鱼与熊掌兼得

35. hold your horses 放慢，等一等

36. high and dry 让某人陷入困境

37. hit the hay 去睡觉

38. be hot and bothered 焦虑，不安

39. have one's hands full 很忙

40. have cold feet 紧张