托福听力必背120个习语
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    很多考生在考完托福后突然发现,自己的听力真的提高了很多,在考试中学到了很多美国习语。下面是听力课堂小编收集整理的托福听力必背120个习语,欢迎参考!
     
    本文特地把托福考试中常出现的`重要习语总结出来,供准备参加托福考试的朋友使用。为体现原汁原味,本文未对这些词组进行翻译,不过在每个词组后面都有相应的英文解释。   我们相信,只要大家坚持用心去练,肯定会对你们听力提高会有帮助的,而且在考试的时候你会发现这样的效果特别好,当然这种感觉是建立在你大量练习和能力提高的基础上的。
     
    above all - most importantly   
    account for - explain   
    as a matter of fact - in fact ,to speak the truth   
    as a rule - generally ;normally   
    about to - be ready to;be on the point of doing something   
    an old hand - be an experienced persom   
    any day now -soon   
    approach sb -talk to sb   
    be fed up with - be out of patience with   
    be on one‘s own - live independently   
    be on the safe side - take no chances   
    be out of something - have no longer in supply   
    be tired of - be bored with ,frustrated with   
    be up to ones‘ears - be extremely busy   
    be up to someone -be a person‘s responsibility   
    be out for -trying to get   
    be out of the question - be unacceptable ,impossible   
    bite off more than one can chew - take on more than one can handle   
    break down - cease to function   
    break the ice - begin to be friendly wuth people one doesn‘t know   
    break the news - inform or give bad news   
    brush up on - imporve noe‘s knowledge of something through study   
    bump into - meet unexpectedly   
    by and large - in general   
    by heart - by memory   
    by all means - absolutely ,definitely   
    by no means - in no way   
    call off -cancel   
    cheer up - be happy   
    come down with - become sick with   
    come into -receive,especially after another‘s death   
    come up with - think of   
    count on - depend upon   
    count out - eliminate   
    die down - become quiet ,become less   
    do without - manage without something   
    drop by - visit informally; pay a short visit   
    every other - alternate   
    fall behind - lag; fail to accomplish something on time   
    fall through - fail to happen or be completed   
    far cry form - completely different from;a long way   
    feel like - have a desire or wish for   
    feel up to - feel well enough to or be capabele of   
    few and far between - not happening often; rate   
    figure out - determine; reason out by thinking   
    fill in for -take another‘s place   
    fill sb.in - tell what sb. should know   
    fish out of water - out of one‘s element or natural environment   
    flying colors -success,victory   
    for good - permanently; forever   
    for the time being - for now; temporarily   
    get away with - escape without punishment   
    get rid of - give something away; sell, destroy, or throw away something   
    get the ball rolling - start something; make a beginning   
    get the hang of - understand; learn   
    give a hand - help   
    go without saying - understood; clear without needing to be stated   
    go off -begin to ring   
    hang on - keep hold of; persevere;keep doing something   
    hard to come by - difficult to obtain   
    have a heart - have kind feelings; be understanding   
    have a hunch - have an idea based on feelings rather than reason   
    hold off - delay;postpone   
    hop to it - get started on something quickly   
    hit it off - get along well with someone   
    ill at ease - uncomfortable   
    in hot water - in trouble   
    in the air -uncertain   
    in the dark - keep someone without knowdge; information from somenoe   
    in the lone run - looking toward the future; eventually   
    ins and outs - all the details; the various parts and difficulties to be seen   
    iron out - remove the difficulties or find an answer for   
    jump to conclusions - arrive too quickly at a decision or opinion   
    keep an eye on - watch closely   
    keep one‘sfingers crossed - wish that nothing goes wrong   
    keep on one‘s toes - be ready for action; prepared   
    knock oneself out - make a great effort   
    learn the ropes - learn the rules and routines of a place or activity   
    little by little -gradually   
    make ends meet - to get just enough money for noe‘s needs   
    make out - manage;get along   
    mean to - intentional; on purpose   
    might as well - to have no strong reson not to   
    next to nothing - almost nothing; very inexpensive   
    not to mention - in addition   
    off balance - unaware; off guard   
    on the go - working or doing something all the time   
    on pins and needles - nervous; anxious; full of anticipation   
    on purpose - deliberately; intentionally   
    on the blink - not working properly;broken   
    on the right track - thinking or doing something correctly   
    on the tip of noe‘s tongue - to be about to remember somthing   
    once in a blue moon - rarely; almost never   
    out of it - not involved in   
    pick up the tab - pay the bill or the cost of something   
    piece of cake - easy   
    play by ear - act spontaneously; without planning   
    pill it off - accomplish   
    pull one‘s leg - make fun of somenoe in a playgul way; make somenoe believe something that is not ture   
    quite a few - many   
    raise the roof -angry   
    right away - immediately   
    run for office - compete for an elected position   
    save one‘s breath - to keep silent because talking would not achieve anyting   
    say that again - a saying that means; I agree completely   
    stone‘s throw - short distance   
    search me - an answer that means; I don‘t know   
    serves one right - is deserving of   
    sleep on it - think about something for a while   
    straighten up - clean up; make tidy   
    take a break - rest for a while; stop one‘s work or activity   
    think nothing of it - that‘s all right   
    throw cold water on - discourage; lessen enthusiasm for   
    to say the least - at the lowest estimate   
    touch on - mention a subject briefly   
    under the water - not feeling well   
    wait around - waiting in vain   
    wait on - attend as a servant;serve   
    well worth the trouble - it deseres the inconvenience or trouble   
    whole new ballgame - an entirely different situation   
    with flying colors - succeed very well   
    without a hitch - without difficulty or delay
     
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