TOEFL
Idioms:
Sometimes it's easy to guess the meaning of the idioms; sometimes it's not
so obvious. Of course, the more you know about the idioms, the better you
can understand the speakers. But you may not have so much time and experience
in remembering and hearing a lot of idioms. Some useful idioms are listed as
following. They are very interesting too. So, enjoy yourself.
1. Idioms:
- pull one's leg:
to joke about something or exaggerate
"Don't pull my leg, tell me the truth!"
- leg to stand on:
proof or support for an idea or decision
"Without a witness, you don't have a leg to stand on."
- put one's foot down:
to take a firm stand, to enforce a command
"My father put his foot down and won't let me use the car."
- make one's mouth water:
to make hungry or stimulate the appetite
"The smell of mom's cooking makes my mouth water."
- melts in your mouth:
tasts very good, delicious
"Grandmother's apple pie melts in your mouth."
- see eye to eye:
to agree completely
"We get along well because we usually see eye to eye."
- butterflies in one's stomach:
to be very nervous
"When I made the presentation in front of the whole school body, I
got butterflies in my stomack."
- cream of the crop:
the best there is
"This perfect diamond is really the cream of the crop."
- it's lemon:
a product with many defects
"This new car is a lemon; nothing works right."
- fishy:
when something seems to be wrong; probably not the truth
"There is something fishy about this story; I don't believe it."
- in the pink:
to be in good health
"I exercise a lot, so I am in the pink."
- white lie:
a lie which is unimportant; small fib
"The woman told a white lie. She said her hair was naturally blonde."
- under the wether:
not feeling well, probably getting a cold
"Randy won't go to the party, he's a bit under the weather."
- put two and two together:
to reach a conclusion; figure things out
"We put two and two together and realized why mother was angry."
pull some strings:
to use influence; to manipulate
"You're the boss's son, please pull some strings and get me a job."
- face the music:
accept the consequences; take the punishment
"The criminal had to face the music in the courtroom."
2.Agreement:
Expressions used by the second speakers who are in agreement with the
first speakers:
- You can say that again!
- And how?
- You bet.
- You said it!
- You are telling me!
- You can say that again!
- Likely say.
- Sure thing.
- By all means.
- I'll say.
- Go ahead.
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