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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 来源:考试学习网 2.whenever i have to make a speech i get butterflies in my stomach. get butterflies in one's stomach=ger nervous来源:考试学习网 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,逗某人玩来源:考试学习网 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来源:考试学习网 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 捐献来源:考试学习网 13.he usually buys his clothes off the peg.it's cheaper than going to a dressmaker. off the peg clothes =成衣来源:考试学习网 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 |
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