口語7+需要積累的習語表達

 Idiomatic language 習語是英語中非常地道的語言，如果同學們能夠恰當使用習語，可以讓你的表達更自然更地道，并且雅思官方對雅思口語中Lexical Resource 7分的要求里有一項是：uses some less common and idiomatic vocabulary, 使用一些非常見的詞匯和習語。所以想要口語拿高分，習語表達是必不可少的。大家趕緊積累起來~

1. comfort food (難過或焦慮時食用的) 安慰食品，慰藉食物

Fat and sugar—the twin pillars of the best comfort food.

脂肪和糖類，是安慰性食物的兩大支柱。

2. piece of cake 輕而易舉的事情

Once you get the hang of it, it’s a piece of cake!

你一旦掌握了竅門， 那就成了小菜一碟！

3. running on fumes 非常疲憊

After two days of continuous work, I’m running on fumes today.

連續(xù)工作了兩天之后，我今天已經筋疲力盡無法堅持了。

4. smell a rat 感到不妙

I don't want to say he steals my book, but I really smell a rat.

雖然我不想說他偷了我的書，但我確實覺得不對勁。

5. get out of hand 失控

Make sure that you have covered yourself legally and try not to let your temper get out of hand.

確保自己的行為合法正當,盡可能別讓情緒失控。

6. pull yourself together 振作起來

Pull yourself together! Just do your best! You'll get it sooner or later!

振作起來！只管盡全力做到！你遲早會成功！

7. give it a shot 試一試

He liked to do everything himself or at least give it a shot.

他凡是喜歡親力親為或者至少放手一試。

8. blow sb. away 使（某人）大為驚訝；令（某人）非常高興

The ending will blow you away. 結局會讓你無比驚喜。

9. drive me up the wall 讓我惱火

The noise outside was driving me up the wall last night.

昨晚外面的噪音快把我逼瘋了。

10. dig in your heels/stick to your guns 堅持立場

My parents wanted me to give up writing, but I dug in my heels / stuck to my guns and went on to become a famous writer.

我父母想讓我放棄寫作，但我沒有妥協(xié)，堅持寫作，終于成為了一位zhu名的作家。

11. Have one’s head in the clouds 不現實的；想入非非

He often has his head in the clouds during classes.

他經常在上課時胡思亂想。

12. Have one’s heart in one’s mouth 提心吊膽

She has her heart in her mouth every time the plane lands.

每次飛機著陸，她都提心吊膽。

13. Judge a book by its cover 以貌取人

You shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. 你不應該以貌取人。

14. make the most of 充分利用；十分重視

It's my first trip abroad so I'm going to make the most of it.

這是我第yi次出國，我要充分利用這個機會。

15. separate the wheat from the chaff 去粗取精

It isn't always easy to separate the wheat from the chaff.

分清好壞并不總是容易的。