大多数雅思考生在口语考试当中都对英语习语的使用感觉“头大”，为了解决这个问题，小编在这里继续给大家整理了12条口语习语，大家可以自行积累下去。

大多数雅思考生在口语考试当中都对英语习语的使用感觉“头大”，为了解决这个问题，小编在这里继续给大家整理了12条口语习语，大家可以自行积累下去。

1.Come through with flying colors

字面意思：出来时彩旗招展。

实际意思：非常成功，顺利地度过了难关。

英文释义：To win, achieve, or accomplish something exceptionally well or very successfully. Said especially of a test, examination, or training of some kind.

E.g.: Sunny was rather nervous taking her final exam, but she came through with flying colors!

2. Good wine needs no bush.

字面意思：好酒不需要挂幌子。

实际意思：酒香不怕巷子深。

英文释义：An item of good quality needs no advertisement.

E.g.: The product I've invented is so excellent that it needs no ad campaign, just as good wine needs no bush.

3. It is never too late to mend.

字面意思：什么时候修补都不晚。

实际意思：亡羊补牢，犹未为晚。

英文释义：It is never too late to apologize for something you have done or try to repair something you have done wrong.

E.g.: Well, it's never too late to mend; why don't you call him up and apologize?

4. Rome was not built in a day.

字面意思：罗马不是一日建成的。

实际意思：伟业非一日之功。

英文释义：Major undertakings are not completed all at once.

E.g.: The research project will take me a while. Rome wasn't built in a day.

5.Well, it’s not my cup of tea.

字面意思：哦，这不是我的一杯茶。

实际意思：哦，我不喜欢它。

英文释义：Something that is in accord with one's liking or taste.

E.g.: Opera is not my cup of tea.

6.I have racked my brain.

字面意思：我榨取了我的脑袋。

实际意思：绞尽脑汁，努力思索。

英文释义：To cause great mental suffering,to torture brain by means of the rack

E.g.:  I have racked my brain to find a way to make her eat more .

7.You cannot burn the candle at both ends.

字面意思：蜡烛不能在两头燃烧。

实际意思：不可过分消耗精力。

英文释义：One cannot exhaust his/her energies or resources by leading a hectic life

E.g.: You cannot burn the candle at both ends, you need to rest now!

8.Keep something for a rainy day.

字面意思：为下雨准备一些东西。

实际意思：未雨绸缪。

英文释义：To reserve something, especially money, for use in a time or period of unforeseen difficulty, trouble, or need.

E.g.: I know you want to buy a new TV with your bonus, but you should really save that money for a rainy day.

9.Do not teach fish to swim.

字面意思：不要教鱼游泳。

实际意思：不要班门弄斧。

英文释义：The phrase focuses attention on the self-sufficient perception of those who know how to do every thing better than the experts.

E.g.: You cannot teach fish to swim!

10.Scared the living daylights out of me!

字面意思：把白天都从我身上吓跑了。

实际意思：吓得魂飞魄散。

英文释义：This idiom is unique and refers to being so terrified that it may have felt like the lights were turned off suddenly and you were in the dark.

E.g.: When you jumped out, it scared the living daylights out of me!

11.Heart missed a beat

字面意思：心脏停跳了一拍。

实际意思：太吓人了。

英文释义：When you become afraid from one moment to the next, it may feel like your heart stopped for a moment.

E.g.: I was so scared that my heart missed a beat.

12.Quaking in my boots

字面意思：我的靴子都在颤抖。

实际意思：（吓得）两只脚都在颤抖。

英文释义：To tremble with fear or nervousness.

E.g.: Quaking means to start shaking.

对于以上12条习语，小编希望大家可以熟记下去，大家在平时也可以自己进行积累使用，但是要注意其适用场景，这样我们在口语考试的时候才能够给考官眼前一亮的答案，进而进击！

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