托福句子结构语法结构 1 Those second-hand pianos are selling like hot cakes, if you want one, youd better buy one now before theyre all gone. sell like hot cakes=sell very well or very quickly 2 Whenever I have to make a speech I get butterflies in my stomach. get butterflies in ones stomach=get nervous 3 He would do anything for his daughter. She was the apple of his eye. be the apple of ones eye=be very precious to sb. 4 Lend me $30,please,Tom, Im broke at the moment. be broke=doesnt have any money 5 The accident was caused by a taxi driver jumping the green light. jump the green light=doesnt wait for the traffic lights to change to green 6 You didnt think I was serious, did you, Joe! It was a joke! I was pulling your leg, thats all. pull ones leg=tease someone,逗某人玩 7 Because the owner wanted a quick sale, the painting went for a song-only$1010. If something goes for a song ,it is sold very cheaply 8 He caught the last train by the skin of his teeth. By the skin of ones teeth =the person only just caught the last train; heal most 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 10 If he finds out what you did with the companys money, hell 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 Simpsons widow and little child. chip in=contribute money 捐献 13 He usually buys his clothes off the peg. Its cheaper than going to a dressmaker. Off the peg clothes =成衣 1 Those second-hand pianos are selling like hot cakes, if you want one, youd better buy one now before theyre all gone. sell like hot cakes=sell very well or very quickly 2 Whenever I have to make a speech I get butterflies in my stomach. get butterflies in ones stomach=get nervous 3 He would do anything for his daughter. She was the apple of his eye. be the apple of ones eye=be very precious to sb. 4 Lend me $30,please,Tom, Im broke at the moment. be broke=doesnt have any money 5 The accident was caused by a taxi driver jumping the green light. jump the green light=doesnt wait for the traffic lights to change to green 6 You didnt think I was serious, did you, Joe! It was a joke! I was pulling your leg, thats all. pull ones leg=tease someone,逗某人玩 7 Because the owner wanted a quick sale, the painting went for a song-only$1010. If something goes for a song ,it is sold very cheaply 8 He caught the last train by the skin of his teeth. By the skin of ones teeth =the person only just caught the last train; heal most 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 10 If he finds out what you did with the companys money, hell 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 Simpsons widow and little child. chip in=contribute money 捐献 13 He usually buys his clothes off the peg. Its cheaper than going to a dressmaker. Off the peg clothes =成衣