托福写作 最新精选习语50个

17.It’s a dog’s life
（抱怨生活或工作不如意）

18.in the doghouse
四面楚歌
Insurance companies are already in the doghouse over poor advice on pensions which has left hundreds of thousands of people worse off.

19.do the donkey work
做乏味的工作

20.do something like a dream
做的很出色
The first stages of installation worked like a dream.

21.all dressed up with nowhere to go
准备充分，但没机会去做
If funding dries up ,the opera houses will be all dressed up ,but with nowhere to go .

22.do something at the drop of a hat
卤莽行事

23.a drop in the ocean/bucket
微不足道，沧海一粟
The size of the grants have been attacked by groups as merely a drop in the ocean.

24.be all ears
洗耳恭听
Now you can say ,I am all ears.

25.down to earth
现实，实际
He is blunt,outspoken,practical and down to earth.

26.get egg on one’s face
感到窘迫，羞耻
Steve didn’t expect to win .He just didn’t want to get egg on his face .

27.a white elephant
（形容新的建筑，计划）是浪费的，无用的
This project is completely a white elephant

28.a big fish
大人物，重要角色
The four who were arrested here last September were described as really big fish by the U.S.Drug Enforement Agency.

29.drink like a fish
酒量很大
When I was young I could drink like a fish and eat like a pig.
我年轻时酒量和食量都很惊人。

30.a fool and his money are soon parted
（形容花钱不理智）

31.free as the air
自由自在，无拘无束

32.run out of gas
（突然感到）疲倦和厌倦

33.the heat is on
压力大
To perform well when the heat is on ,all you have to do is let it happen.
要在大的压力下表现出色，你要做的是任之发生。

34. bring someone to heel
使某人臣服，服从
In practice it’s still not clear how the president will use his power to bring the republics to heel.
实际上，总统将如何使用权利使公众服从还不清楚。