MỘT SỐ IDIOMS HỮU DỤNG TRONG IELTS

Idioms (thành ngữ) trong tiếng Anh không chỉ giúp bạn giao tiếp lưu loát, tự nhiên mà còn là yếu tố quan trọng cần thiết giúp bạn đạt điểm 7.0+ trong bài thi IELTS . Cùng bỏ túi những Idioms hữu dụng này để luyện thi nhé !

* It’s as easy as pie = it’s a piece of cake: to be very easy, (not complicated).

I don’t think it’s as easy as pie to get band 8.5 in the IELTS speaking test.

It’s a piece of cake to drive this car.

* Cost an arm and a leg: to be very expensive.

The movie is interesting, but the tickets cost an arm and a leg .

The car cost him an arm and a leg .

* Pay through the nose: to pay too much for something.

I usually have to pay through the nose for parking a car if I bring it into the city.

He paid through the nose to get the car fixed.

* Make someone blue = bump someone out : to make someone sad or sick.

It made him blue to have to stay home with his wife all day.

He made his girlfriend blue yesterday.

* Freak out : to become very angry or lose control of your mind because of somebody or something.

I freaked out when I saw her with another man.

Snakes really freaked me out .

* In the nick of time : just before it’s too late/ at the last possible moment.

We got to the airport just in the nick of time .

I arrived at the train station in the nick of time .

She finished her English essay just in the nick of time .

* It’s raining cats and dogs: it’s raining a lot/ it is raining heavily.

It’s windy and is raining cats and dogs .

It was raining cats and dogs , so all flights were delayed.

* (Like) two peas in a pod : very similar, especially in appearance.

Peter and his brother are like two peas in a pod .

The twins are like two peas in a pod .

* (As) sly as a fox : someone who is clever, cunning, wily, and tricky.

Many people don’t like him because he is sly as a fox .

My boss is as sly as a fox .

* Poke around : look around a place, typically in search of something (you can poke around on the internet, you can poke around on the streets, etc. to look for/search for something).

Just poke around the Internet, you’ll find a lot of dating websites.

He poked around in his desk to see if the wallet was there.

* Mean business: to be very, very serious.

I thought he was joking at first, but then I saw that he really meant business

Just looking at him, I knew he meant business .

* Hit the hay = hit the sack : to go to bed.

I’m pretty tired. I think it’s time for me to hit the hay .

I’m going to hit the sack early since I’ve got to get up early tomorrow.

* Sleep like a baby: to sleep very well; to sleep deeply.

After a long, hard day at work, I slept like a baby last night.

He was very tired, so he went to bed, and slept like a baby .

* Once in a blue moon: very rarely/very seldom/almost never.