Tài liệu luyện thi THPT Quốc Gia 2020 môn Tiếng Anh Theo dõi Page : Học Tiếng Anh cô Vũ Mai Phương để nhận nhiều tài liệu bổ ích 101 IDIOMS CHO KÌ THI THPT QUỐC GIA IDIOMS A hot potato MEANING Eg Something that is difficulut The abortion issue is a hot potato in the US or dangerous to deal with (vấn đề nan giải ) A lost cause All at once = Hết hy vọng, không thay It seems that charles will give it up I đổi suppose he is a lost cause Bất All at once, there was a loud banging on the door suddenly At heart At the drop of a hat At the eleventh hour Thực chất, James sometimes seems quite unfriendly but (basically, fundamentally) at heart he’s a good person Immediately, instantly ( If you need me, just call me I can come at Ngay lập tức) the drop of a hat Vào phút chót She always turned her term paper in at the eleventh hour Back to the drawing Time to start from the My plans to create a tiny car made of board beginning; it is time to to glasses were unsuccessful, so I guess it’s plan something over again back to the drawing board for me (bắt đầu lại) Be on the wagon Kiêng rượu Bob’s old drinking buddies complained that he was no fun when he went on the wago Be out of the Không thể out of the question question 10 Beat about the bush You cannot get married until you are 18, it’s Avoiding the main topic, Stop beating about the bush and answer my not speaking directly about question the issue (nói vịng vo, lạc đề) 11 12 Best thing since A good invention or Portable phones are marketed as the best sliced bread innovation, a good idea or thing since sliced bread, people think they plan are extremely good Bốc phét, khoác lác Anyone will tell you she’s one of the best Blow one’s trumpet journalist we’ve got, although she’d never blow her trumpet Chúc em tự tin,may mắn đạt kết cao kì thi THPT Quốc Gia 2020! Tài liệu luyện thi THPT Quốc Gia 2020 môn Tiếng Anh Theo dõi Page : Học Tiếng Anh cô Vũ Mai Phương để nhận nhiều tài liệu bổ ích 13 Break a leg Good luck! ( thường dùng I have heard that you’r gonna take a test để chúc may mắn ) tomorrow, break a leg, dude!!! (sounds funny hah???) 14 Bring down the Làm cho khán phòng vỗ G-dragon brought the house down He really house tay brought down the house with his fantastic song 15 Bucket down Mưa xối xả, mưa to -It’s been bucketing down all day 16 Burn the midnight To stay up working, I will have a big exam tomorrow so i’ll be oil especially studying late at burning the midnight oil tonight night (thức khuya làm việc, học bài) 17 By the skin of one’s Sát sao, sát - I got through calculus math by the skin of my teeth teeth -I got to the airport a few minutes late and missed the plane by the skin of my teeth 18 Caught between two When someone finds it stools difficult to choose between two alternatives (tiến thoái lưỡng nan) 19 20 Chalk and cheese Chip in Very different from each I don’t have anything in common with my other (rất khác nhau) brother We’re like chalk and cheese Khuyên góp, góp tiền If everyone chips in, we will be able to buy her a nice present 21 Close call = Close Thoát nguy hiểm shave = Narrow gang tấc, mém chết! escape 22 Close shave = Thoát chết gang tấc lucky Narrow escape 23 24 Come to light Cut and dried -Phew, that was a close shave I was so Được biết đến, phát Four soldiers have faced charges since the hiện, đưa ánh sáng scandal came to light last fall Cuối cùng, thay -Although a deal has been agreed, it is not yet cut-and-dried -The human rights issue is by no means cutand-dried đổi, rõ ràng, dễ hiểu Chúc em tự tin,may mắn đạt kết cao kì thi THPT Quốc Gia 2020! Tài liệu luyện thi THPT Quốc Gia 2020 môn Tiếng Anh Theo dõi Page : Học Tiếng Anh cô Vũ Mai Phương để nhận nhiều tài liệu bổ ích 25 Cut it fine Đến sát Only allowing half an hour to get from the station to the airport is cutting it fine, isn’t it? 26 Down the drain Đổ sông đổ biển (công sức, It’s just money down the drain tiền bạc) 27 Drop a brick Lỡ lời, lỡ miệng -I dropped a brick when talking with my best friend, and now she doesn’t want to talk to me 28 Every now and then Sometimes Every now and then, I want to be alone 29 Face the music Chịu trận Mary broke a dining-room window and had to face the music when her father got home 30 Few and far between Rare (hiếm gặp) Go and tell her that you love her! That kind of girl is really few and far between 31 32 Fight tooth and Đánh dội, cấu xé We fought tooth and claw to retain our share claw/nail of business Find fault with Chỉ trích, kiếm chuyện, bắt It is very easy to find fault with the work lỗi others 33 Fly off the handle Dễ giận, phát cáu No one will fly off the handle for no reason 34 Get butterflies in Cảm thấy bồn chồn I always get butterflies in my stomach when it comes to taking test one’s stomach 35 36 Get the hand of Nắm bắt được, sử dụng After three weeks of using this computer, i something think i’ve finally got the hand of it Get the hold of the Hiểu nhầm I think i must explain to her that she got hold of the wrong end of the stick again wrong end of the stick 37 Get/have cold feet Mất hết can đảm, chùn I’m worried my members in this page may bước be getting cold feet about the university entrance exam Therefore, I will try my best to help them overcome this severe exam 38 Go to one’s head Khiến kiêu ngạo Too much success will go to her head Chúc em tự tin,may mắn đạt kết cao kì thi THPT Quốc Gia 2020! Tài liệu luyện thi THPT Quốc Gia 2020 môn Tiếng Anh Theo dõi Page : Học Tiếng Anh cô Vũ Mai Phương để nhận nhiều tài liệu bổ ích 39 Golden handshake Món tiền hậu hĩnh dành The manager got early retirement and a cho người nghỉ việc 600,000$ golden handshake when the company was restructed 40 Hard of hearing Lãng tai, nặng tai Tom is hard of hearing Therefore, we have to speak loudly so that he can hear us 41 Have a bee in one’s Đặt nặng chuyện gì, chấp She has a bee in her bonnet about going to bonnet (about chuyện america Đang suy tính, cân nhắc I don’t want to see a movie now, I have in something) 42 Have in mind mind going to the park 43 Here and there Everywhere I have been searching here and there for the gift I bought for my girlfriend 44 High and low = here Everywhere gift i bought for my girlfriend and there 45 Hit the books I have been searching high and low for the To study (học) I can’t go out tonight I’ve got to hit the books I’m having an exam tomorrow 46 47 Hit the nail on the Do or say something Mike hit the nail on the head when he said head exactly right (nói most people can use a computer without xác, làm xác) knowing how it works Hit the roof = go To suddenly become angry I”m afraid he will hit the roof when he finds through the roof = (giận dữ) out our vacation is canceled hit the ceiling 48 In vain Uổng công, vơ ích Government agents tried in vain kidnap him 49 It never rains but it Good or bad things not First of allit was the car breaking down, pours just happen a few at a time, then the fire in the kitchen and now but in large numbers all at mike’saccident once (họa vơ đơn chí) 50 It strike somebody Lấy làm lạ It strikes as a strange to me that he failed the exam because he is so smart and diligent a as/that a strange student 51 Jump the traffic lights Vượt đèn đỏ They ignore people who jumps the traffic lights Chúc em tự tin,may mắn đạt kết cao kì thi THPT Quốc Gia 2020! Tài liệu luyện thi THPT Quốc Gia 2020 môn Tiếng Anh Theo dõi Page : Học Tiếng Anh cô Vũ Mai Phương để nhận nhiều tài liệu bổ ích 52 Keep an eye on Coi chừng, ngó chừng Please keep an eye on my baby while i’m out for a while 53 Led somebody by the To control someone and They simply didn’t know what they were nose make them exactly what doing and they were led by the nose by a you want them to (nắm manipulative government đầu, dắt mũi ai) 54 Let the cat out of the To reveal a secret or a It’s asecret Try not to let the cat out of the bag surprise by accident ( để lộ bag bí mật) 55 Look daggers at Giận giữ nhìn least he is no longer looking daggers at her someone 56 Make believe Their relationship is not free and easy but at Giả bộ, giả vờ I tried to make believe she was happy, but knew deep down it was not true 57 Make ends meet Xoay sở để kiếm sống I have to work at two jobs to make ends meet 58 Make good time Di chuyển nhanh, nhanh We made good time and were at the hotel by lunch time 59 Make someone’s Làm sôi máu, giận blood boil 60 Now and then = Now Sometimes (thỉnh thoảng, and again = At times không thường xuyên) = From time to time = Off and on = Once in a while = Every so often 61 62 Off and on/ On and Không đặn, thỉnh off thoảng Off one’s head Điên, loạn trí We don’t often go there- just off and on The old man has been off his head for at least a year 63 Off the record Khơng thức, không What the president said is not to be printed công bố It’s off the record Chúc em tự tin,may mắn đạt kết cao kì thi THPT Quốc Gia 2020! Tài liệu luyện thi THPT Quốc Gia 2020 môn Tiếng Anh Theo dõi Page : Học Tiếng Anh cô Vũ Mai Phương để nhận nhiều tài liệu bổ ích 64 On probation Trong thời gian quản chế -While anne was on probation, she reported to the police regularly -John was on probation for a year 65 On second thoughts Suy nghĩ kĩ On second thoughts, it was a dumb movie 66 On the house Không phải trả tiền I went to a restaurant last night I was the ten thousandth customer, so my dinner was on the house 67 On the spot (1) immediately (ngay lập I expect you to be on the post tức) I hate to be on the spot when it’s not my fault (2): in trouble; in a difficult when and where trouble arises situation (gặp rắc rối) 68 On the verge of = on Trên bờ vực (cẩn thận với Unless we take measures to protect tigers, the brink of = in the giới từ “on” “in” nhé!) they will be on the verge of extinction (lưu ý: take measures: đưa biện pháp) edge of 69 Once in a blue moon Rất (rare) Once in a blue moon, i stop thinking about her If only she knew how much i loved her 70 One’s cup of tea Thứ mà ta thích SNSD is my cup of tea They are so beautiful and talented Especially seohyun, she looks so cute 71 Part and parcel Integral, crucial ( thiết yếu, quan trọng) 72 73 74 75 Pay through the nose Play tricks/jokes on Pull one’s weight Pull someone’s leg To pay too much for If you want a decent wine in a restaurant , something (trả giá đắt) you to have to pay through the nose for it Chọc phá, trêu ghẹo, chơi The kids are always play jokes on their khăm teachers Nỗ lực, làm tròn trách The rest of the team complained that sarah nhiệm wasn’t pulling her weight Chọc You don’t mean that You’re just pulling my leg 76 Put on an act Giả bộ, làm We’ve known you are a good swimmer – stop putting on an act Chúc em tự tin,may mắn đạt kết cao kì thi THPT Quốc Gia 2020! Tài liệu luyện thi THPT Quốc Gia 2020 môn Tiếng Anh Theo dõi Page : Học Tiếng Anh cô Vũ Mai Phương để nhận nhiều tài liệu bổ ích 77 78 Gây nhầm lẫn, bối rối, I really put my foot in it when i asked her phạm sai lầm gây bối about her job I didn’t know she’d just been rối fired Put To make someone or I’d be glad to help you if you need me I put someone/something something available to myself at your disposal Put one’s foot in it at someone’s disposal someone (có sẵn theo ý muốn ai) 79 80 Raining cats and Rain heavily (Mưa nặng It’s raining cats and dogs dogs hạt) = It’s raining heavily Run an errand Làm việc vặt I’ve got to run an errand I’ll be back in a minute 81 Scratch someone’s Help someone out with the “You scratch my back and i will scratch back assumption that they will yours later”, the customer said when we return the favor in the talked about the new sales contact future (giúp đỡ người khác với hy vọng họ giúp lại mình) 82 See eye to eye Đồng tình I’m glad that they see eye to eye on the matter of the conference location 83 Sell someone short Đánh giá thấp 84 Sell/ Go like hot Bán đắt tôm tươi The book has only just been published andcopies are already selling like hot cakes cakes in both Britain and America 85 86 Sleep on it Smell a rat Suy nghĩ thêm điều You don’t have to give me your decision now Sleep on it, and let me know tomorrow Hoài nghi, linh cảm chuyện The minute i came in, i smelled a rat không ổn 87 Spick and span Ngăn nắp gọn gàng 88 Splitting headache A severe headache (đau đầu I’ve got a splitting headache I’m going búa bổ) (khi thi upstairs for a nap hỏi từ “Splitting”) Chúc em tự tin,may mắn đạt kết cao kì thi THPT Quốc Gia 2020! Tài liệu luyện thi THPT Quốc Gia 2020 môn Tiếng Anh Theo dõi Page : Học Tiếng Anh cô Vũ Mai Phương để nhận nhiều tài liệu bổ ích 89 Stay/keep on one’s Cảnh giác, thận trọng We had better keep on our toes while we’re walking along the dark portions of this toe street 90 91 92 93 Take it amiss Take To understand as wrong or Would you take it amiss if i told you i insulting, or misunderstand thought you look lovely? I was afraid you’d (hiểu lầm) take it the wrong way Coi nhẹ!! One of the problems with relationships is someone/something that after a while you begin to take each for granted other for granted Take something into To remember to consider We will take your long year of service into account/ something (tính đến gì, account when we make our final decision consideration xem xét việc gì) Take things to pieces Tháo mảnh Men like to take things to pieces and put them together 94 The apple of one’s Đồ quý giá You are the apple of my eyes Giọt nước tràn ly When she showed up late a third time, that eyes 95 The last straw was the last straw We had to fire her 96 The more, the Càng đông vui Can i bring some friends with me?Yeah sure, the more, the merrier merrier 97 To be bound to Chắc chắn You’re bound to be late if you don’t hurry 98 To know by sight Nhận (recognize) The woman said that she would know the thief by sight if she ever saw him again 99 100 To make To take pains Xoay sở, đương đầu (to During difficult economic times, many manage, to cope) people have to make with less Làm việc cẩn thận tận She takes pains to everything well tâm 101 When pigs fly Something will never happen (điều vô tưởng, xảy ra, nhớ “pigs” đừng nhầm với vật khác nhé) Chúc em tự tin,may mắn đạt kết cao kì thi THPT Quốc Gia 2020! ... cao kì thi THPT Quốc Gia 2020! 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