Idioms that Usually Shown in TOEFL Test for Listening

No.	Idioms	Meaning
1.	Burning the candles at both ends.	Doing too much.
2.	Putting the cart before the horse.	Doing things in the wrong order.
3.	Putting his foot in his mouth.	Saying embarrassing things.
4.	Beating around the bush.	Speaking indirectly.
5.	Looking for a needle in a haystack.	Doing something difficult.
6.	Playing with fire.	Doing something dangerous.
7.	Barking up the wrong trees.	Making a mistake.
8.	Looking out for number one.	Thinking only about himself.
9.	Taking forever and a day.	Taking a really long time.
10.	Killing two birds with one stone.	Accomplishing two things at once.
11.	Missed the boat.	Missed an opportunity.
12.	Jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire.	Going from bad to worse.
13.	Between a rock and a hard place.	Without any good options.
14.	Head and shoulders above the rest;	The best.
15.	All in a day’s work.	Nothing out of the ordinary.
16.	A-jack-of-all-trades.	Accomplished at many things.
17.	Like trying to swim upstream.	Really difficult or frustrating.
18.	One in a million.	Really wonderful.
19.	Off the hook.	Not responsible any longer.
20.	All in the same boat.	In the same situation.
21.	Like two peas in a pod.	Exactly alike.
22.	A chip off the old block.	Just like his father.
23.	Oh her last leg.	Very tired.
24.	On the tip of my tongue.	An idea that is not in words.
25.	Two heads are better than one.	It’s good to work together.
26.	You could have heard a pin drop.	It was really quite.
27.	To each his own.	Everyone has a different opinion.
28.	His bark is worse than his bite.	His words are worse than his action.
29.	Rome wasn’t built in a day.	Everything takes times.
30.	The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.	You always want what you don’t have.
31.	Turn over a new leaf.	Start over again.
32.	Stand on my own two feet.	Do it myself.
33.	Strike while the iron is hot.	Take advantages of a good opportunity.
34.	Hit the nail right on the head.	Were exactly right.
35.	Look before you leap.	Think before you act.
36.	Dot all the i's and cross all the t’s.	Pay attention to every detail.
37.	Be a piece of cake.	Be extremely easy.
38.	Have been born with a silver spoon in his mouth.	Be spoiled.
39.	When there’s a will, there’s a way!	If you want something, you can do it.
40.	Every cloud had a silver lining!	Bad things are accompanied by good.
41.	So far, so good!	It’s been going well up to now.
42.	Can sink her teeth into.	Get really involved in.
43.	Run around like a chicken with its head cut off.	Act nervously and excited / panic.

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