問題詳情

Some English idioms are interesting. Although they consist of words that you are familiar with, they havethe meanings different from all the individual words. For example, the underlined idiom in the sentence “Therepairs of John’s house cost an arm and a leg” means “The repairs of John’s house was expensive”, which hasnothing to do with “arm” or “leg.”Here are more examples:

If you don’t know the meaning of the idiom, you can also make a guess from the above or followingsentences and then keep it in mind. Little by little, the more you understand the idioms, the more fun you will getfrom learning them


【題組】34.A: What’s wrong?B: The exams are coming, but I still have a lot of math questions that I don’t understand. But no matterhow hard the math is, I will _________. Which idiom is perfect for the dialogue above?
(A) throw in the towel
(B) hang in there
(C) get cold feet
(D) have butterflies in my stomach

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