Idioms: Những Idiom thông dụng nhất ở Mỹ Part 1
Idioms: Những Idiom thông dụng nhất ở Mỹ Part 1
Đây là những Idioms thường được sử dụng nhất ở Mỹ, rất có ích cho bạn đấy. Bắt đầu từ vần A nhé
Đây là những Idioms thường được sử dụng nhất ở Mỹ, rất có ích cho bạn đấy. Bắt đầu từ vần A nhé
- above board – legitimate, legal.
She knows it shouldn’t be kept a secret. She wants to keep everything above board.
- across the board – including everyone or everything.
The company had a successful year. All salaries were increased by 10% across the board.
- air one’s dirty laundry in public – discuss personal problems openly.
He is a very private person. If he has a problem in his family he doesn’t want to air his dirty laundry in public.
- all along – all the time.
She was accepted into the university, but she knew all along that she’d get in.
- all ears – eager to listen.
I was excited to hear about her vacation. When she told me about it, I was all ears.
- all thumbs – clumsy, unable to fix things.
Don’t ask me to put that clock back together. I’m all thumbs.
- an arm and a leg – a large amount of money.
It cost an arm and a leg to fix the stove.
- ants in one’s pants – nervous, anxious.
He wasn’t sure if he would be chosen to win the award. He had ants in his pants.
- apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, the – being similar to a parent or family member.
He acts just like his father. You know, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
- apple of one’s eye – someone special, usually a son or daughter.
Although he loves his son, his daughter is the apple of his eye.
- at fault – responsible for making errors.
He is at fault for all the errors on the computer.
- at odds – in disagreement.
He is at odds with his boss.
- at one’s beck and call – always ready to do what is ordered.
Whenever she calls him, he’s always helping her. He is at her beck and call.
- at one’s wit’s end – anxious, frantic.
I need to speak with him to finish the report by tomorrow but he’s not available. I’m at my wit’s end!
- at the end of one’s rope – desperate, with nowhere to turn.
I’ve tried every which way to figure out this problem but I can’t. I’m at the end of my rope!
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