同汉语一样，英文中也有习惯用语。在雅思口语中使用这些本土的习惯用语可能会让考官眼前一亮。今天，石家庄新航道雅思小航就为大家汇总一些本土的习惯用语。
一、与时间相关的习语.
[字面意思]：把钟表指针向后拨。
[实际意思] 指行为或观念跟不上时代；按陈旧的规矩办事；老脑筋。
E.g.: You must give university students more freedom. Don’t try to prevent them from falling in love before graduation. You can’t put the clock back！
[字面意思]：与钟表的走动比赛。
[实际意思] 指的是抓紧时间工作，强调不停顿哦~
E.g.: I have to work against the clock to finish my thesis before the holiday finishes. Otherwise my supervisor will not be happy with me.
[字面意思]：像钟表的机械装置一样运转。
[实际意思] 指计划、安排、工程或项目等进展顺利，强调有条不紊，没有麻烦。它还有另一种说法：Run like clockwork.
E.g.: The president is very happy that all our arrangements for the project are going like clockwork. And I am sure we can finish the project in time.
如果part2的话题考到了future plan, something you saved money for这种和计划相关的话题，大家可以把go like clockwork运用上去的，表达我们的计划按部就班，进展的非常顺利~
[字面意思]：钟点之后。
[实际意思] 在规定的下班时间以后，非营业时间。
E.g.: Public houses must not stay open after hours, for if they do, they will have to face sanctions imposed by the government.
这个词其实在我们平常的生活中非常常见，比如After hours GP指的是非营业时间的GP医生~
[字面意思]：这分钟。
[实际意思] 马上，立刻，立即。
E.g.: What a mess you have made! Your room is like a pigsty! I want you to clean your room this minute!
二、与颜色相关的习语.
[字面意思]：以黑白形式。
[实际意思] 写在纸上；以书面形式（常指合同或协议等法律文件）；白纸黑字。
E.g.: Business is business; I prefer to have our agreement in black and white.
[字面意思]：来自蓝天；或出自大海。
[实际意思] 突然；没有料到。常跟动词come 连用。
E.g.: The news of his marriage came completely out of the blue. It was only last month that we learnt that he had broken with his girl friend.
在口语考试中，如果能用一个come out of blue代替unexpectedly或者suddenly是能让考官眼前一亮的。
[字面意思]：出来时彩旗招展。
[实际意思] 非常成功，顺利地度过了难关。变形体：Come off with flying colors. 说明：指战舰凯旋归来驶进港口时彩旗迎风招展的场景。
E.g.: She sat for the IELTS test and came out with flying colors.
9.Go into the red
Get out of the red
[字面意思]：进入红色/走出红色
[实际意思] 负债，多指负债贷款/偿清债务
E.g.: The bank manager usually does not allow students to go into the red.
E.g.: The Company only needs 500, 000 dollars to get out of the red.
[字面意思]：颜色不同的马。
[实际意思] 完全是另一码事，另外一回事。变形体: horse of another color（另一种颜色的马）。
E.g.: Gambling is not the same as investing in the shares market. It is a horse of a different color.
赌博和炒股不一样，它完全是另外一回事~ 意思与another matter相同
三、与身体相关的习语.
[字面意思]：以眼还眼。
[实际意思]报复，复仇，惩罚。说明：A tooth for a tooth 的意思是“以牙还牙”。这两条成语可放在一起用，也可用任何一个，意思一样。
E.g.: She abused him, and he insulted her; an eye for an eye.
为在我们中文也有对应的~就是以牙还牙，以眼还眼~
[字面意思]：面对音乐。
[实际意思] 面对批评或惩罚；接受由于自己的行为所造成的不良后果。
E.g.: You should tell your mother what happened and face the music.
[字面意思]：把头放在云层里。
[实际意思] 不实际的；不现实的；想入非非。
E.g.: The proposal he made was not feasible; I think he has his head in the clouds.
[字面意思]：把心放在自己的嘴里。
[实际意思] 害怕，紧张。
E.g.: I had my heart in my mouth when I checked my IELTS result.
以后口语考试中可以用have one’s heart in one’s mouth代替nervous。
[字面意思]：花费一条胳膊和一条腿。
[实际意思] 价格非常昂贵。变形体：Pay an arm and a leg.
E.g.: These opera tickets cost us an arm and a leg!
四、与动物相关的习语.
[字面意思]：鳄鱼的眼泪。
[实际意思] 假悲哀；不是真心悲哀而流眼泪；猫哭耗子假慈悲。
E.g.: She dropped a few crocodile tears over her husband’s death then got his insurance money and married again two weeks later.
我们中文里面也有鳄鱼的眼泪这种说法，形容人假惺惺的掉眼泪~
[字面意思]：（天上）下狗下猫。
[实际意思] 倾盆大雨。说明：英语受北欧文化的影响。在古代北欧神话中，狗象征风，猫象征雨。“猫和狗”象征“狂风暴雨”。
E.g.: It rained cats and dogs yesterday, so we had to cancel the football match.
[字面意思]：给某人一只鸟。
[实际意思](音同拉长的“不”，像是“bullshit”的省略)；给某人喝倒彩。
E.g.: When the actress forgot her lines, the audience gave her the bird.
[字面意思]：一块石头打中两只鸟。
[实际意思] 一箭双雕；一举两得。
E.g.: He killed two birds with one stone by having dinner at his tutor’s place.
[字面意思]：把狗带在身上。
[实际意思] 炫耀、摆阔。竭力表现自我，好像自己非常重要、非常富有。但实际并非如此。
E.g.: They put on the dog in front of their guests, but the guests were not impressed.
以上就是雅思口语中的习惯用语，一用瞬间就高大上了有木有，如果考官是本土老师，会不会瞬间感到亲切并且对你好感度蹭蹭蹭上涨呢？毕竟，考官对你的好感也是考好雅思口语不可或缺的哦。
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