Idiom Ý nghĩa Ví dụ
at all My dream is to become a successful businessman and
Bằng mọi giá
cost I will work hard for it AT ALL COSTS
be out of
Trong tình thế khó I am used to teach General english but I was OUT OF
your
xử/khó khăn MY DEPTH when I had to teach Academic English
depth
Suy tính đến các We need to EXPLORE ALL AVENUES before doing
explore
hướng/bước để something that is not very safe to a great number of
all
tránh xảy ra vấn people in order to minimize unfavourable
avenues
đề/hậu quả xấu consequences.”
Hãy đối mặt/chấp
let’s face Let’s face it. You won’t be able to achieve 7.0 IELTS if
nhận thực tế/sự
it you do not work hard
thật
behind My friend never likes using smartphones. She’s so
Lỗi thời, hết thời
the times BEHIND THE TIMES.
in deep Trong tình thế nguy He has not submitted his dissertation so he’s IN DEEP
water hiểm/khó khăn WATER.
put
yourself Thử đặt mình vào vị
If you PUT YOURSELF IN MY SHOES, you would
in trí/hoàn cảnh của
understand why I made that decision.
somebod người khác
y’s shoes
to be up
in arms
Tức giận, buồn bực
about She has been UP IN ARMS about the rent increase.
vì điều gì đó
somethin
g
as easy Rất dễ, dễ như ăn He said it is a difficult problem, but I don’t agree. It
as pie bánh seems as easy as pie to me!
be sick
Tôi ghét (tôi không I’m sick and tired of doing nothing but work. Let’s go
and tired
chịu được) out tonight and have fun.
of
bend over
Rất cố gắng ( có khi He bent over backwards to please his new wife, but
backward
quá sức ) she never seemed satisfied.
s
sleep on Suy nghĩ (trước khi That sounds like a good deal, but I’d like to sleep on it
it quyết định) before I give you my final decision.
I have to borrow some money from my Dad. Right
broke Hết tiền
now, I’m broke.
change
I was planning to work late tonight, but I changed my
one’s Đổi ý
mind. I’ll do extra work on the weekend instead.
mind
Dừng làm việc gì
Cut it out! That noise is really annoying. Cut it out!
xấu
drop
Gửi 1 lá thư hay It was good to meet you . Drop me a line when you
someone
email cho ai đó have time.
a line
figure
I don’t understand how to do this problem. Take a
somethin Hiểu được vấn đề gì
look at it. Maybe you can figure it out.
g out
fill in for Làm dùm ai khi họ While I was away from the store, my brother filled in
someone vắng mặt for me.
Have you seen Joe recently? I haven’t seen him in
in ages Từ rất lâu
ages.
give
someone Giúp I want to move this desk. Can you give me a hand?
a hand
hit the
Đi ngủ It’s after 12 o’clock. I think it’s time to hit the hay.
hay
in the Our business is really improving. We’ve been in the
Sinh lời, có lời
black black all year.
Business is really going poorly these days. We’ve
in the red Mất tiền, lỗ
been in the red for the past three months.
in the
I got to the drugstore just in the nick of time. I really
nick of Xíu nữa, 1 lúc nữa
need this medicine!
time
keep
Dũng cảm và tiếp I know things have been difficult for you recently, but
one’s chin
tục keep your chin up. It will get better soon.
up
know
somethin If you get lost, just ask me for directions. I know this
Biết 1 việc gì rất rõ
g like the part of town like the back of my hand.
back of
your hand
Have you been to the new movie theater? No, only
once in a
Đôi khi, lâu lâu see movies once in a while.
while
Chính xác thời gian I’ll meet you at 9 o’clock sharp. If you’re late, we’ll be
sharp
đó in trouble!
Don’t Đừng đánh giá một
He doesn’t look very intelligent, but you can’t judge a
judge a sự vật/sự việc/con
book by its cover.
book by người chỉ qua vẻ bề
its cover ngoài
miss the
boat = to
If you miss the boat, it means you are too late to get
miss an Lỡ cơ hội
an opportunity in my company.
opportuni
ty
feeling Cảm thấy không I’m feeling under the weather – I think I’m getting a
under the khỏe, không được cold.
weather tốt
leave no
Làm tất cả để đạt I’ll leave no stone unturned until I find out the reason.
stone
mục tiêu
unturned
I think you hit the nail on the head when you said that
hit the Đoán đúng, đánh
what’s lacking in our company is a feeling of
nail on đúng trọng tâm, nói
confidence.
the head đúng….
sit on the I’m sitting on the fence with my girlfriend when we
Lưỡng lự
fence went shopping!
Coi việc có cái gì
như một điều hiển He took her help for granted without saying thank
take for
nhiên nên không you.
granted
trân trọng khi có
điều đó
A piece of Getting a band 6.5 in the speaking test will be a piece
Dễ dàng
cake of cake.
Khi thứ gì đó “blow
Blew me you away”, nghĩa là
The new technology blew me away.
away thứ đó thực sự rất
đáng ngạc nhiên
once in a
I used to see him all the time, but now he just visits
blue Rất hiếm khi
me once in a blue moon.
moon
Run of
Thông thường Apple phones are very run of the mill these days.
the mill
Bạn chí cốt tâm
Soulmate My husband is not just my lover, he’s my soulmate.
giao, tri âm tri kỷ
Down in
the Buồn bã I was really down in the dumps after my dog died.
dumps
cost an I’d love to buy a Lamborghini supercar, but it costs an
Rất đắt tiền
arm and a arm and a leg.
leg
Ở một thời điểm The class will start at 8:00 a.m. on the dot, so don’t
on the dot
thời gian chính xác be late!
Moving to a new city was difficult at first, but I soon
Find my Cảm thấy thoải mái
found my feet.
feet để làm việc gì
Chỉ một ý tưởng
read I was surprised he knew what I was planning, like he
hoặc suy nghĩ đã
my/your/h could read my mind.
được người khác
is mind
biết
Set in
Không muốn thay My parents are quite traditional and set in their ways.
their
đổi
ways
Kết thúc một công Well, it was nice chatting with you, but it’s time for
call it a
việc trong ngày, me to call it a day.
day
hoặc trong buổi tối
Over the
moon Vô cùng hài lòng và
I was over the moon when I passed my speaking test.
hạnh phúc
chill out
Thư giãn, bình tĩnh Despite terrorism, Obama still kept calm, and told his
lại staff to chill out, and got back to work.
(to be) Chán ngán với Be careful, I think the boss is fed up with us today
fed up
with
