导读：TOEFL的最新成语汇总，非常口语话，非常实用的地道美语，出现在听力及阅读 [b]中。一起来学习。 [b][b]　　1.Those second-hand pianos are selling like hot cakes, if you want one, [b]you'd better buy one now before they're all gone. sell like hot cakes=sell [b]very well or very quickly [b][b]　　2.Whenever I have to make a speech I get butterflies in my stomach. get [b]butterflies in one's stomach=get nervous [b][b]　　3 He would do anything for his daughter. She was the apple of his eye. [b]be the apple of one's eye=be very precious to sb. [b][b]　　4 Lend me ,please, Tom, I'm broke at the moment. be broke=doesn't have [b]any money [b][b]　　5 The accident was caused by a taxi driver jumping the green light. [b]jump the green light=doesn't wait for the traffic lights to change to green [b][b]　　6.You didn't think I was serious, did you, Joe!　It was a joke! I was [b]pulling your leg, that's all. pull one's leg=tease someone,逗某人玩 [b][b]　　7 Because the owner wanted a quick sale, the painting went for a song- [b]only. If something "goes for a song", it is sold very cheaply [b][b]　　8 There was a shortage of food; so you had to pay through the nose for [b]what you could find. To "pay through the nose " for something is to pay far [b]more for something than it is really worth [b][b]　　9 If he finds out what you did with the company's money, he'll hit the [b]roof. hit the roof=get very angry [b][b]　　10 The sky got very dark and soon the rain began to bucket down. bucket [b]down = rain very heavily [b][b]　　11 They all chip in for the benefit of Simpson's widow and little [b]child. chip in=contribute money捐献 [b][b]　　12.He usually buys his clothes off the peg. It's cheaper than going to [b]a dressmaker. Off the peg clothes =成衣 [b][b]　　13 Now stop beating about the bush and tell me what happened! beat [b]about the bush=avoid saying directly what you mean [b][b]　　14 I really must go and lie down for a while I've got a splitting [b]headache. Splitting headache=painful headache