IELTS Speaking: Top 10 Idioms Bạn Có Thể Dùng Cho Vô Số Câu Trả Lời Khác Nhau
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Top 10 Idioms Dùng Cho Nhiều Câu Trả Lời Khác Nhau Trong IELTS Speaking
#1: To get off on the wrong food (with sb): to start a relationship in a bad way, by causing a bad impression
Antonym: get along well
E.g: I think I got off on the wrong foot with my new neighbor; I accidentally park in his parking space on my first day in the new neighborhood.
#2: Put s.o’s back up: to annoy, irritate s.o
E.g: Well, obviously the salesman put my back up when he refused to provide me with the promised discount.
#3: To pull your finger out: to start working harder or more quickly
E.g: I am behind with this project, and I need to finish before the deadline, I’d better pull my finger out.
Q1: How much time do you spend on your studies each week?
A: Uhm… I’m still in university and I know a bunch of deadlines are lying in store for me, yet I have to admit that I do not allocate much time for schoolwork, projects and stuff. I think I mean I’m the kind of person who loves treading water until the deadlines almost run out. Even though we have weeks to get things done from deciding on the main thesis, doing research, and writing to peer review, you know, I cannot concentrate on a thing at the time. But later on, it dawns on me that I am behind with this project, and I need to finish before the deadline, I’d better pull my finger out. So that’s the moment I’m really willing to put in all my free time and even my dining time into my studies.
Q2: Do you often stay at home? Why?
A: I suppose not really often, I have a lot on my plate recently so I’m always on the go. Actually I would leave home at 5 o’clock sharp in the morning and don’t come back till 10 or 11 p.m diving into my bed right away. You know, I have to put in all my me time to this demanding job, I don’t even stick to a night care routine for my skin, getting changed or kind of stuff, let alone tidy up my room. Now that I’m saying, I wonder why I’m so disorganized. Anyway, the other day my bestie from Hanoi, her flight just touched down and she asked me for a sleepover. I was in panic mode, I knew I had better pull my finger out collecting all the food wraps scattered around the kitchen, ironing the sofa, folding my unicorn blanket, making orange juice, blah blah blah, to transform this messy place into a luxury homestay. And oh I wrapped it up in the nick of time, before the bell rang.
#4: Have your work cut out: you’ve got a big difficult task ahead
E.g: I am gonna sit the Philosophy exam next week, so I have my work cut out, like reviewing all the mock questions that our teacher told us to prepare and basic rules of things. Plus I have to browse the net for their real-life application, I swear this part is the most time-consuming task, so I’d better pull my finger out.
#5: On the spur of the moment: when you decide to do sth suddenly, impulsively, without planning
E.g: Yesterday when walking down the street, I came upon a friend of mine from high school, so we decided to hang out at the coffee shop nearby on the spur of the moment.//
Working until the wee hours really wore me out, so I gotta myself with a bonus. At the time, I reached out for my phone, opened Shopee, a popular online shopping platform in my country, and bought myself a … on the spur of the moment.
#6: To play (it) by ear: to improvise or to do sth without planning it (BUT not suddenly)
E.g: Whatever you do, make sure you prepare for that class. Don’t play it by ear.
#7: To pull out all the stops: to do the best you can
E.g: Even though artistic competence is said to be innate, having a strong determination to learn, to practice and the stamina when dealing with failures can help you pull out all the stops.
#8: To talk through your hat: to talk nonsense
E.g: …sb didn’t stop insisting that ABC. I hate it when people talk through their hat.
#9: To go from strength to strength (to talk about companies, people, teamwork, skill enhancement: English, Chinese, Korean, drawing, painting,…)
E.g: The company, since they began, have gone from strength to strength.
#10: (Sb/sth) get your goat: to irritate/annoy you
E.g: The newcomer is a terrible snob – if you haven’t been to the right school he probably won’t even speak to you. That sort of attitude really gets my goat.
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