下列材料是新托福考試聽力題中常見的一些美國俚語，了解這些俚語對于大家的聽力會有些幫助，希望大家能好好準(zhǔn)備、利用，考出滿意的成績。

1. a picky eater 吃飯?zhí)籼拗?/p>

2. apple of one's eye 珍愛之人（或物），寶貝

3. the cold shoulder 對某人冷淡

4. a slip of the tongue 口誤

5. a bitter pill to swallow 吞下苦果

6. an apple a day keeps the doctor away 一天一個蘋果，不用請醫(yī)生（常吃水果有益健康）

7. a piece of cake 容易做的事（不費吹灰之力）

8. as fit as a fiddle 非常健康

9. a big appetite 胃口很好

10. an adventurous eater 大膽的食客

11. bring home the bacon 掙錢養(yǎng)家

12. bite off more than you can chew 貪多而吃不下（尤指接下過多工作而完不成）

13. burn the midnight oil 熬夜

14. be kept in the dark 被蒙在鼓里

15. behind the times 過時了，落伍了，不時髦

16. bump into 偶然碰到，撞見

17. burn the candle at both ends 非常忙碌，過度疲勞

18. cry over spilt milk 覆水難收

19. It is not my cup of tea 非我所愛

20. the calm before the storm 暴風(fēng)雨前的平靜

21. born with a silver spoon in your mouth 生于富貴之家，生來享受富貴

22. by hook or by crook 不擇手段，無論如何

23. burn one's bridges 破釜沉舟，自斷后路

24. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder 情人眼里出西施

25. bite the hand that feeds you 忘恩負義

26. eat like a horse 吃得很多

27. go to pieces 破碎，沮喪，心碎

28. go Dutch 各付各的錢

29. get the axe: 被解雇，被開除

30. go in one ear and out the other 聽了并不照辦，左耳朵進右耳朵出

31. get carried away 得意忘形，失去理智

32. give somebody a ring 給某人打電話

33. give somebody a hand 幫助某人

34. have your cake and eat it 魚與熊掌兼得

35. hold your horses 放慢，等一等

36. high and dry 讓某人陷入困境

37. hit the hay 去睡覺

38. be hot and bothered 焦慮，不安

39. have one's hands full 很忙

40. have cold feet 緊張