历年TOEFL听力常考的55个习语(3)

　　41)leave no stone unturned 不遗余力；全力以赴  
　　--Lynn left no stone unturned in her research, and handed in an excellent paper. (Lynn全力以赴做她的研究，交了一篇优秀的论文。)  
　　42)on cloud nine 沉浸在幸福之中；非常高兴  
　　--Marcia looks like she’s on cloud nine. Do you know what made her so happy? (Marcia好象沉浸在幸福之中。你知道她为什么这么高兴吗？)  
　　--She just had a paper accepted for publication. (她有一篇文章要发表了。)  
　　43)on the tip of one’s tongue 一时想不起来，话到嘴边又忘记  
　　--Are you sure you can’t remember the name of that record? (你肯定记不起来那张唱片的名字吗？)  
　　--It’s just on the tip of my tongue! (我就是一时想不起来了。  
　　44)reach the bottom of the barrel 用完，弹尽粮绝  
　　--Don’t you have any other clean shirts? (你还有其它干净衬衫吗？)  
　　--I guess I’ve reached the bottom of the barrel. (我想我已经用完了。)  
　　45)rub sb. the wrong way 使(某人)有点恼火；惹怒；引起反感；烦扰，打搅  
　　--What do you think of our new economics instructor? (你觉得新经济学老师怎么样？)  
　　--I don’t know. Something about him rubs me the wrong way. (不知怎么的，他有点让我反感。)  
　　46)scratch the surface 只懂皮毛，很不了解(通常和限制性副词如only, hardly等词连用)  
　　--You’ve certainly done a lot of research for your project. (你显然对你的课题做了不少研究。)  
　　--It seems like a lot, but actually I’ve only scratched the surface. (看上去不少，但事实上我只懂一些毛皮。)  
　　47)up in the air 尚未决定的；捉摸不定的；悬而未决的  
　　--Her plans for the weekend are still up in the air. (她尚未决定如何度过这个周末。)