在完成托福听力时偶尔大家会遇到一些感觉既熟悉又陌生的英语习语，习语不同于普通单词能轻易在字典里找到准确含义，必须要大家结合英美文化来理解才能保证准确。以下是一位托福培训总结整理的托福IBT听力解题应掌握的300个英语习语，希望给大家的托福听力解题带来帮助。

　　1. flying colors → success, victory

　　2. little by little → gradually

　　3. call off → cancel

　　4. come into → receive, especially after another’s death

56. run up against → encounter

　　57. far from → anything but; not at all

　　58. far from it → by no means; not at all

　　59. hang on to → hold tightly; keep firmly

　　60. get nowhere → be unsuccessful; obtain no result

　　61. day in and day out → every day; all the time

　　62. break down → cease to function

　　63. get going → get started; begin to move

　　64. take one’s time → not hurry

　　65. boil down to → indicate, especially as a final judgment or analysis

　　66. make up → take a test for the second time

　　67. put up with → bear with patience; tolerate

　　68. by and by → before long

　　69. give someone a hand → help; assist

　　70. ring a bell → sound familiar

　　71. snap out of it →① change one’s habits, attitude, etc, suddenly ② regain one’s composure, energy, or good spirits; recover

　　72. raise the roof → make trouble; start a fight or an argument

　　73. get away with → escape without punishment

　　74. on business → with definite work to do

　　75. look up → search for, as an item of information, in a reference book

　　76. let up →① cease; stop ② slacken; abate

　　77. in any case (or event) → no matter what happens

　　78. come out → be published

　　79. look into → investigate; inspect

　　80. spell out → explain very clearly or in detail

　　81. fall back on → rely on

　　82. wrap up → bring to an end, especially a successful conclusion

　　83. save one’s breath → keep silent because talking will not help

　　84. hold up →① delay; hinder ② endure, last

　　85. have one’s hands full → be very busy; be able to do no more

　　86. How come? → How is it? Why?

　　87. stick around → stay or wait nearby

　　88. make out → get along; manage

　　89. turn up → appear, turn out, show up