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. cool off (down) → make or become calm

　　2. hold the grudge → having hard feelings

　　3. come a long way → show much improvement; make great progress

　　4. straighten out → correct a mistake; make you realize you are wrong

　　5. once and for all → finally or decisively

　　6. put …away → put in the right place or out of sight

　　7. out of it → not concerned with, not involved in

　　8. bump into → meet by chance; run into

　　9. out of stock → lacking a supply of, especially temporarily

　　10. per se → in itself

　　11. keep to oneself → avoid the society of others

　　12. go out of one’s way → make special effort to help somebody or do sth.

　　13. put up → accommodate; lodge

　　14. under the weather → some what ill; in low spirit

　　15. come in handy → prove useful

　　16. talk one out of → make one leave off or forego sth. by talking

　　17. wait on → serve; attend as a servant

　　18. go all out → make one’s utmost effort

　　19. on sale → at a reduced price

　　20. try out → enter as a competitor

　　21. pass up → give up; renounce; reject

　　22. on behalf of → as a representative of

　　23. stay up → not to go to bed

　　24. the odds are → the changes are; the probability is

　　25. hold over → postpone

　　26. out of order → in the wrong arrangement or condition; not working right

　　27. booked up → have no seats or rooms left; have no free time left

　　28. fit in → fine tine to see someone

　　29. go in one ear and out the other → make no impression

　　30. measure up → have the necessary qualifications

　　31. change of pace → a temporary shift or variation in the normal routine or regular pattern of activity

　　32. run out of → exhaust the quantity or supply of

　　33. go by → follow; obey

　　34. take it out on → cause someone else to suffer for one’s own misfortune or dissatisfaction

　　35. get around to → find the necessary time for

　　36. put out → disturb; annoy

　　37. (with) flying colors 成功，以优异的成绩

　　38. little by little 逐渐

　　39. call off 取消

　　40. come into 获得，继承

　　41. put off 推迟

　　42. stop by 顺便看望

　　43. tie up 阻碍

　　44. be out for 一心谋求，力图获得

　　45. fill in for 代替

　　46. turn down 拒绝;把音量关小

　　47. go off 响起来

　　48. cut down 减少

　　49. come up with 想出，写出，提供出，找出

　　50. make it 成功，达到目标

51. catch one’s eye 吸引某人的注意力

　　52. care for 喜欢;照看，关照

　　53. head and shoulders above 大大超出，好得多

　　54. catch on 逐渐流行，逐渐受欢迎

　　55. on the whole 总的来说，大体上

　　56. fill sb in 告诉某人应该知道的事情

　　57. in a nutshell 简直地说，简言叙之

　　58. from top to bottom 彻底的

　　59. take the plunge 决意冒险

　　60. on the tip of one’s tongue 一时想不起来

　　61. cheer up 高兴，不再沮丧或气馁

　　62. hold off 推迟，拖延

　　63. on cloud nine 无比幸福，欣喜若狂

　　64. back out 食言，打退堂鼓

　　65. grin and bear it 逆来顺受

　　66. turn out to be 结果是，证明是

　　67. bite off more than one can chew 贪多嚼不烂

　　68. in the air 悬而未决，未确定

　　69. get hold off 找到可以谈话的人

　　70. learn the ropes 熟悉某一行业，了解内情

　　71. tear oneself away from 免强离开，忍痛离开

　　72. be tied up 忙得不可开交

　　73. leave well enough alone 已满意的事情，不要再去管它。不要画蛇添足。

　　74. touch on 提及，提到

　　75. see to it 关照，负责办

　　76. give away 送给

　　77. get along with 与人相处融洽，与人和睦相处

　　78. account for 解释

　　79. out of print 绝版，不再印刷

　　80. send out 分发

　　81. in no time 立刻，很快

　　82. before long 不久，很快

　　83. play it by ear 随机应变

　　84. wear and tear 磨损，消耗

　　85. come what may 无论有何变化，无论如何

　　86. drop by / stop by 顺便看望短暂或未经计划的讨论

　　87. be short of 缺少

　　88. cut it out 停止做某事

　　89. be sick of 对某事厌烦

　　90. look for a needle on a haystack 大海捞针

　　91. knock oneself out 辛苦地工作，工作努力

　　92. run up against 遭遇，遇到

　　93. far from 远非如此

　　94. far from it 根本不是

　　95. hang on to 紧紧抓住，保留，保住

　　96. get nowhere 一无进展，不成功，无结果

　　97. day in and day out 每天连续不断

　　98. break down 坏了，损坏

　　99. get going 开始动手做

　　100. take one’s time 从容进行，不紧不慢