雅思口语8.0分常用词汇有哪些（2）

雅思口语考试考察考生的英语运用能力，如果考生需要获得高分，就需要一些地道的英语表达方式。羊驼雅思整理了雅思口语8.0分常用词汇（2），包括词汇、释义和例句，助力考生们备考复习。

要用好英语词汇，首先需要了解它的含义，再通过例句熟悉具体语境和用法。以下词汇/词组用英语释义，从英语中来，又回到英语中去，强化理解的同时，又增加了词汇量。篇幅所限，更多8分雅思口语词汇查看雅思口语8.0分常用词汇有哪些（1）

1. Hear on the grapevine

释义：This idiom means 'to hear rumors' about something or someone.

例句：I heard on the grapevine that she was pregnant, but I don't know anything more.

2. Hit the nail on the head

释义：To be right about something

例句：Mike hit the nail on the head when he said most people can use a computer without knowing how it works.

3. In the heat of the moment

释义：say or do it without thinking because you are very angry or excited

例句：She doesn't hate you. She just said that in the heat of the moment.

4. It takes two to tango

释义：both people involved in a bad situation are responsible for it

例句：She blames Tracy for stealing her husband. Well, it takes two to tango.'

5. Get/jump on the bandwagon

释义：Join a popular trend or activity.

例句：You jump on the bandwagon when all your friends begin eating at a new popular restaurant.

6. Keep something at bay

释义：Keep something away

例句：She fought to keep her unhappiness at bay.

7. Kill two birds with one stone

释义：to accomplish two different things at the same time.

例句：I killed two birds with one stone and saw some old friends while I was in Leeds visiting my parents.

8. Last straw

释义：The final problem in a series of problems.

例句：This is the last straw. I'm calling the police.

9. Let sleeping dogs lie

释义：to not talk about things which have caused problems in the past, or to not try to change a situation because you might cause problems

例句：Jane knew she should report the accident but decided to let sleeping dogs lie.

10. Let the cat out of the bag

释义：To reveal a secret or a surprise, often without an intention to do so

例句：It's a secret. Try not to let the cat out of the bag.

11. Not playing with a full deck

释义：Someone who lacks intelligence.

例句：Jim's a nice guy, but with some of the foolish things he does, I wonder if he's not playing with a full deck.

12. Far cry from

释义：Very different from

例句：What you did was a far cry from what you said you were going to do.

13. Give the benefit of the doubt

释义：to decide you will believe someone or something

例句：I didn't know whether his story was true or not, but I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt.

14. Pull the wool over someone's eyes

释义：Deceive someone into thinking well of them.

例句：You can't pull the wool over my eyes. I know what's going on.

15. See eye to eye

释义：two (or more people) agree on something.

例句：My father and I see eye to eye on most things.

16. Take with a grain of salt

释义：Consider something to be not completely true or right

例句：I've read the article, which I take with a grain of salt.

17. Taste of your own medicine

释义：Means that something happens to you, or is done to you that you have done to someone else

例句：Tom talks way too much，but last night he met someone who talked even more than he does, and he got frustrated. He finally got a taste of his own medicine.

18. Whole nine yards

释义：Everything, the entire amount, as far as possible

例句：When I was little, my family always had lots of pets – dogs, cats,hamsters, fish, rabbits –the whole nine yards.

19. Wouldn't be caught dead

释义：Would never like to do something

例句：My father wouldn't have been caught dead in a white suit.

20. At the drop of a hat

释义：immediately; instantly

例句：If you need help, just call on me. I can come at the drop of a hat.