【托福寫作提分】托福寫作掌握常用經典短語和例句（三）
在我們寫托福作文的時候常常會覺得有些詞不夠用，托福寫作詞匯是在托福寫作備考中十分重要的一個環節。那么，現在我們就為大家整理一些托福寫作中常用的經典短語和例句，希望能為大家的備考帶來幫助。
21.all dressed up with nowhere to go
準備充分，但沒機會去做
If funding dries up ,the opera houses will be all dressed up ,but with nowhere to go .
22.do something at the drop of a hat
鹵莽行事
23.a drop in the ocean/bucket
微不足道，滄海一粟
The size of the grants have been attacked by groups as merely a drop in the ocean.
24.be all ears
洗耳恭聽
Now you can say ,I am all ears.
25.down to earth
現實，實際
He is blunt,outspoken,practical and down to earth.
keep somebody in the dark
不讓某人知道
26.get egg on one’s face
感到窘迫，羞恥
Steve didn’t expect to win .He just didn’t want to get egg on his face .
27.a white elephant
(形容新的建筑，計劃)是浪費的，無用的
This project is completely a white elephant
28.a big fish
大人物，重要角色
The four who were arrested here last September were described as really big fish by the U.S.Drug Enforement Agency.
29.drink like a fish
酒量很大 When I was young I could drink like a fish and eat like a pig.
我年輕時酒量和食量都很驚人。
30.a fool and his money are soon parted
(形容花錢不理智)
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