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如何在英语作文中使用 idioms?

Use idioms 成语 in your writing

1. with flying colours 好成绩/名列前茅

取代 with good result

例句

Fion passed her English test with flying colours.

2. an arm and a leg 付出很多钱(很贵重)

取代 a lot of money

例句

Henry had paid an arm and a leg for his new phone.

3. in the nick of time 及时(关键时刻)

取代 at the final moment

例句

Henry saved Fion from the fire in the nick of time.

4. be in seventh heaven 非常开心

取代 extremely happy

例句

Fion was in seventh happy when she heard that she had won the drawing
competition.

5. on cloud nine 兴奋

取代 excited

例句
Henry was on cloud nine when he passed the exam.

6. has butterflies in his stomach 紧张

取代 be nervous

例句

Henry has butterflies in his stomach when he was talking with the prime minister.

7. rain cats and dogs 下大雨

取代 rain very heavily

例句

It rained cats and dogs just now.

8. Smell fishy/smell a rat 起疑心

取代 be suspicious

Fion smelt fishy when Henry kept changing his reason to explain his absence from
school.

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