50 idioms thông dụng trong Ielts Speaking

Idiom Ý nghĩa Ví dụ

My dream is to become a successful businessman

at all cost      Bằng mọi giá
and I will work hard for it AT ALL COSTS.

I am used to teach General english but I was

be out of your Trong tình thế khó
OUT OF MY DEPTH when I had to teach Academic
depth xử/khó khăn
English

Suy tính đến các We need to EXPLORE ALL AVENUES before doing

explore all hướng/bước để tránh something that is not very safe to a great number

avenues  xảy ra vấn đề/hậu quả of people in order to minimize unfavourable

xấu consequences.”

Hãy đối mặt/chấp nhận Let’s face it. You won’t be able to achieve 7.0 IELTS
let’s face it
thực tế/sự thật if you do not work hard

behind the My friend never likes using smartphones. She’s so

Lỗi thời, hết thời
times BEHIND THE TIMES.

Trong tình thế nguy He has not submitted his dissertation so he’s IN
in deep water
hiểm/khó khăn DEEP WATER.

put yourself in Thử đặt mình vào vị

If you PUT YOURSELF IN MY SHOES, you would
somebody’s trí/hoàn cảnh của người
understand why I made that decision.
shoes khác

He said it is a difficult problem, but I don’t agree. It

as easy as pie Rất dễ, dễ như ăn bánh
seems as easy as pie to me!

to be up in Tức giận, buồn bực vì She has been UP IN ARMS about the rent increase.

arms about điều gì đó

 something 

be sick and Tôi ghét (tôi không chịu I’m sick and tired of doing nothing but work. Let’s

tired of được) go out tonight and have fun.

bend over Rất cố gắng (có khi quá He bent over backwards to please his new wife,

backwards sức) but she never seemed satisfied.

Suy nghĩ (trước khi That sounds like a good deal, but I’d like to sleep
sleep on it
quyết định) on it before I give you my final decision.

I have to borrow some money from my Dad. Right

broke Hết tiền
now, I’m broke.

change one’s I was planning to work late tonight, but I changed

Đổi ý
mind my mind. I’ll do extra work on the weekend instead.

Cut it out! Dừng làm việc gì xấu That noise is really annoying. Cut it out!

drop someone Gửi 1 lá thư hay email It was good to meet you . Drop me a line when

a line cho ai đó you have time.

figure I don’t understand how to do this problem. Take a

Hiểu được vấn đề gì
something out look at it. Maybe you can figure it out.

fill in for Làm dùm ai khi họ vắng While I was away from the store, my brother filled

someone  mặt in for me.

Have you seen Joe recently? I haven’t seen him in

in ages Từ rất lâu
ages.

give someone
Giúp I want to move this desk. Can you give me a hand?
a hand
 hit the hay Đi ngủ It’s after 12 o’clock. I think it’s time to hit the hay.

Our business is really improving. We’ve been in

in the black  Sinh lời, có lời
the black all year.

Business is really going poorly these days. We’ve

in the red Mất tiền, lỗ
been in the red for the past three months.

in the nick of I got to the drugstore just in the nick of time. I

Xíu nữa, 1 lúc nữa
time really need this medicine!

keep one’s chin I know things have been difficult for you recently,
Dũng cảm và tiếp tục
up but keep your chin up. It will get better soon.

know
If you get lost, just ask me for directions. I know
something like Biết 1 việc gì rất rõ
this part of town like the back of my hand.
the back of  
 
your hand

Have you been to the new movie theater? No,

once in a while Đôi khi, lâu lâu only see movies once in a while.

I’ll meet you at 9 o’clock sharp. If you’re late, we’ll

sharp Chính xác thời gian đó
be in trouble!

Don’t judge a Đừng đánh giá một sự He doesn’t look very intelligent, but you can’t

book by its vật/sự việc/con người judge a book by its cover.

cover chỉ qua vẻ bề ngoài  

miss the boat

If you miss the boat, it means you are too late to
= to miss an Lỡ cơ hội
get an opportunity in my company.
opportunity
 I’m feeling under the weather – I think I’m getting
feeling under Cảm thấy không khỏe,
a cold.
the weather không được tốt
 

I’ll leave no stone unturned until I find out the

leave no stone Làm tất cả để đạt mục
reason.
unturned tiêu
 

I think you hit the nail on the head when you said

hit the nail on Đoán đúng, đánh đúng that what’s lacking in our company is a feeling of

the head trọng tâm, nói đúng…. confidence.

I’m sitting on the fence with my girlfriend when

sit on the fence Lưỡng lự
we went shopping!

Coi việc có cái gì như

He took her help for granted without saying
take for một điều hiển nhiên
thank you.
granted nên không  trân trọng
 
khi có điều đó

Getting a band 6.5 in the speaking test will be

A piece of cake Dễ dàng
a piece of cake.

Khi thứ gì đó “blow you

away”, nghĩa là thứ đó

Blew me away The new technology blew me away.
thực sự rất đáng ngạc

nhiên

once in a blue I used to see him all the time, but now he just
Rất hiếm khi
moon visits me once in a blue moon.
Run of the mill Thông thường Apple phones are very run of the mill these days.

Bạn chí cốt tâm giao, tri

Soulmate My husband is not just my lover, he’s my soulmate.
âm tri kỷ

Down in the
Buồn bã I was really down in the dumps after my dog died.
dumps

I’d love to buy a Lamborghini supercar, but it

cost an arm Rất đắt tiền
costs an arm and a leg.
and a leg  
 

Ở một thời điểm thời The class will start at 8:00 a.m. on the dot, so don’t
on the dot
gian chính xác be late!       

Moving to a new city was difficult at first, but I

Cảm thấy thoải mái để
Find my feet soon found my feet.
làm việc gì
 

read Chỉ một ý tưởng hoặc I was surprised he knew what I was planning, like

my/your/his suy nghĩ đã được người he could read my mind.  

mind khác biết  

My parents are quite traditional and set in their

Set in their
Không muốn thay đổi ways.
ways
 

Kết thúc một công việc Well, it was nice chatting with you, but it’s time

call it a day trong ngày, hoặc trong for me to call it a day.     

buổi tối  

Over the Vô cùng hài lòng và I was over the moon when I passed my speaking
 moon 
hạnh phúc test.
 

chill out  Despite terrorism, Obama still kept calm, and told
Thư giãn, bình tĩnh lại
  his staff to chill out, and got back to work.

(to be) fed up

Chán ngán với Be careful, I think the boss is fed up with us today
with