HSG

Question 1

it takes two to tango

Answer 1

cả 2 phía đều ph chịu trách nhiệm

Your son blames mine for their fight at school, generally it takes two to tango

Question 2

like nailing jelly to the wall

Answer 2

cố gắng đưa ttin chính xác mà k thể bt đc 1 cách chính xác

Question 3

go down like a lead balloon

Answer 3

ng nghe k thích nó chút nào

As you can imagine, the new proposals went down like a lead balloon, so we’ll have to think again

Question 4

lay it on with a trowel

Answer 4

= lay it on a bit thick

The TV presenter laid it on with a trowel when he was introducing that film star

Question 5

in the lap of luxury

Answer 5

sống trong đk thoải mái vì có nhiều tiền

They are heading for retirement and intend to spend it in the lap of luxury

Question 6

batten down the hatches

Answer 6

cbi cho tình huongs khó khăn

After a month sleeping on a friend’s floor, Becky is tired of battening down the hatches

Question 7

bark up the wrong tree

Answer 7

sai về lý do hay cách làm sth

I told the police that they were barking up the wrong tree when they suspected my neighbor of stealing my car

Question 8

leave sb to their own devices

Answer 8

tự cho ai quyền ra quyết định

Had my parents left me to my own devices, I would have been an up and coming artist now

Question 9

give sb the benefit of the doubt

Answer 9

tự cho rằng ai đang nói thật

Her hands didnt look as calloused as those of other artists’ hands. But i still gave her the benefit of the doubt when she said she was a veteran artist

Question 10

like taking candy from a baby

Answer 10

siêu siêu dễ

Asking for my bf’s laptop is like taking candy from a baby

Question 11

bring a lump to sb’s throat

Answer 11

làm nghẹn cổ họng

My hsgt grade was so low that it brought a lump to my throat

Question 12

in the heat of the moment

Answer 12

nói lúc nóng vội

I was so pique this morning that I kept ranting in the heat of the moment without paying attention to Phan Anh’s reaction

Question 13

wide off the mark

Answer 13

rất k chính xác

What my teacher knew about was wide off the mark

Question 14

get the bit between one’s teeth

Answer 14

I know Im always slacking off. But once I get the bit between my teeth, I can make it to the top

Question 15

Either John is disappointed or we upset Anna. We are __ on this one.

Answer 15

stuck between a rock and a hard place

kẹt trong thế khó và k thể ra quyết định đc

Question 16

You can’t get a job without an address and you can’t rent a flat without a job - it’s __

Answer 16

a catch-22 situation

Question 17

There’s no point in continuing this debate. We

Answer 17

are just going round in circles

Question 18

Dad is not telling us where we are going for our holidays; he wants to

Answer 18

keep us in suspense

luôn khiến chúng ta lo lắng

Question 19

Publishing the lottery winner’s name __; it promotes the lottery while exposing the winner to
unscrupulous conmen.

Answer 19

cuts both ways

là con dao hai lưỡi

Question 20

The holiday described in the brochure __ so I picked up the phone and called the travel agent.

Answer 20

tickled my fancy

Question 21

I don’t want to buy the car immediately; I’d rather __

Answer 21

keep my options

Question 22

I still don’t understand. Can you tell me how this battery works without __?

Answer 22

blinding me with science

làm ai khó hiểu bằng nhx thuật ngữ khó

Question 23

Though running a business consumes much of his time, he never __ as a husband and a
father.

Answer 23

ducks his responsibility

trốn tránh trách nhiệm