TOEFL Idioms

Break the ice

Interviewers usually ask questions about personal experience before the start to _.

Piece of cake

The State Exam was easy as a _ for me.

Catch someone’s eye

Good speakers usually _ audience’s /_ by a famous quote.

Jump on the bandwagon

Many companies have # the AI #. They follow the trend

Miss the boat

I forgot to submit the essay and _ _ _ to get excellent grade.

Ring a bell

His name # , but I can’t remember where we met.

Hit the nail on the head

The professor _ by identifying the exact problem.

Barking up the wrong tree

I think you follow erroneous ideas. You are _.

Cost an arm and a leg

Buying an apartment in Moscow _ for many residents.

Cry over spilled milk

Don’t _! What’s happened has already happened.

Let the cat out of the bag

Mum _ when she had a quarrel with me. She shouldn’t have said that.

Under the weather

I was _ last night. I felt unwell

Spill the beans

I wanted to keep my new job as a secret, but my friend _.

Get cold feet

If I hadn’t _, I would’ve jumped from the cliff.

Drop in the ocean

We have done a _ compared to what we will have to do then.