下列材料是新托福考试听力题中常见的一些美国俚语，了解这些俚语对于大家的听力会有些帮助。
21. born with a silver spoon in your mouth 生于富贵之家，生来享受富贵
22. by hook or by crook 不择手段，无论如何
23. burn one's bridges 破釜沉舟，自断后路
24. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder 情人眼里出西施
25. bite the hand that feeds you 忘恩负义
26. eat like a horse 吃得很多
27. go to pieces 破碎,沮丧，心碎
28. go Dutch 各付各的钱
29. get the axe: 被解雇，被开除
30. go in one ear and out the other 听了并不照办,左耳朵进右耳朵出
31. get carried away 得意忘形,失去理智
32. give somebody a ring 给某人打电话
33. give somebody a hand 帮助某人
34. have your cake and eat it 鱼与熊掌兼得
35. hold your horses 放慢，等一等
36. high and dry 让某人陷入困境
37. hit the hay 去睡觉
38. be hot and bothered 焦虑，不安
39. have one's hands full 很忙
40. have cold feet 紧张
