“一网打尽”托福听力中的地道小词（一）

　　童鞋们在备考托福听力的时候不知道会不会遇到这样的问题，我刚才听到一个特别熟悉的词组，我也能把它写下来，可是这个词组好像表达的不是它原来本身的意思了，变成了一个新的通用地道表达，一遇见这样的情况，我就彻底晕菜了，这些词到底是什么意思啊?那为了帮助大家解决这个问题，这次我们来总结一下这些经常出现的托福听力地道小词~

　　a big shot/wheel American & Australian, informal

　　an important or powerful person in a group or organization

　　Mr Madison is a big shot in the world of finance.

　　a breath of fresh air

　　someone or something that is new and different and makes everything seem more exciting

　　Angela's like a breath of fresh air when she comes to stay.

　　After all the criticism, his positive comments came as a breath of fresh air.

　　be all ears

　　to be waiting eagerly to hear about something:

　　I'm all ears - tell us what they had to say.

　　be all eyes

　　to watch someone or something with a lot of interest:

　　We were all eyes as the Princess emerged from the car.

　　have butterflies (in your stomach)

　　to feel very nervous, usually about something you are going to do

　　She had butterflies in her stomach as she walked out onto the stage.

　　for a song

　　very cheaply

　　This is one of my favorite pieces of furniture and I got it for a song in a market.

　　Property prices have come right down - houses are going for a song (= being sold very cheaply) at the moment.

　　go by the book, do sth by the book

　　to do something exactly as the rules tell you