托福听力常用短语（3）
P.A. (paper ass) 没头脑的人
packed like sardines 拥挤得象沙丁鱼罐头一样 packed snow 路上被踩过的雪
paddle one's own canoe 独自闯出自己的前途 pain in the neck 极讨厌的人或物 paint the town red 疯狂地庆祝 particular about food 对食物很讲究 pass away 过世 pass out 昏倒;分发 pass over 忽略
past master 技艺精湛的人 pay down (分期付款)付头款 pay one's own way 各自付费 pay the price 付出代价;得到报应 Penny for your thoughts. 告诉我你想什么 perhaps some other day 改天吧. Perish the thought! 打消这念头!
person after my own heart 他人的作为符合我的心意 pick holes 挑毛病 pick sb out 看中某人 pick up 一点点学习
pick-me-up 喝酒、汤等刺激一下神经
pipe course 容易的课程或工作 pipe down 安静些
plain home cooking 家常便饭 plain sailing 一帆风顺;轻而易举之事 play ball with 与...合作 play it straight 诚实 play truant 逃学
plenty of fish in the sea 比喻多得很 plug along 为生活而拼命工作 poorly off 穷困潦倒
pot calling the kettle black 五十步笑百步 pour oil on troubled waters 平息事态 prices are soaring 物价飞涨 pull a long face 拉长脸不悦 pull a long oar 独自去作 pull no punches 不客气,动真格的 pull off 成功;完成 pull one's leg 开某人的玩笑 pull oneself together 恢复镇定 pull through 克服困难;恢复健康
push one's luck 在已有利情况下做多余冒险 put an end to 结束 put aside 储蓄
put heads together 一起商讨问题
put heat on 对某人要求严厉 put it on the cuff 赊帐 put it this way 这样说;这样做 put off 延期
put on a show 假装给人家看 put on weight 胖了
put one out of the way 杀某人 put one's foot down 坚决反对 put one's foot in it 说错话 put one's foot in one's mouth 说错话
put one's heart and soul in sth 全心全意做某事 put sb in charge of 让某人负责某事 put sb in the ring 和某人赛一场
put that in one's pipe and smoke it 威胁别人好好想清楚 put through 接通电话;做妥一件工作 put up 举起;住宿
put up a good show 好好表现自己 put up with 忍受
put your best foot forward 尽量使你的仪容整洁 quality work 细活儿 queer(strange) fish 怪人 quit smocking 戒烟 quite all right 没关系 rain or shine 不论晴雨
rainy day 贫苦困难的日子 raise hell 破口大骂 raise the roof 变得异常愤怒 really something 了不起 red tape 官样文章 red tape 繁文缛节 reflect on 回忆
regular guy 好人,靠得住的人 released from, be 被释放;解脱 remember sb to another 代某人问候别人 right down one's alley 正好是某人所精通的 right or wrong 无论如何 right-hand man 得力的助手
ring a bell with sb 使某人回忆起某事 road hog 驾车乱抢路的人
rock the boat 破坏别人的计划;使遇到危险 roll out the red carpet 铺上红色地毯 rotten to the core 腐烂透顶 rough hours 读书时的艰苦生活 rough sb up 对某人粗卤 round-about way 采用间接的方法 row in one boat 从事相同事业;相同命运 royal road 容易取得成功的捷径 rubber check 空头支票
rubber stamp 人云亦云的人 run across 偶然碰见 run down 撞倒;诋毁;破旧的 run into 突然碰到某人 run of the town 轰动一时的人 run out of sth 用完
run sb out of the town 把某人逐出市外 run up against 遇到 run wild 到处跑
sad dog 放荡的人;易闯祸的人 sad news 餐厅的帐单
sail under false colors 挂羊头卖狗肉;冒充 salt of the earth(world) 社会中坚 same old stuff 陈旧货色 save lots of grief 省掉许多麻烦 save one's breath 节省口舌 save the day 反败为胜;挽救了大局 save up 储蓄
say it with flowers 笑容可掬,细生细气 Say no more. 别再说了. Says you! 你是胡扯!
scare the devil out of sb 吓得魂不附体 scratch sb a note 写封信给某人 screw-ball 有怪僻的人