Idiom là những câu/cụm từ được người bản xứ thường xuyên sử dụng trong giao tiếp hằng ngày. Sau đây, IELTS TUTOR hướng dẫn từ A đến Z tất tần tật idioms bắt đầu bằng chữ E thường gặp nhất trong IELTS SPEAKING, cũng như các kì thi tiếng anh như THI ĐẠI HỌC MÔN TIẾNG ANH và THI HỌC SINH GIỎI môn tiếng anh.
Ngoài học kĩ cách idioms trong bài này, các bạn nhớ học kĩ cách trả lời của IELTS SPEAKING PART 3 luôn nhé!
Eagle Beaver
Meaning: Someone who works and tries hard will all his heart (chăm chỉ)
Example: New volunteers are always eager beavers. The young assistant gets to work very early. She's a real eager beaver.
Eagle-eyed
Meaning: Having sharp vision (có tầm nhìn, mắt đại bàng)
Example: Eagle-eyed fans spot bizarre omen that suggests Watford are destined to become Premier League champions
Early bird
Meaning: Someone who does something prior to the usual time, or someone who gets up early (người dậy sớm, đến sớm)
Example: I tried dating an early bird once, but since I like to sleep in late, it didn't really work out.
Earn your keep
Meaning: Make money to live on (kiếm kế sinh nhai)
Example: If you're going to live here rent-free, then you need to earn your keep by helping out with the cooking and cleaning.
Ease up on (somebody/ something)
Meaning: Don’t be so harsh on somebody (đừng tạo áp lực lên ai đó)
Example: Ease up on Samantha, she's under a lot of pressure at home.
Easy come easy go
Meaning: When something is easily obtained, it is typically lost just as easily (dễ đến dễ đi)
Example: Of course you found a $10 on the street and immediately spent it—easy come, easy go!
Easy money
Meaning: Money that comes without one having had to work hard for it (tiền kiếm được mà không cần vất vả)
Example: Because Julia is such a good writer, freelance work is easy money for her.
Easy touch
Meaning: A person who is naive and trusting, one who is easily cheated (người dễ dãi, dễ bị dụ)
Example: My poor dad was always such a easy touch, always jumping through hoops to do anything his boss told him to.
Eat one’s words
Meaning: Take a statement back (rút lại lời nói)
Example: You think I can't get an A in this class, but I'll make you eat your words when we get our report cards!
Eat someone's lunch
Meaning: Defeat someone thoroughly (đánh bại, chiếm phần)
Example: China is systematically teaching people to speak African languages, but very few Americans can speak them. When it comes to trade with Africa, they’re going to eat America’s lunch.
Elevator pitch
Meaning: A brief presentation of an idea, one short enough to be delivered in an elevator (tóm tắt kế hoạch ngắn gọn nói trong 1 chuyến thang máy)
Example: I can listen to your plan, but I have a meeting in five minutes. Can you give me the elevator pitch?
Elbow your way
Meaning: To move ahead in the crowd, using your elbows to push (dùng cùi chỏ để chen qua đám đông)
Example: The party was so packed with people that I had to elbow my way just to get to the
bathroom!
Empty promises
Meaning: Promises that are made with no intention of fulfilling them (lời hứa sáo rỗng)
Example: John may be a sweet-talker, but in reality, he's a lowlife full of empty promises.
Enough is enough
Meaning: Too much (đủ rồi, quá nhiều rồi)
Example: Stop asking for money! Enough is enough! I've heard all the complaining from you that I can take.
Evaporate into thin air
Meaning: To disappear without any trace (biến vào hư vô, biết mất)
Example: Money seems to evaporate into thin air these days.
Meaning: Pursue your own interests; don’t expect help from others (tự lực cánh sinh)
Example: Increasingly, it seems like it's every man for himself during election season
Eye-opener
Meaning: Something that teaches you a big lesson (sáng mắt ra, mở rộng tầm mắt)
Example: Learning about John's opium addiction was a real eye-opener for me.
Eye-to-eye
Meaning: Share the same opinion (đồng quan điểm)
Example: His mother and I are not eye to eye about his decision to drop out of college.
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