THÀNH NGỮ THƯỜNG DÙNG TRONG KỲ THI THPT QUỐC GIA
I. Chủ đề : Cảm xúc
No Thành ngữ Ý nghĩa Ví dụ
1. ups and downs thăng trầm I have suffered a lot of ups
and downs in life.
2. hit the roof = hit giận dữ People who do not finish
the ceiling their work make me hit the
roof.
3. a cup of tea điều mình thích Drinking milk tea is my cup
of tea
4. get / have cold mất hết can I was going to try bungee
feet đảm,chùn bước jumping, but I got cold feet.
5. off someone’s điên, loạn trí What she said was off head.
head
6. pull someone’s chọc ai My younger sister is pulling
leg my leg.
7. take sb/sth for coi nhẹ ai/cái gì She always takes his friends
granted for granted.
8. on cloud nine trên 9 tầng mây Was Yang pleased about
getting that job? “Pleased?
He was on cloud nine!”
9. out of the blue bất ngờ One day, out of the blue, he
announced that he was
leaving.
10. see red nổi giận bừng People who don’t finish a
bừng job really make me see red.
11. go to the dogs sa cơ lỡ vận Anyone will go to the dogs
one day if he doen’t know
how to save money.
12. paranoid hoang tưởng You’re just being paranoid.
II. Chủ đề Con Người
No Thành ngữ Ý nghĩa Ví dụ
1. a white lie lời nói dối vô hại That is such a white lie
2. A/the black vết nhơ của gia Ken was a black sheep of
sheep of the đình/xã hội the family.
family
3. an early bird người hay dậy My grandfather is an early
sớm bird since he always gets up
early to do morning
exercise.
4. an odd bird người quái dị what he does makes him
like an odd bird.
5. green fingers người có tài làm He hs green fingers.
vườn
6. a fish out of người lạc lõng She loves being married
water and if she wasn’t she’d be
like a fish out of water.
7. give someone bật đèn xanh This boy gives him get the
get the green green light.
light
8. a wet blanket người nản chí He lost the game and he
feels like a wet blanket.
9. a bad egg người vô tích sự They treated me as if I had
been a bad egg.
10. a good Smaritan người có lòng He is a good Smaritan
bát ái because he always help the
poor.
III. Chủ đề thời gian - thời tiết - câu tình huống
No Thành ngữ Ý nghĩa Ví dụ
1. once in a blue moon rất hiếm, hiếm hoi Once in a blue moon,
there’s an issue she
can’t resolve.
2. better late than muộn còn hơn “Finally he gave
never không money back to me”.
“Well, better late than
never”
3. rain cats and dogs mưa to Remember to take
your raincoat. It’s
raining cats and dogs
out there.
4. chalk and cheese khác biệt hoàn toàn She and her sister are
chalk and cheese.
5. here and there mọi nơi There were a few
books here and there,
but apart from that
the room was quite
bare.
6. off the peg may sẵn (quần áo) This girl is wearing an
off the peg suit.
7. few and far between hiếm gặp Sunny, warm
weekends have been
few and far between
this summer.
8. on the spot ngay lập tức She was arrested on
the spot.
9. on the verge of = on bên bờ vực A lot of wild animal
the brink of = in the are on the verge of
edge extinction.
10. be out of the không thể được A flight to Shanghai is
question out of the question
this year because of
the pandemic.
11. all at once bất thình lình All at once there was
a loud crashing
sound.
12. face the music chịu trận, chịu He has to face the
trách nhiệm music for what he did.
13. down and out sa cơ lỡ vận Nobody loves he
when he’s down and
out.
14. put on an act giả bộ She’s just putting on
an act for the boss’s
benefit.
15. by hook or by crook bẳng mọi cách dù You must buy the
tốt hay xấu ticket by hook or by
crook.
16. make do with miễn cưỡng chấp There’s no coffee, so
nhận we’ll make do with
tea.
17. touch and go tình trạng bấp My first date with her
bênh, nguy hiểm, was touch and go for
không chắc kết quả a while.
tốt
18. lose face bị mất mặt,mất uy She didn’t want his
tín,sỉ diện husband to lose face,
so she wore a
beautiful dress.
19. down-to-earth thực tế She is a down-to-
earth woman with no
pretensions.
20. red-letter day ngày trọng đại The day I first set foot
in America was a red-
letter day for me.
IV. Chủ đề Học Tập - Làm Việc
No Thành ngữ Ý nghĩa Ví dụ
1. A nine-to-five job công việc Trung has done a lot of
nhàm chán nine-to-five jobs in his life.
2. In black and white giấy trắng Would he put that down in
mực đen black and white?
3. a white-collar nhân viên văn These days, few white-
worker phòng collar workers actually
wear white shirts.
4. a blue-collar lao động chân Blue-collar workers are
worker tay demanding the same pay
as office staff.
5. an eager beaver người tham My mother is an eager
việc beaver.
6. beat around the nói chuyện Don’t beat around the
bush lòng vòng bush - get to the point!
7. a black list sổ đen They are in my black list.
8. a hot potato vấn đề nan This situation is a hot
giải potato.
9. burn the midnight thức khuya I have to burn the
oil làm việc midnight oil to prepare for
the IELTS exam.
10. be loaded down quá tải My father is loaded down
with with much work, so he
often gets stressed.
11. hit the books học bài Tomorrow is the
examination day, so we
should hit the books right
now.
12. let the cat out of để lộ bí mật Mrs. Ha is always let the
the bag cat out of the bag.
13. At the drop of a ngay lập tức People will file lawsuits at
hat the drop of a hat these
days.
14. part and parcel quan Being recognized in the
trọng,thiết street is part and parcel of
yếu being a celebrity.
15. take something xem xét việc We should take something
into gì into account before doing
account/considerat anything.
ion
16. on second suy nghỉ kỹ Can I have a cup of coffee,
thoughts please?
- Actually, on second
thoughys, I’ll have a beer.
17. chip in quyên góp They decide to chip in to
launch the projects.
18. off the record không chính She made it clear that her
thức comments were strictly off
the record.
19. come to light được phát Fresh evidence has
hiện,được đưa recently come to light that
ra ánh sáng suggests that he didn’t in
fact commit the murder.
20. see eye to eye đồng tình My brothers don’t see eye
to eye with me about the
arrangements.
21. keep an eye on coi chừng,để Keep an eye on my son
mắt tới while I’m out, please.
