英语测试：Idioms: Weather 成语：天气 (多项选择) 答案：

英语测试：Idioms: Weather 成语：天气 (多项选择) 答案：(BBC) ZT

1. What do we say when things don't just go wrong but go very wrong? The possible answers were:

Throw caution to the wind
To save for a rainy day
It never rains but it pours
Under the weather

It never rains but it pours
It never rains but it pours 从不下雨，一下就是倾盆大雨， 这个成语的意思就是一旦出事，后果就不堪设想。

2. Jane just won $10,000 from the lottery; she's on cloud _______. The possible answers were:

six
eight
nine
ten

nine
刚刚中了大奖，高兴的感觉就像是在云里飘着一样，这里可以用 nine 数字九来完成这个成语。

3. After 30 years of service, Luke suddenly decided to quit his job. It was like __________ for everyone in his office. The possible answers were:

a bolt from the blue
a shock
a storm in a teacup
a bolt from the dark

a bolt from the blue
like a bolt from the blue 就是形容突发事件让大家大吃一惊，完全出乎意料。

4. Sandy's parents never believed that she could become a pop star, they thought she was just chasing ______. The possible answers were:

clouds
rainbows
the moon
stars

rainbows
Chasing rainbows 就是做白日梦，追求不切实际的东西。

5. Some people won't tell others what they think until they know which way the __________. The possible answers were:

sail goes
sand flows
water flows
wind blows

wind blows
know which way the wind blows 看风往那边吹，意思就是先看看事情的发展情况如何。

6. Which of the following idioms means to experience something bad and survive it? The possible answers were:

The calm before the storm
To get wind of something
To steal someone's thunder
To weather the storm

To weather the storm
to weather the storm 就是渡过难关。