IELTS 9 Band Vocabularies and Expressions
If you want to get 7 plus in the IELTS speaking test, use IELTS Speaking Idioms. IELTS Speaking idioms are particularly helpful to make your responses more natural sounding.
| Phrasal Verb | Meaning |
| 1. Better late than never | Better to arrive late than not to come at all |
| 2. Break a leg | Wish good luck |
| 3. Call it a day | Stop working on something |
| 4. Get out of hand | Get out of control |
| 5. Get something out of your system | Do the thing you’ve been wanting to do so you can move on |
| 6. Give someone the benefit of the doubt | Trust what someone says |
| 7. Hang in there | Don’t give up |
| 8. Hit the sack | Go to sleep |
| 9. It’s not rocket science | It’s not complicated |
| 10. Make a long story short | Tell something briefly |
| 11. No pain, no gain | You have to work for what you want |
| 12. Pull someone’s leg | To joke with someone |
| 13. That’s the last straw | My patience has run out |
| 14. The best of both worlds | An ideal situation |
| 15. Under the weather | Sick |
| 16. By the skin of your teeth | Just barely |
| 17. Costs an arm and a leg | Very expensive |
| 18. It’s a piece of cake | It’s easy |
| 19. It’s raining cats and dogs | It’s raining hard |
| 20. Let the cat out of the bag | reveal a secret carelessly or by mistake |
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