"With four kids on my hands,I am too busy to help you out right now." was before it was stolen,but we gave him the benefit of the doubt."

　　"in good hands" 由高手/行家打理

　　"Dr.Stone is one of the best eye doctors in this country, so your father is in good hands."

　　"a disgrace to" 给...丢脸，给带来...坏名誉

　　"You are nothing but a disgrace to your family!"

　　"in matters of the heart" 在爱情上

　　"Sophia is not as lucky as her sister in matters of the heart."

　　"on a tight budget" (费用)预算紧

　　"No,I don't have money for that because I am on a tight budget this month."

　　"a hangover" = the severe headache felt several hours

　　after drinking too much alcohol(宿醉)

　　"I got a terrible hangover!"

　　"so far today (this week,this month,etc.)"

　　今天从早上到现在为止

　　A:How is everything going?

　　B:So far today you've asked me the same question five times.Everything is fine!

　　"I am pooped!" = very exhausted(累坏了)

　　"My goodness!I didn't think this job would be so much work.I'm pooped!"

　　"out of order" = out of whack (出毛病/出故障)

　　"My printer is out of order again."

　　"go steady with (sb)" = date someone on a regular basis

　　(与...)固定交往/确定恋爱关系

　　"Andrew went steady for four years before he got married."

　　"give sb a tongue-lashing" 把.....狠骂一顿

　　"Harry gave me a tongue-lashing for not telling him when I came back from England."

　　"by candlelight" 靠点蜡烛;烛光下

　　"Because of the power outage,we have to do everything by candlelight."

　　A:You look more beautiful by candlelight!

　　B:Oh,craps!

　　"on record" 有案可稽，留下记录

　　"Many climatologists have predicted (that) 2007 will be the warmest year on record."

　　“crash the gate”(无门票乱闯;没被邀请却硬厚着脸皮要进)

　　"fall for" (信以为真，受骗) = be deceived by

　　"What a fool I was to fall for your stupid excuse!"

　　"it's not on the menu" 菜单上没有，我们不弄这个

　　"I am sorry it's not on the menu.Can you order something else instead?"

　　"leave sb out in the cold" = exclude someone,fail to

　　inform someone about something(把..排斥在外，没通知到..)

　　以上短句是托福写作中经常用到的，也是托福作文结构构架的重要组成部分，大家在备考的过程中要强加练习，争取能够熟练运用。