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1. As cool as a cucumber 保持平靜、臨危不亂
例句：He was as cool as a cucumber when he met the gang on the street.
當他在街上遇上壞分子時，他依然保持平靜。
2. Drive me nuts 把我逼瘋了
例句：His ridiculous speech has almost driven me nuts.
他荒唐的言論快要把我逼瘋了。
3. Be nuts about 非常熱衷
例句：She is nuts about recording the stories of society as a journalist.
她非常熱衷於以記者的身份紀錄社會的故事。
4. Butter someone up 為得到利益而巴結人
例句：The manager butters the investors up for benefits at the competitive industry.
在同業競爭下，他為得到利益而巴結投資者。
5. Full of beans 精力充沛
例句：After a long working day, she is still full of beans to cater her guests in the party.
工作一整天後，她仍精力充沛地招呼派對上的來賓。
6. Have your cake and eat it too 魚與熊掌不可兼得
例句：
A：I want a good grade on the exam, but I also want to have fun every weekend.
我想取得好成績，也想每個星期出外遊玩。
B：You can’t have your cake and eat it too.
魚與熊掌不可兼得呢！
7. Go bananas 使……生氣
例句：The teacher went bananas when she knew her students cheated in the exams.
當老師知道同學在考試中作弊後，她十分生氣！
8. One’s salad days 年少輕狂的日子
例句：He has organised many community activities in his salad days.
他在年少輕狂的日子籌辦了很多社區活動。
9. That’s the way the cookie crumbles 世事難料
例句：
A：I have tried to get to the station as soon as possible, but I still missed the train.
我已盡快趕到車站，但依然錯過了火車。
B：Well, that’s the way the cookie crumbles.
唉…人生本來就是難以預料。
10. The proof is in the pudding 實踐才知道好與壞
例句：We have prepared the best for the show but the proof is in the pudding.
我們已經為演出做最好準備，好與壞要看當天的表現了！
11. The apple of one’s eyes 珍愛的人或事
例句：She is the apple of my eyes, I would try my best to protect her.
她是我珍愛的人，我會盡力保護她。
12. Take…with a pitch of salt 對……半信半疑
例句：The citizen takes the new policy with a pitch of salt under the unstable status quo.
在社會不穩的情況下，市民對新推行的政策半信半疑。
