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⊙ a piece of a cake = cakewalk   簡單的事

 

⊙ knuckle sandwich    給你一拳   to punch someone in the face
If you keep making fun of meI’ll give you a knuckle sandwich

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⊙ take something with a pinch(=grain)of salt   持保留態度   to listen to the story or explanation with considerate doubt
You must take anything she says with a pinch of saltShe doesn't always tell the truth

 

⊙ sweet tooth(n)   to desire to eat many sweet foods,especially candy and pastries
Add more honey if you have a sweet tooth
have a sweet tooth and if I don't watch it,I'll really get fat

 

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small beer = small potato(n)  If you say that something is small beer, you mean that it is unimportant in comparison with something else
He thinks he's wonderfulbut he's really rather small beer

 

bring home the bacon   養家餬口 
I work 24/7 in order to 
bring home the bacon

 

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 Don’t cry over spilt milk  不要為了無法挽回的事情而難過  don't regret something that's already happened and that you can't change
I'm tired of hearing your complain about your lost purseDon't cry over spilt milk
You have lost the game but don't cry over spilt milk

 

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⊙   You can't have your cake and eat it = you can’t have it both ways   魚與熊掌不可兼得

 

⊙ salad days     年少輕狂的日子
Back in my
salad days my friends and I used to go dancing every Saturday night
When I was in my
 salad daysI did a lot of dumb things

 

⊙ have a bun in the oven   懷孕
have a bun in the ovenso i can’t drink tonight

 

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⊙ like taking candy from a baby  非常簡單
Beating them was the easiest thing in the worldit was like taking candy from a baby

 

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⊙ like a kid in a candy store  興奮過度  to be very happy and excited about the things around you, and often to react to them in a way which is silly and not controlled
You should have seen him when they arrived。He was like a kid in a candy store

 

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⊙ butterfingers(n)  笨手笨腳,經常會把手裡拿的東西不小心掉到地上去的人  A person who tends to drop things
That butterfingers always drops the baseball

 

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⊙ finger in every pie   多管閒事的人  to be involved in and have influence over many different activities , often in a way that people do not approve of
Tom is really annoyingHe has a finger in every pie

 

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⊙ cheesy(adj)  廉價的、劣質的、虛偽的   If you describe something as cheesy, you mean that it is cheap, unpleasant, or insincere
She rejected her boyfriend’s proposal for it’s too cheesy and insincere

 corny(adj) 老掉牙的、陳舊的  If you describe something as corny, you mean that it is obvious or sentimental and not at all original
Your magic show isn’t cornyI have never seen anyone pulling doves out of T-shirt sleeves in person

⊙ salty(adj)  being angry, agitated, upset
I’m salty because my favorite team lost the baseball game yesterday

salty tongue = bitter tongue   毒舌
If I had a
salty tongueI'd be a much better comedian

 

⊙ fruity(adj)  果香的、充滿香氣的

fruition (n) [ fruˈɪʃən ]  完成、實現   If something comes to fruition , it starts to succeed and produce the results that were intended or hoped for
After much delaythe plan to build the new hospital finally came to fruition
He is frustrated because none of his ​ideas for the shows ever came to fruition

 

⊙ greasy(adj)  油膩的  
The dinner we had yesterday was too greasy so I still feel nauseous now

greasy hair  油頭

greasy(adj)  諂媚的、油條的 
The
 greasy guy from the bar has been texting me

greasy spoon  便宜旅店、小餐館   A greasy spoon is a small, cheap, unattractive café that serves mostly fried food
It looks like a greasy spoon but the potstickers are great and the price is cheap


 

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