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To fly off the handle / 生氣
Have a nose for something / 很有直覺
Not the sharpest tool in the shed / 腦袋有點問題
Bow and scrape / 阿諛奉承
A guesstimate / 憑感覺
Hard work deserves a fair reward / 一分耕耘,一分收穫


To feel in one's element / 如魚得水
Be able to judge size by sight / 目測精準
Have a vicious tongue / 口蜜腹劍
Stand (sb) up / 放鴿子
Vicious circle / 惡性循環
To take to one's heels/ 拔腿就跑
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Be wasted / 喝醉
Be the third wheel / 當電燈泡
To each their own/各有各的看法

Take the bull by the horns / 勇敢面對
Can't have your cake and eat it too / 魚與熊掌
Find a suitable match / 找到合適的人
To tone it down / 放軟態度
Blow a fuse / 抓狂
to be climbing the ladder / 爬上高位
Make a mountain out of a molehill / 小題大作
Be all thumbs / 笨手笨腳
Like a bull in a china shop / 魯莽
Be like two peas in a pod / 像一個模子刻出來的

Fly in the ointment / 美中不足
Be under pressure / 繃緊神經
Not in a month of Sundays / 等到猴年馬月
Fussy / 吹毛求疵
Be doubled up / 笑到彎腰
Not give a damn / 一點也不在乎
To be half-asleep/ 迷迷糊糊
To butt in / 多管閒事
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To be bone idle / 懶到出汁
Be as deaf as a post / 像聾子一樣
Walk on eggshells / 小心翼翼
Monday to Saturday
9am to 9pm
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