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last straw：最後極限

　EX:I tried to be nice and patient, but when John started to laugh at my girefriend's height and weight, that was the last straw.

kink：抽筋

　EX:When she turned around to talk to Jenny, she suddenly had a kink in her neck.

cream puff：性能良好的二手車

　EX:Sammy likes to take out his cream puff for a drive on weekends.

culture vulture：對文化藝術成痴的人

　EX:There were a lot of culture vulture gathering in New York last Christmas for the grand opening of the New York Art Festival.

cup of tea：喜歡的東西（或活動）

　EX:Basketball is my cup of tea, and I usually play it in the back yard after school with some of my best pals.

crocodile tears：假惺惺，假悲傷

　EX:The little girl cried crocodile tears as she told her teacher how she forgot to bring her textbooks to school.

in a pickle：困境

　EX:Oh, darn! We're in a pickle because our car broke down a couple of minutes ago. How are we able to get to the game on time？

pep-talk：口頭鼓勵

　EX:Johnny got a pep-talk from his coach after he finished the first game.

short fuse：急性子，脾氣壞

　EX:That basketball coach had such a short fuse that the umpire had to give him an oral warning.

wake up and smell the coffee (或smell the coffee)：覺悟 ，了解實情

　EX:Finally she decided to smell the coffee, leaving the sad memory behind.

going-on 事件，行為

　EX:There are a lot of fishy goings-on at the meeting.

hangout 常去的地方

　EX:The gym is a hangout for our classmates.

hash out費力地去做

　EX:The professor and his assistants are hashing out a new solution to this project.

the butt of jokes 嘲笑的對象

　EX:He is the butt of the jokes because of the way he talks.

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