情景對話：
Jay: The entire town went nuts for that ad. People stopped me in the street, asking me to say the slogan.
整個小鎮都為那個廣告發狂。人們在大街上把我攔住，叫我說那句廣告詞。

1、Go nuts 發狂
① Everyone went nuts for the apple pie I baked. It was gone in less than a minute.
大家都為我烘烤的蘋果派發狂。它在一分鐘之內就全沒了。
② My friends are gonna go nuts when they find out I’m dating a celebrity.
當我朋友們發現我在跟一個名人約會的話，一定會發瘋的。

2、Go bananas 發狂
① All the girls in the crowd went bananas once Justin Bieber went on stage.
當Justin Bieber一來到在臺上，所有的女孩都為他發瘋了。
② I can't believe everyone chose that idiot Jimmy to be the project leader. Has everyone gone bananas?
我不敢相信所有人都選那個笨蛋Jimmy成為項目組長。是不是每個人都瘋了？

3、Small potatoes 不重要的事/人
① I don't care about the 5 bucks. It's small potatoes. What bothers me is that he will avoid me because of 5 bucks.
我不在乎那五塊美金。它是不重要的。讓我煩惱的是他會因為5美金而躲著我。
② Your problems are small potatoes compared to what I'm going through. If I don't pass this class, they'll kick me out of school.
你的問題相比我正在經歷的事情來說就是不重要的。如果我通過不了這門課，他們會把我開除的。

4、Piece of cake 小菜一碟
① You have nothing to worry about. Getting your driver's license is a piece of cake. All you have to do is follow directions.
你根本不需要擔心。考駕照是小菜一碟。你所需要的只是跟著指示。

5、Not one's cup of tea 不喜歡的類型
① You know what? Hiking isn't really my cup of tea. Why don't you guys go this weekend without me.
你知道嗎？我真不喜歡爬山。要不你們這周末自己去吧？
② Everyone's at Brad's watching the Super Bowl, but football isn't really my cup of tea so I'm staying at home.
每個在Brad家的人都在看超級碗，但我對橄欖球真的沒有興趣，所以我待在家了

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