【俚語】

Have a thing for someone
對某人有強烈好感

【例句】

I had a thing for one of my teachers when I was in college.
我在大學時候，很喜歡我的一位老師。

Have a crush on someone
短暫地迷戀某人

【例句】

I had a crush on one of my teachers when I was in college.
我在大學時迷戀過我的一位老師。

Have a thing about sth.
對某事有強烈的喜歡或討厭

【例句】

She's got a thing about spiders - she won't go near them.
她特別討厭蜘蛛，不愿靠近。

Make a big thing out of
小題大做

【例句】

We had a little kiss, so what? I don't know why you're making such a big thing of it.
我們接了個小吻，那又怎么樣？我不知道你為什么如此小題大做。

The thing is...
問題是

【例句】

I’m sorry I didn’t call you. The thing is, I’ve been really busy lately.
對不起，我沒有給你打電話。問題是，我最近真的很忙。