學英語

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Grit and resilience
 「意志」和「復原力」
「面皮厚」和「輸得起」
「襟撈」 

castle in the air
「鏡花水月」

universal suffrage 
「普選」 

You who came from the stars
《來自星星的你》

perks up
令人眼前一亮或耳目一新   

foul play
指球賽犯規, 打茅波行為

throw someone a banana skin（英式）or peel（美式）
「畀隻蕉皮佢踩」 

sexual assault/ harassment allegations 
性騷擾指控

gropers, wandering hands
「鹹豬手」  

Looks can be deceiving
「人不可以貌相」 

The Day of Judgment will come
「出得嚟行，遲早要還」

you deserve it
「求仁得仁」   

behold, gaze in admiration
艷羡目光

a big spender、a spendthrift、a profligate，
「大花筒」敗家仔

The rot starts from the top, A fish rots from the head down
 立壞榜樣，上樑不正下樑歪


A woman's heart/mind is fickle
女人心海底針 

juxtaposed border controls =
co-location arrangement
「一地兩檢」 

you have to double the price or you have to pay a double price， an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth 
雙倍奉還

cash cow, golden goose  
「搖錢樹」

phantom students
「影子學生」

shadow cabinet   
影子內閣

where there’s a will there’s a way
「有志者事竟成」

catch-22 situation
指一種左右為難、進退維谷的處境  
豬八戒照鏡, 裏外不是人，兩面不討好 

Small cap stocks in bloodbath
低市值股陷血光之災 

Smoking gun
證據確鑿或鐵證如山 

presidential impeachment 
總統彈劾 

you win some, you lose some
「有人辭官歸故里」

pilot scheme 
「先導計劃」

bite the dust
「死得」或「瓜得」