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tremble V. 顫抖
eg: Peter trembled when he heard screaming and gunshots.
eg: When we found the missing boy, he was trembling in the cold.
eg: Her voice trembled when she was speaking on the stage.
eg: Our car trembled when a big truck passed us by.


go bananas -> go a little bit crazy 變得瘋狂/失常
bananas adj 發瘋的
eg: Our baseball team scored the winning run and the crowd went bananas!
eg: Dad will go bananas when he knows that you wrecked his car.
eg: The customer suddenly went bananas when we didn't accept credit card.




Grammer on the go

Why, I bet Mama and Papa are enjoying their banana bread by now.
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To show we are suprised at or frustrated with something

eg: Why, I just got cheated by that vendor!
eg: A gift for me?
Why, what a lovely surprised!





go bananas
sour grapes 酸葡萄 = rationalization 替不如意的事找藉口
apple of one's eye 心愛的人/掌上明珠
fruits of one's labor 辛苦工作的後果
When someone retired, he will enjoy fruits of his labor.


leave out 忽略/不理會(大多數用被動語態)
eg: Judy forgot to invite Cindy to her party.
Cindy felt left out.
eg: She felt left out when she first transferred to this school.
eg: Daniel was left out by his colleagues because he was too proud.


monkey's uncle
I'll be a monkey's uncle.
-> I am very surprised. I cannot believe it is true.


Life is a jungle!
We often find ourselves rushed, running around and too busy for others.

Life is a jungle. -> Life is complicated. Things happen. We don't expect.



run across -> You don't expect that it happen.


monkey around -> waste time