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Egghead (n): a very studious person, intellectually gifted in the field of academics, a very intelligent person.
- Example: I think Jane will do well in her finals. She has always been a kind of egghead from elementary school all the way through college.
Big cheese (n): an important and influential person.
- Example: Do you know Peter? He’s a big cheese at the company, he may help you to get a good job there.
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Couch potato (n): a very lazy person who watches too much TV.
- Example: My uncle is a couch potato, you never see him without the remote control in his hand.
Tough cookie (n): a very determined person, durable and robust person, a person who is difficult to deal with.
- Example: There is a tough cookie on the phone, he insists to talk to the manager, shall I put him through?
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Top banana (n): leader, boss, the chief person in a group, the head of a project.
- Example: I don’t know when we’ll finish, ask Jack, he’s the top banana here.
Bad apple (n): troublemaker, criminal.
- Example: He’s a real bad apple. If I were you, I wouldn’t let my daughter go out with him.
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Sour grapes (n): pretending to dislike something that you can’t have.
- Example: The losers say they don’t mind that they couldn’t win the cup, but I’m sure this is onlysour grapes.
Lemon law (n): an American law that protects those who buy defective cars or other consumer goods.
- Example: Unfortunately, his new car had an engine defect, but he received a complete refund in accordance with the lemon law.
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