The summary of practical expressions from morning reading

Pass the buck means to make sb else responsible.

hold accountable means to be responsible.

e.g. She always wants to pass the buck when she is in trouble.

Too many cooks spoil the broth means if too many people are involved in doing sth, it will not be done will.

e.g. Don't let your parents and in-laws be involved in designing her weeding ceremony. Too many cooks spoil the broth!

Juggle means a to throw a set of three or more objects such as balls into the air and catch and throw them again, and b to try to deal with two or three or more important jobs at the same time.

e.g. She is good at juggling with balls.

Juggle

Toy with sth means a to play with sth and move it around carelessly, and b to consider an idea or a plan, but not very seriously.

e.g. She likes toying with her pen when she feels the class is boring.

Counter-intuitive means the opposite of what you would expect or what seems to be obvious.

e.g. The results of her exam seem counter-intuitive.

Malleable means easily influenced or changed

e.g. She is malleable when it comes to fashion.

Herd mentality 从众心理

herd instinct 群体本能

Jump/climb on the bandwagon

mentality SYN mindset

Validate means to prove that sth is true.

noun. validation

Pale means to become paler than usual.

pale into insignificance/ pale in or by comparison/ pale beside or next to sth 相形见绌

e.g. What her sister had done paled in comparison with what she had done.

Facetious means trying to appear amusing at a time when other people do not think it is appropriate.

SYN flippant

Polyglot means knowing, using or written in more than one language.

SYN multilingual

Vigilant means very very careful to notice any signs of danger.

SYN alert, watchful

Buckets means a large amount.

kick the bucket means to die

the bucket list 愿望清单

Rag means to laugh at or play tricks on sb.

SYN tease

e.g. My brother always likes ragging me about making mistakes.

rag on sb means to complain to sb about sth

e.g. Don't rag on your parents about bad news.

lose your rag/temper means to get angry

Passer-by means a person who is walking past sb or sth.

pl. passers-by