gung ho : 卖力地，起劲地
If you say that someone is gung ho, you mean that they are very enthusiastic or eager to do something, for example to fight in a battle.
General George S. Patton was so concerned about his men being gung ho on the front lines that he admonished them that no soldier ever won a war by dying for his country;
do a double take: to look at someone or something and then look again because you suddenly recognize them or notice that something unusual is happening;
Seeing me, she did a double take, and I realized her eyes were focused on my clerical collar.
rabble rouser: 煽动暴民者，蛊惑人心的政客; A rabble-rouser is a clever speaker who can persuade a group of people to behave violently or aggressively, often for the speaker's own political advantage.
That is why I'm in the office of a rabble-rouser like you.
jilted lover: a jilted person has been suddenly left by someone they were having a romantic relationship with; 被人抛弃的情人In the 1990s, the hit series The Nanny, starring Fran Drescher as the jilted lover/cosmetic saleswoman who ends up caring for the children of a wealthy British Broadway producer, was wildly successful, ultimately playing on four continents.
well-heeled: rich
there is an intense desire on the part of well-heeled parents for nannies with a college degree.
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