D1

To go/get back to nature

trở về hòa mình với thiên nhiên (VD: They went on a camping trip to get back to nature.)

A hot potato

vấn đề nan giải gây tranh cãi (VD: Environmental pollution is a hot potato nowadays.)

To ring/sound the alarm bell/bells

gióng lên hồi chuông cảnh báo (VD: She is ringing the alarm bells about the world's lack of action on climate change.)

A drop in the ocean/bucket

hạt muối bỏ bể (VD: All the money we raised was just a drop in the bucket.)

Go with the flow

thuận theo mọi người (VD: Just relax and go with the flow!)

Be (all) at sea

hoang mang, rối trí (VD: I was at sea when he started discussing the causes of global warming.)

How, what, why, etc. on earth…

thể hiện sự ngạc nhiên (VD: Why on earth is there garbage all over this island?)

Be in deep water

gặp rắc rối nghiêm trọng (VD: Polar bears are going to be in deep water if global warming continues unabated.)

To make a mountain out of a molehill

việc bé xé ra to (VD: This is just a minor setback. Let's not make a mountain out of a molehill.)

To get the ball rolling

bắt đầu cái gì (VD: We have to get the ball rolling on this environmental project soon.)

You reap what you sow

gieo nhân nào, gặt quả nấy (VD: Of course you're being investigated for tax fraud—you reap what you sow.)

The sands of time

dòng chảy thời gian (VD: Their true purpose has been lost in the sands of time.)

Go green

sống lối sống thân thiện với môi trường (VD: We've got to go green and cut our carbon footprints to zero.)

Have a green thumb

giỏi làm vườn (VD: My father has a green thumb.)

Be down-to-earth

thực tế, bình dị (VD: He's very down-to-earth despite his fame.)