malarkey [mə'lɑ:ki]

胡说，瞎话（名词，非正式用语）

(noun, INFORMAL) Foolish talk intended to conceal or deceive.

EXAMPLE: The lazy employee who was always leaving work early never had any legitimate excuses but always told his boss some malarkey about visiting sick friends in the hospital.

这位懒惰的员工总是无故提前下班，可又总是对他的主管说一些“去医院看望生病的朋友”之类的瞎话。

to go gaga over something

对……狂热（非正式用语）

Informal expression meaning to become wildly and unreasonably infatuated by something.

EXAMPLE: My friends at work have all gone gaga over learning to play golf despite their lack of time to practice.

我的在职的朋友虽然缺少时间练习，但都在狂热地学打高尔夫球。