We all have been borrowers or lenders at some point in our lives. The saying seems to imply (意味着）that we should do neither. There is no doubt that an unpaid debt puts it strain on friendship, just like a borrowed item that is kept for too long or not returned at all. Seeing that it is virtually impossible to avoid borrowing or lending among friends and family members, there are certain practices that must be adopted so that relationships do not suffer.
Some countries, such as Singapore and the UK, have already introduced legislation 法律 which imposes a ban on smoking in workplaces and other public places. Other countries are considering such as ban and this has given rise to much controversy 公开辩论 among the population of these countries.
Dealing with emotions is vital to your health. Managing our feelings is facing, accepting, and working through them. We will always have emotions, so we have to learn to deal with them. If repressed 压抑, they will find ways to come out as in depression, anxieties, panic, eating disorders to name but a few.
A lot of the time, people do not want to feel what they are feeling. They may be ashamed or guilty of these feelings, or they just do not like a certain emotion. For example, you start to like your best friend's girlfriend or boyfriend. You don't know how it happened, but you're now stuck in a predicament 困境 where you are totally infatuated 痴情 with your best friend's' girlfriend or boyfriend. Naturally, you would try to suppress 抑制 these feelings. If you ignore them, maybe they'll go away, right? WRONG! The chances are small that your feelings will just leave you; you'll most probably be feeling terrible about yourself, plus, a build-up of pent-up 被压抑的 emotions leads to stress!
Confront 面对 those emotions that you're trying to ignore. Here's what you may like to do: keep a diary in which you write down your feelings. This diary is a way for you to think about the emotions that you are undergoing. By writing down and analyzing your feelings, you become aware of the real reason why you're feeling the way you are, and the emotion becomes less painful.
Arguments /
Disagreements / Disputes 冲突争议类
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A
bone of contention
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A
matter / a subject where there is a lot of disagreements 争论的起因，争论的焦点
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all
hell breaks loose
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A
sudden angry or noisy reaction to something 突然恼怒或乱作一团（尤指人们顿时争吵、打斗）
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argue
the toss
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One
who disputes the choice that has already been made 唱反调
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at
loggerheads
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To
be in conflict / disagreement with someone or group or organisation 和某人/组织起冲突
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bone
to pick
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One
is annoyed with someone over a particular matter and wants to talk about
it 对...不满而有意见；有可挑剔的事（争端）
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bury
the hatchet
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People
who have had a quarrel decide to forget their disagreement and become friends
again 握手言和
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cat
and dog life
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Partners
who are constantly quarrelling 双方老是吵架
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caught
in the crossfire
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To
suffer the consequences of an argument or a dispute between two people or
groups 受到两面夹击
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clean
the air
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To
try to remove the causes of suspicion, fear or
worry
by talking about the problem openly 消除隔阂，坦诚谈谈
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go
against the tide
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One
who does not conform to the current trends or the opinions or behaviour of
other people 反潮流，不跟随大众
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let
bygones be bygones
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One
who is able to forget past disagreements 不追究过去，不咎既往
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lock
horns
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To
get into an argument or fight with someone 引发冲突
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make
a mountain out of a molehill
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To
make a small unimportant problem seem much more serious than it is 小题大做
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much
ado about nothing
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One
who makes a lot of fuss over something unimportant 大惊小怪
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olive
branch
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To
hold out an olive branch means wanting to end a disagreement or dispute and
make peace 主动让步，提出和解
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sit
on the fence
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Not
wanting to take sides in a discussion or argument 保持中立不表态
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send
someone packing
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To
tell someone to leave in a forceful and unfriendly way 赶走某人，慢走不送！
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skating
on
thin
ice
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One
who is doing or saying something that could cause disagreement or
trouble 如履薄冰，身在惹祸上身的处境
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