"As keen as mustard" nghĩa là gì?

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"As keen as mustard" có keen là nhiệt tình, mustard là người hăng hái -> cụm từ này nghĩa là người năng động, nhiệt tình, luôn làm việc hết mình.

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The forgotten British condiments (gia vị) that bring joy to the Christmas table. Guy Tullberg, boss of Tracklements, is as keen as mustard to preserve (bảo tồn) Britain’s culinary (thực phẩm) heritage (di sản).

The 11 players that represent Central Park-St Brendan's will be as keen as mustard to play some one-day cricket after not tasting the format since the second last round before Christmas. The team had a bye leading into the festive break and Twenty20 cricket has dominated the fixture (ngày thi) since.

Ms Leviston is hopeful the tenacity (ngoan cường) of the members will see them through this difficult stretch. "I'm positive that the club will keep going because I know that our members are as keen as mustard and they love to be out on the court playing," she said.

Now at this time, young Brett, as an apprentice (học việc) butcher (đồ tể) was "as keen as mustard" to learn this highly skilled craft. Fatty, though, had some closely guarded secrets when it came to the mystic art of turning a live heifer into 3751 different cuts of meat.

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