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1. 一根筋儿 one track-minded.4 i t4 Y p* s' i4 Z" U: ~: ^
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别跟他较劲了。他一根筋,你还不知道?5 V* p3 U: {1 k6 B% B3 Q! |1 F W
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Stop reasoning with him. Don’t you know he is one track-minded?
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; @% _$ c& s5 M T+ ^# P6 ?3 k, ]8 G* j2.出众的人 a lulu2 H& L' {7 u$ {; Q1 u9 l
6 g6 }1 i3 y0 B% F6 D4 I要说漂亮,我们公司新来的秘书可算是个相貌出众的女孩子了。8 o) l+ u" v2 w# L2 t; w) W
( p& E/ r) }4 }$ DTalking about being pretty, our company’s new secretary is indeed a lulu.
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3.两面派 two-faced5 A' l4 x) \0 Q$ y
' U8 ^# `6 R5 C% q$ b# _+ K8 r我知道怎样对付两面派,而且一眼就能看出谁是一贯两面讨好的人。I know how to handle two-faced people and can even tell at the first glance who are in the habit of running with the hare and hunting with the hounds.(注:run with the hare and hunt with the hounds指人两面讨好,不得罪任何一方的做法。)! I9 Y$ b/ T6 t5 u$ g
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4.傻大个儿 a lummox1 p& V/ W' ]9 x' ~9 E
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听说那个傻大个儿把他们公司的买卖搞得一团糟。 f$ L' h3 X: m6 |( {1 f$ B s0 Y
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It is said that the lummox has loused up their company’s whole business.2 y6 \8 x: N7 b1 N' V' {% D
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5.收破烂儿的人 a rag man / ^/ ^$ s6 D \& N( l% W
3 I$ @1 Q& G$ n) d. f7 Z) }那些收破烂儿的人走街串户,有时也能挣不少钱。' |; \6 Z) i7 s- U X$ g
1 y: D1 A3 h- T0 R2 R, ~/ sThose rag men going from door to door sometimes may also earn quite a handsome sum of money.( X+ C4 x7 a/ y* Z; r) y
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6.乡巴佬 a hayseed
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她说她决不会嫁给一个乡巴佬,不管他多有钱。
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She insisted that she would not marry herself off to a hayseed, no matter how rich he was.9 I8 E) E- Z( j- v5 O. ?& y
6 Y# K4 ?4 M3 N7.不三不四的人riff-raffs
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' M( D- p2 ?; s0 b老张的家里总来些不三不四的人,可想而知老张不是什么好东西。) _/ @. m& V% k
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There are always riff-raffs hanging around in LaoZhang’s home, which gives you the feeling that Lao Zhang is not a good guy." [* w6 b: b* ^9 i; q& d
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8.受气包儿 doormat4 s3 r4 D0 b( [, G
1 H/ a) z" I: |- |/ O6 e* C她天生就是个受气包儿,什么事都不敢说个不字, e0 w1 y& D+ b, q6 B5 f
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She’s born doormat ,afraid of going against anything.2 `) t; F1 w& V& ^1 C
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9.面无表情的人 a deadpan
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和那些面无表情的人在一起工作真让人憋气。 E4 y/ |, u, J& l" y6 [
2 ]9 g: g# b8 ?7 ^! D; [; h: l( kYou feel choked to work with those deadpans.
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5 Y1 `/ V* h h0 q; r6 L5 k10.扫帚星 a jinx
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& @! S2 s1 G6 m& A9 I2 S$ t2 r有人说那个女人是个扫帚星,谁跟她结婚谁倒霉。
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! s* ^" p/ _$ R* fShe’s said to be a jinx, who would bring bad luck to whoever she marries. |
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