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1. 一根筋儿 one track-minded.
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别跟他较劲了。他一根筋,你还不知道?. \8 S3 u4 B5 Z. m4 S2 j
) Z9 v0 [* F4 R+ HStop reasoning with him. Don’t you know he is one track-minded?
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2.出众的人 a lulu
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- m% J7 ~- y" Z, k1 ?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。
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Talking about being pretty, our company’s new secretary is indeed a lulu.
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3.两面派 two-faced" U1 f# x$ r; V# }
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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。)5 A) g2 P0 s7 S# a% X5 h
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4.傻大个儿 a lummox5 V/ y0 i- y; l. y" ]( J
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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。; H0 o$ M/ e7 k( B8 |# ?7 [5 o6 ~
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It is said that the lummox has loused up their company’s whole business.4 L* t) E5 t: ^+ C7 M
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5.收破烂儿的人 a rag man 1 x3 E( `8 w1 K& H/ Q; t
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那些收破烂儿的人走街串户,有时也能挣不少钱。
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2 f! r/ [% B% K" }Those rag men going from door to door sometimes may also earn quite a handsome sum of money.8 Q" A, X3 e6 h9 n5 }/ [
. W) R# x4 \* W. E2 k4 |( e5 Q6.乡巴佬 a hayseed4 f5 Z' Y3 z& l
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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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3 c8 ^# H+ R5 r) _She insisted that she would not marry herself off to a hayseed, no matter how rich he was.
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; E- j4 T9 f5 l- T7.不三不四的人riff-raffs
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" Q. O: V% b$ b. l, z/ S5 Q- \3 W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。
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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.& E% v3 [( I: M+ X2 Y/ Q" L* J- M
' Y9 f! P7 e# M ^; O4 k8.受气包儿 doormat
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) G# q# y5 M1 X0 O4 G6 r她天生就是个受气包儿,什么事都不敢说个不字) V' ~; _6 g* Y& W$ k8 u" m
& W& W: g ]+ A* v! l& tShe’s born doormat ,afraid of going against anything.
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9.面无表情的人 a deadpan( h' T; X: ~: z) w
% P7 T/ i7 j3 T; s% n和那些面无表情的人在一起工作真让人憋气。
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You feel choked to work with those deadpans.+ H( e% Y( l9 D" d9 \
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10.扫帚星 a jinx
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有人说那个女人是个扫帚星,谁跟她结婚谁倒霉。2 W9 {) [) x- e s+ |5 O4 f
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She’s said to be a jinx, who would bring bad luck to whoever she marries. |
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