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1. 一根筋儿 one track-minded.: A9 Z& C4 I7 J- L$ H
$ g% [+ m# g7 [5 h# t别跟他较劲了。他一根筋,你还不知道?, X" Q+ C) J% K0 ] G: t$ R
8 Y8 v; K4 [! qStop reasoning with him. Don’t you know he is one track-minded? C& [; \6 f/ X
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2.出众的人 a lulu' ?8 ?$ j y+ i. E# c# ]1 C9 @2 P
- @, ^9 N) U: W1 s9 f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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7 L0 i$ R7 y! }" E4 {3 s. ]7 pTalking about being pretty, our company’s new secretary is indeed a lulu.
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7 w2 I% {( M6 A& Q. [9 p& N3.两面派 two-faced4 c9 ]$ a+ m; O8 J! Z/ \5 n( |3 A2 V
1 {$ w$ a9 i( R, @ h4 r( ~ u- {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。)& k( _1 L) e; L6 N2 ~5 E% J
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4.傻大个儿 a lummox' S) o3 j; F6 V2 U
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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。; w$ F6 F, q# E# j7 g0 z6 @
. O% o# ]" d' U* k9 J" VIt is said that the lummox has loused up their company’s whole business.5 D, H: C( Z- D, j* r+ j6 F# ?
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那些收破烂儿的人走街串户,有时也能挣不少钱。* M- ]/ _, c2 C& g# E/ D7 e
4 E& s4 V0 o" a% e; z zThose rag men going from door to door sometimes may also earn quite a handsome sum of money.
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6.乡巴佬 a hayseed
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( ?& S# A6 d; H9 z! g5 t- D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.) A! f* Q$ O, I( L/ M. U5 Q6 F
. \5 ] i* p! [8 U' y; f+ E5 L7.不三不四的人riff-raffs8 c1 n; G+ j- Y3 |. ^: u
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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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8 G& z# u7 Q1 X9 t, {; _" K; t qThere are always riff-raffs hanging around in LaoZhang’s home, which gives you the feeling that Lao Zhang is not a good guy.3 G4 M% v4 r9 b2 W# {3 |$ F. u2 T
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8.受气包儿 doormat
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她天生就是个受气包儿,什么事都不敢说个不字4 y. x; u' [2 t6 Q# z! i
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She’s born doormat ,afraid of going against anything.
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9.面无表情的人 a deadpan
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3 X. M" ~5 ? v- D) F0 p2 F. 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.
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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。
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She’s said to be a jinx, who would bring bad luck to whoever she marries. |
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