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1. 一根筋儿 one track-minded.6 R l4 O z/ G* p }
3 D, s1 n. q. l& H( }2 w别跟他较劲了。他一根筋,你还不知道?
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5 z4 V, B' q! J1 c& p+ U3 `Stop 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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D" Q' c v+ B( ^. d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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2 F/ z9 F% E& O3 Y, RTalking about being pretty, our company’s new secretary is indeed a lulu.1 a5 d3 G: ?$ V0 @
3 W3 J( p* Y, _' R9 q( c3.两面派 two-faced
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0 g8 u! @) S$ _, `7 i3 ~& ~5 a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。)
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4.傻大个儿 a lummox) R2 ^7 e0 j1 `+ r) d9 A1 k) D0 S
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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。, A$ k% o) h4 J) ?
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It is said that the lummox has loused up their company’s whole business.
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. W# e' d7 A& }' ?5.收破烂儿的人 a rag man - v) J* A9 A+ E
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那些收破烂儿的人走街串户,有时也能挣不少钱。/ D8 ?2 Q6 B! ~2 C5 F
) F3 y- L3 h0 `$ D. aThose rag men going from door to door sometimes may also earn quite a handsome sum of money.1 x& j; z) {3 K( l* w
$ S; `# h( P" `6.乡巴佬 a hayseed5 j1 g4 l- M h6 h+ U
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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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2 M7 Y0 N* m7 g' Y% ~5 @- YShe insisted that she would not marry herself off to a hayseed, no matter how rich he was.
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7.不三不四的人riff-raffs8 v. { n. _' c/ k* u
k4 _9 K, c6 V) G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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* p1 C0 Y6 i0 Q- lThere are always riff-raffs hanging around in LaoZhang’s home, which gives you the feeling that Lao Zhang is not a good guy.2 Y9 i' o3 B4 h, m+ S4 [
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8.受气包儿 doormat
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5 f8 z6 y5 d+ Q她天生就是个受气包儿,什么事都不敢说个不字' }! ~7 C+ E8 i' q% h
& L# x3 I5 \9 R: m) X! iShe’s born doormat ,afraid of going against anything.$ T4 b/ ^/ i- t0 C+ Z
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9.面无表情的人 a deadpan9 v! C2 [. b7 v
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和那些面无表情的人在一起工作真让人憋气。5 |8 F3 A7 ]" K$ D% r
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You feel choked to work with those deadpans.
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" b: Y9 S' p. P2 \$ E5 D10.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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