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1. 一根筋儿 one track-minded.
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6 R! M1 V4 [/ C; OStop reasoning with him. Don’t you know he is one track-minded?
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) f p% t! W. z+ o0 T2.出众的人 a lulu
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# |1 z, @- w. k4 ^* A3 k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.5 ?. D8 w, ]- a7 u* _9 L
+ d3 P# G3 M& _1 C9 N0 Y3.两面派 two-faced
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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。)
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8 e( c* q5 L. m- W4.傻大个儿 a lummox
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4 W5 G, k! u: l# u5 Y* Z听说那个傻大个儿把他们公司的买卖搞得一团糟。$ K1 `) H( K- a3 l9 S
5 K8 f0 q8 |" r; q* h: H: y4 O% YIt is said that the lummox has loused up their company’s whole business.7 ^3 m+ X9 m$ L8 }' X# \9 g8 S
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5.收破烂儿的人 a rag man
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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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Those 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 hayseed0 _; P, H% ^8 i/ r' x( ^
' T( s9 a( {1 q$ B: G% k9 K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.
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1 ~' u+ t; C2 c( T/ v9 u% V7.不三不四的人riff-raffs4 y% v" T; R! z9 H* ?5 v
* I+ H' @! w! T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.2 M: l, }& A5 {$ ?8 K w, d
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8.受气包儿 doormat
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$ B! j- f( V5 ~6 J! W0 o9 C她天生就是个受气包儿,什么事都不敢说个不字2 N' n+ `! \4 k# Y2 y# D5 `" X
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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- J. D8 u1 g* u0 r% x" {6 A$ y3 G
0 ]! I, W. L! Z) x" d# Y" A( A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." _7 T3 g- z4 F" l9 ~- w1 i% Y
$ B+ G0 v% | u5 s! V3 S5 L10.扫帚星 a jinx) B. v" T+ L- Q! L
- F4 R' [. W( z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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