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1. 一根筋儿 one track-minded.# r4 v4 w1 N5 j1 _' F
0 h9 H [ d7 U/ h别跟他较劲了。他一根筋,你还不知道?
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1 E( @2 o2 ?% O4 j& N$ a* M9 OStop reasoning with him. Don’t you know he is one track-minded?( Q0 q9 q6 ~" R7 Z" A1 X, V* I# ]) X
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2.出众的人 a lulu
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% I T7 t+ C8 N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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9 j$ ^$ R. u NTalking about being pretty, our company’s new secretary is indeed a lulu.; }' j% p3 C' I9 k
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3.两面派 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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" ?' C: C _2 C) D* O& S4.傻大个儿 a lummox
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$ t7 \& R# q% E9 l: S听说那个傻大个儿把他们公司的买卖搞得一团糟。
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It is said that the lummox has loused up their company’s whole business.
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5.收破烂儿的人 a rag man
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0 m! Y! _# n& W' m4 S那些收破烂儿的人走街串户,有时也能挣不少钱。
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. K5 N5 K4 A: s6 L% n7 ~4 BThose rag men going from door to door sometimes may also earn quite a handsome sum of money./ I7 m$ v) S* t2 f9 I! _. X2 ~
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6.乡巴佬 a hayseed+ w. s9 L2 L) [4 r) d* W5 a
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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.
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7.不三不四的人riff-raffs
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" I: h5 z2 n1 ?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。1 \& x& W/ A( f$ X2 W0 X$ T0 `. M- \0 ?8 j
- E+ h) r% y3 \" ?, z, RThere are always riff-raffs hanging around in LaoZhang’s home, which gives you the feeling that Lao Zhang is not a good guy.
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8.受气包儿 doormat. c. d$ x! p) @4 |9 S- D( Z
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她天生就是个受气包儿,什么事都不敢说个不字! w5 ] {. G; [
|% s$ N/ ]% r8 b4 TShe’s born doormat ,afraid of going against anything.
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7 ~! y6 t5 \ u1 y# f( K! u9.面无表情的人 a deadpan/ M/ @7 `, Z. _+ h
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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.0 T# s7 H4 ~% U
4 J+ T4 \$ U) W# W+ @5 g10.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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! p _- n3 T5 u9 SShe’s said to be a jinx, who would bring bad luck to whoever she marries. |
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