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1. 一根筋儿 one track-minded.+ _3 a; `& d+ G+ t6 F
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别跟他较劲了。他一根筋,你还不知道?; n, V* m0 ^. S8 W. z& A
1 c0 t3 i+ E/ m( V( d5 ~: NStop reasoning with him. Don’t you know he is one track-minded?! O$ i; F0 M% c, I9 ~& O& E, @
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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; E. A1 a5 T+ i3 k: Q
( l) t* g5 G3 |6 ?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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6 {0 @+ V! {. A& v& ~ P, N7 h4.傻大个儿 a lummox S& m0 y) H" P1 u( D+ \4 W- o
* `* B% N2 V, Z$ E' e s* v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./ ]: Y1 y i8 R H2 q$ t/ s* O
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5.收破烂儿的人 a rag man
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& |7 h+ {/ O( \+ _1 M那些收破烂儿的人走街串户,有时也能挣不少钱。
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* }6 l& p# }6 ]8 R+ `9 {Those rag men going from door to door sometimes may also earn quite a handsome sum of money./ T. F4 h. t' _4 O
; l) L4 E( o1 O0 B, |6.乡巴佬 a hayseed+ a$ O, w( K$ x
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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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% A8 {- L3 S0 e# I HShe 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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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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" m7 S M4 j; @- ^There 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
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: M7 Q5 B" L2 f2 K4 a2 g4 k, z她天生就是个受气包儿,什么事都不敢说个不字$ r. {" J" b. T; M
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She’s born doormat ,afraid of going against anything.
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& m3 k% G# S, i- P8 N! e9.面无表情的人 a deadpan
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/ c- q8 ?1 Q4 M" e8 f和那些面无表情的人在一起工作真让人憋气。
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6 z% h: L4 w' K% A! ? fYou 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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4 [: S6 d3 _+ F' s7 `" j& FShe’s said to be a jinx, who would bring bad luck to whoever she marries. |
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