1.一根筋儿 one track-minded.
5 c* D: w- V- M5 { 别跟他较劲了。他一根筋,你还不知道?7 _# A: v$ ~% f) \% t5 k
Stop reasoning with him. Don’t you know he is one track-minded?+ d$ r% i/ w9 K% m" b! l! Q' V
2.出众的人 a lulu3 h; b/ s% Z) e: B( C
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。6 |+ D0 N& E! a8 G; o
Talking about being pretty, our company’s new secretary is indeed a lulu.* {% @, B; Y8 _8 K% S* |& I' f
3.两面派 two-faced
1 O7 \" u( Z6 c" Q7 j& m 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。)
3 R7 |% |: b! v1 `- \! g: T 4.傻大个儿 a lummox
7 u1 A0 {& W6 F/ I$ b" a/ b 听说那个傻大个儿把他们公司的买卖搞得一团糟。来自www.Examw.com
2 ?, u; `# V. u! `" M8 J It is said that the lummox has loused up their company’s whole business.1 `7 z5 R6 k1 u) p" o) i8 x
5.收破烂儿的人 a rag man
4 o7 A! y- V( U% q* O/ u6 V 那些收破烂儿的人走街串户,有时也能挣不少钱。# d) w I% _0 H1 N; F$ K/ ^ b1 d
Those rag men going from door to door sometimes may also earn quite a handsome sum of money.8 q! r) w% ^! l; r% G- I; [/ O
6.乡巴佬 a hayseed
6 i2 d2 O4 F6 }+ W4 K5 n0 Z" m 她说她决不会嫁给一个乡巴佬,不管他多有钱。
, W6 e8 N: h* | T7 t4 f1 I) `2 Q She insisted that she would not marry herself off to a hayseed, no matter how rich he was.7 }* H1 [/ U/ r/ p$ [+ a, o
7.不三不四的人riff-raffs
9 Z1 ~' f& w& y: c/ X 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。0 j1 \7 q+ }1 B4 ~. q, o
There are always riff-raffs hanging around in LaoZhang’s home, which gives you the feeling that Lao Zhang is not a good guy." \( S! s% G6 O
8.受气包儿 doormat2 S4 S0 j- S# _1 p3 k3 p: u
她天生就是个受气包儿,什么事都不敢说个不字
9 n0 P/ G( d; j: | She’s born doormat ,afraid of going against anything.
" H5 ?. E; c/ ?" w; B5 X/ N0 x 9.面无表情的人 a deadpan$ {! U! P4 |8 T: A" W i: b
和那些面无表情的人在一起工作真让人憋气。9 a, X+ I% h2 s) p2 L& M
You feel choked to work with those deadpans.% x; Q+ D* P% {1 \; p
10.扫帚星 a jinx
6 B- `( } q( t, J0 d: E 有人说那个女人是个扫帚星,谁跟她结婚谁倒霉。
) B B% b5 C* x9 f+ V5 |- M She’s said to be a jinx, who would bring bad luck to whoever she marries. |