趣味又实用——如何地道表达：形形色色的人（转）

connie

1．  一根筋儿  one track-minded.

别跟他较劲了。他一根筋，你还不知道？
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- q. c# `" M" ^( P1 D/ uStop reasoning with him. Don’t you know he is one track-minded?

+ l6 d2 ]& E, x8 r& C( B2.出众的人 a lulu

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。

' O* o  _" N- v3 p7 u$ ETalking about being pretty, our company’s new secretary is indeed a lulu.

3.两面派 two-faced

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

听说那个傻大个儿把他们公司的买卖搞得一团糟。

It is said that the lummox has loused up their company’s whole business.
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9 ?# K0 x: S! O( N6 B" ^5 C2 Z+ }/ g5.收破烂儿的人 a rag man

那些收破烂儿的人走街串户，有时也能挣不少钱。

! `$ A! k2 R  O; w4 C! ?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 hayseed

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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% u7 l5 c" G: R  P$ x1 b# |7.不三不四的人riff-raffs
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6 u4 O' f" w3 j5 ]6 ]: g- 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。

) x0 C1 g7 B: ^3 C7 Z1 IThere are always riff-raffs hanging around in LaoZhang’s home, which gives you the feeling that Lao Zhang is not a good guy.

! |# o' g* |; G/ s, j' I) w8.受气包儿 doormat
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她天生就是个受气包儿，什么事都不敢说个不字
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% F. [: u3 T- M/ ZShe’s born doormat ,afraid of going against anything.
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9.面无表情的人 a deadpan

- A0 u5 _$ G3 y! F( D, S7 Q和那些面无表情的人在一起工作真让人憋气。

; ?, @3 ?8 p) V. zYou 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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* F' v+ a* d5 UShe’s said to be a jinx, who would bring bad luck to whoever she marries.

charlotte

好贴，有用， 顶！！！

风潇潇水潇潇

恩，觉得挺好笑的~

千斤顶

useful vulgar

wenwen

to connie,这是转贴，不知道现实中是不是经常这样用？谢谢

connie

应该吧，我在一些美国片中见过其中部分的用法，要不我再核实一下。

阿里

有收获

阿里

我要背下来了,connie都对的吧.

connie

错误应该是没有的，我要核实的是哪些是常用的~~~

阿莉

确实趣味又实用！
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多谢多谢！