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1. 一根筋儿 one track-minded.
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别跟他较劲了。他一根筋,你还不知道?
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Stop reasoning with him. Don’t you know he is one track-minded?
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' u# A( u7 G# ~1 V1 J# f2.出众的人 a lulu1 K9 {# I8 C- x# t3 z: m
% }+ T- y8 `& y% Y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。& p2 [/ ?! I' z$ A
6 F2 C$ `+ Q# o. ETalking about being pretty, our company’s new secretary is indeed a lulu.
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0 f) U {. ?5 K4 B8 W7 _) V( f3.两面派 two-faced
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z0 \7 ?& G& L; S. E; i- w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
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听说那个傻大个儿把他们公司的买卖搞得一团糟。$ j, ^* p1 O& n5 k, B, U% n% u
; w3 k4 M9 q8 i+ h ZIt is said that the lummox has loused up their company’s whole business.2 c! C x- L/ \& K( a2 ~! O
`8 `+ X7 a X. \- M8 r5.收破烂儿的人 a rag man 7 h0 g5 N+ {9 c( o' t, v1 y
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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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; p! j" w0 Q6 r4 r& v, r( `& PThose rag men going from door to door sometimes may also earn quite a handsome sum of money.+ V) T3 j" p8 ?0 K$ f- d6 `
4 t b" s8 L8 P2 I6.乡巴佬 a hayseed
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她说她决不会嫁给一个乡巴佬,不管他多有钱。' b& e4 k+ k. |5 ?; v: ~
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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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$ k y. I$ @ `) X5 h6 S: N7.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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" ]1 j# q( Y9 h5 P4 FThere 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 G, I0 t; W" ?- m9 l9 q8.受气包儿 doormat
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. l9 e+ H b" @4 ]. r1 n! A她天生就是个受气包儿,什么事都不敢说个不字
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9 i" C( a5 V* w; Z9 f9.面无表情的人 a deadpan. |, l8 }" Q* o( y+ y/ m2 @. M; T: @
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和那些面无表情的人在一起工作真让人憋气。6 r* b7 g# U# ~( X5 q3 U: x
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10.扫帚星 a jinx. \5 N2 ]! R; b7 @# l
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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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She’s said to be a jinx, who would bring bad luck to whoever she marries. |
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