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汉译英地道表达 1.一根筋儿 One track-minded 2.败家子 a black sheep 3.无知的人 an ignoramus 4. 出众的人 a lulu 5.难对付的人 a tartar/ a hard nut to crack 6.大人物 a bigwig/ a buzwig 7.另人扫兴的人 a wet blanket 8.多面手 Jack-of-all-trades 9.马屁精 an apple-polisher 10.性情相投的人 a soul mate 11.令人扫兴的人 a wet blanket 12.细高个 a bean-pole 13.乡巴佬 a hayseed 14.胆小鬼 a chicken guy 15.不三不四的人 riff-raffs 16.天生爱哭的人 a natural crier 17.受气包儿 doormat 18.不起眼的女人 a plain Jane 19.瘦得像一把骨头 be all bones 20.笨蛋 a brack-brain 21.同性恋 be queer 22.嘴甜的人 be honey-lipped 23.面无表情的人 a deadpan 24.废物 a born loser 25.乐天派 good-time Charlie 26.海量 have a hollow leg 27.不分上下 Be neck and neck 28.略胜一筹 be a notch above 29.有头脑 be a brain 30.很能干 to have a lot on the ball 31.有名无实 a poor apology 32.绞尽脑汁 to rack one’s brain 33.没骨气 have no guts 34.真了不起 really something 35.昙花一现 a flash in the pan 36.一窍不通 not know beans about 37. 寡不敌众 be outnumbered 38.单枪匹马 play a lone hand 39.吃得开 have a big drag with 40.出师不利 get off on the wrong foot 41.怯场 Get stage fright 42.糊涂虫 a nitwit 43.被蒙在鼓里 be kept in the dark 44.饭量小 eat like a bird 45.当家 wear the pants in the family 46.痛失良机 Let something slip through one’s fingers. 47.抓住机会 jump at the chance, seize the chance, take the chance 48.嘴硬 never say uncle 49.找到窍门 get the hang of 50.有门道 have the means of 41.有资格 be in a position 42.不示弱 give as good as one gets 43.恭维话 blarney 44.你骗不了我。 I’m from Missouri. 45.与某人关系好 be on good terms with 46.头脑有点不正常 have a few buttons missing 47.见机行事 play to the score 48.站不住脚 not hold water 49.给弄糊涂了 be balled up 50.心有余而力不足 The spirit is willing, but the flesh is week. 51.轰动全世界 set the world on fire 52.显露出自己的本事 Show one’s paces 53.盲从 follow like sheep 54.分不清好坏 not tell the sheep from the goats 55.听其自然 let things slide 56.脑瓜好使 have a mind like a steel trap 57.偷懒耍滑头 goof-off 58.大动肝火 be up in arms 59.保持冷静 keep cool 60 .说话兜圈子 beat about the bush 61 心怀叵测 have an ax to grind 62 心术不正 not have one’s heart in the right place 63 背后捅刀子 stab in the back 64 向某人大