形形色色的人

1.一根筋兒 one track-minded.

別跟他較勁了。他一根筋，你還不知道？

Stop reasoning with him. Don’t you know he is one track-minded?

2.出眾的人 a lulu

要說漂亮，我們公司新來的秘書可算是個相貌出眾的女孩子了。

Talking about being pretty, our company’s new secretary is indeed a lulu.

3.兩面派 two-faced

我知道怎樣對付兩面派，而且一眼就能看出誰是一貫兩面討好的人。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指人兩面討好，不得罪任何一方的做法。)

4．傻大個兒 a lummox

聽說那個傻大個兒把他們公司的買賣搞得一團糟。

It is said that the lummox has loused up their company’s whole business.

5.收破爛兒的人 a rag man

那些收破爛兒的人走街串戶，有時也能掙不少錢。

Those rag men going from door to door sometimes may also earn quite a handsome sum of money.

6.鄉巴佬 a hayseed

她說她決不會嫁給一個鄉巴佬，不管他多有錢。

She insisted that she would not marry herself off to a hayseed, no matter how rich he was.

7.不三不四的人riff-raffs

老張的家里總來些不三不四的人，可想而知老張不是什么好東西。

There are always riff-raffs hanging around in LaoZhang’s home, which gives you the feeling that Lao Zhang is not a good guy.

8.受氣包兒 doormat

她天生就是個受氣包兒，什么事都不敢說個不字

She’s born doormat ,afraid of going against anything.

9.面無表情的人 a deadpan

和那些面無表情的人在一起工作真讓人憋氣。

You feel choked to work with those deadpans.

10.掃帚星 a jinx

有人說那個女人是個掃帚星，誰跟她結婚誰倒霉。

She’s said to be a jinx, who would bring bad luck to whoever she marries.