汉译英 - 副本.ppt

1、习语翻译形形色色的人w一根筋儿wOne track-mindedwStop reasoning with him.Dont you know he is one track-minded?w败家子wA black sheepwThere is a black sheep in every flock.w(每群羊都有一只黑绵羊。）w两面派wTwo-faced（当面一套，背后一套）wI know how to handle two-faced people and can even tell at the first glance who are in the habit of running w

2、ith the hare and hunting with the hounds.（两面讨好）w多面手wJack-of-all-tradeswXiao li is a jack-of-all-trades.She is marvelous at a range of things,such as cooking,knitting,typing and repairing things.w没有坏心眼的人wThe salt of the earthwJim is really the salt of the earth.He has neither lied to nor harmed anyon

3、e.w马屁精wan apple-polisherwShes a real apple-polisher for the way she is crawling around the boss and making eyes at him.w胆小鬼wA chicken guywJack is a chicken guy who dares not make a solid move at anything.w乡巴佬wA hayseed/country bumpkin(土包子，土老帽，贬）wShe insisted that she would not marry herself off to a

4、 hayseed,no matter how rich he was.w当二把手wPlay second fiddlewI feel it worth playing second fiddle to Mr.Wang.He is so capable.wSecond hand(二手的、间接的，用过的）w受气包wDoormatwShe is born doormat,afraid of going against anything.w骨瘦如柴wBe all bones/a bag of boneswWho will be interested in a girl like her?She is

5、all bones.wAll ears/all thumbs(笨手笨脚）w面无表情的人wA deadpan/poker-facedwYou feel choked to work with those deadpans.老古董 A stick-in-the-mud you may regard my husband as a stick-in-the-mud,but on my part I like his personality of that kind.w扫帚星wA jinxwShe is said to be a jinx who would bring bad luck to who

6、ever she marries.w耍滑头wGoof-off(吊儿郎当、游手好闲）wStop goofing-off and get down to work!w背后捅刀子wStab(刺）in the backwI was taken aback(惊吓、迷惑）and didnt think Zhang would stab me in the back.w说某人的坏话wBadmouth somebody/speak evil of somebodywIve never badmouthed anyone.w说话不算数wGo back on ones wordswNot keep ones wo

7、rdswEat ones wordsw收回自己说过的话w这山望着那山高wThe grass is always greener on the other hill.w特别爱生气wBe quick to take offensewYou must be careful of what you say to her.She is quick to take offense.w上瘾wGet into ones bloodwIt is funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.w发牢骚wBeefwI am really tire

8、d of his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.w点头哈腰wBow and scrape(刮，擦）wFrom the way she is bowing and scraping in front of the boss,you will know what sort of person she is.w哪壶不开提哪壶wTouch the tender spotwYou were touching the tender spot.She was most sensitive to the topic of“the third person”wh

9、o cut in between a couple.w脚踩两只船wServe two mastersw撒娇wPlay the womanwShe is so good at playing the woman before men.w掌上明珠wThe apple of someones eyewShe is the apple of her grandpas eye.w美中不足wA fly in the ointmentwI like the house,but there is a fly in the ointment：have to commute(交换）so far to work.w

10、次品wA lemonwNot until several days later did he find the car he bought was a lemon.w喝多了wHave one(杯子）too manywHe must seem to have had one too many.Youd better walk him home.w事情的真相wWhats whatwGive me a call and tell me as soon as you have got the whats what.w骑到某人脖子上wWalk all over someonewDont appear t

11、o be inferior to him,or he will walk all over you.w请示上边儿wAsk the top kick(拥有决定权的人）wI cant decide on it personally.I have to ask the top kick.w抓阄儿wDraw strawswLets draw straws to see who goes first.眼中钉 A thorn in someones flesh I wonder why I become a thorn in their flesh.I ve never harmed them.w吃闭门羹wTo a locked doorwI went to see him yesterday,but unfortunately I was to a locked door.