1.他已绞尽了脑汁。
He had racked his brain.
rack--使受折磨,使痛苦。也可说wrack your brain(s)
2.这几天不知是什么事把我搞得心烦意乱的。
I don‘t know what has set my nerves on edge these days.
nerves---神经元
3.我可不愿意白吃白喝别人。
I wouldn‘t freeload.
freeloader---a person who is always accepting free food and accommodation from other people without giving them anything in exchange寄生虫
4.他们开车到外面兜风去了。
They drove the car and went out for a spin.
spin--高速驾驶
5.你为什么总拿别人开心?
Why should you always like to rib others?
rib--to laugh at sb and make jokes about them, but in a friendly way
6.新任宣传部经理的确精明干练。
The new publicity manager is really on the ball.
on the ball----to be aware of and understand what is happening and able to react quickly 敏锐,机警
7.他对保险业务一窍不通。
He doesn‘t know beans about insurance business at all.
full of beans ---having a lot of energy精力充沛
not have a bean---to have no money 不名一文
8.别跟我瞎吹了,我又不是不了解你底细。
No big talk with me. I have your number.
have(got) sb's number---to know what sb is really like and what they plan to do
9.李明是个败家子。
Li ming is the black sheep of his family.
10.她是个天生爱哭的人。
She‘s a natural crier.
11.他真是个不知羞耻的家伙。
He‘s really a law-down dirty shame.
12.他可是个乐天派,整天无忧无虑的。
He‘s good-time Charlie, feeling no worries and anxieties.
Charlie---有指人笨的意思。。。freeloader
13.论开车技术,不李和小王那真是不分上下。
In the skills of driving, Xiao Li and Xiao Wang are neck and neck.
14.他可是个有头脑的人。
He‘s a brain.
15.你刚才提到的那个作家只不过是个有名无实的人。
The man you‘ve just mentioned is but a poor apology for a writer.
16.他真的太没骨气了。
He really has no guts.
guts--the courage and determination that it takes to do sth difficult or unpleasant勇气,胆量
17.昙花一现
A flash in the pan
18.他喜欢单匹马地去干。
He always likes to play a lone hand.
19.他一开始就出师不利。
He got off on the wrong foot when he started doing it.
20.你还嫩点儿。
You‘re still wet behind the ears.
21.她的饭量特别小。
She eats like a bird.
22.那个孩子的嘴特别硬。
That boy never says uncle.
Bob's your uncle--易如反掌
23.我们队占上风。
Our team gained the upper hand.
24.你中圈套了。
You rose to the bait.
bait---诱饵
25.见机行事
Play to the score.
26.肯定有人唆使他去干那件事。
There must be someone who had put him up to that.(正式:唆使=instigate)
27.他不是不愿意帮助你,而是他心有余而力不足。
It‘s not that he doesn‘t like to help, but that the spirit is willing,
but the flesh is week.
spirit,flesh--精神,肉体
28.事到如今,我们也只好听其自然了。
With things as such, we‘ll have to let things slide.
29.这场旱灾是百年不遇的。
This draught occurs once in a blue moon.
30.算了吧。
Iet‘s call it quits.
31.她的嘴很紧。
She‘s tight-mouthed.
32.玲玲是她爷爷的掌上明珠。
LIng Ling is the apple of her grandpa‘s eye.
33.从人口数量方面讲,印度仅次于中国。
Talking about the size of population, India is next only to China.
34.我不知道。那只是我瞎猜的。
I didn‘t know. I was only a shot in the dark.
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