1．李明是个败家子。
li ming is the black sheep of his family.
2．她是个天生爱哭的人。
shes a natural crier.
3．他真是个不知羞耻的家伙。
hes really a law-down dirty shame.
4．他可是个乐天派，整天无忧无虑的。
hes good-time charlie, feeling no worries and anxieties.
5．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.
6．他已绞尽了脑汁。
he had racked his brain.
7．他可是个有头脑的人。
hes a brain.
8．李明非常能干。
li ming has a lot on the ball.
9．你刚刚提到的那个作家只是个有名无实的人。
the man youve just mentioned is but a poor apology for a writer.
10．他真的太没骨气了。
he really has no guts1.
11．昙花一现
a flash in the pan
12．他对保险业务一窍不通。
he doesnt know beans about insurance business at all.
13．她非常勇敢，但终因寡敌不过众，被那帮人打晕过去。
the girl was brave enough, but as being outnumbered,she was finally knocked into the middle of next week by the gang.
14．他喜欢单枪匹马地去干。
he always likes to play a lone2 hand.
15．他刚开始就出师不利。
he got off on the wrong foot when he started doing it.
16．你还嫩点儿。
youre still wet behind the ears.
17．她的饭量特别小。
she eats like a bird.
18．那个孩子的嘴特别硬。
that boy never says uncle.
19．大家队占上风。
our team gained the upper hand.
20．你中圈套了。
you rose to the bait.
21．你骗不了我。
im from missouri.
22．见机行事
play to the score.
23．一定有人唆使他去干那件事。
there must be someone who had put him up to that.
24．他不是不想帮你，而是他力不从心。
it's not that he doesn't like to help, but that the spirit is willing,
but the flesh is week。
25．事到现在，大家也只好听其自然了。
with things as such, we'll have to let things slide.
26．这几天不知是啥事把我搞得心烦意乱的。
i don't know what has set my nerves on edge these days.
27．让过去的事过去吧，大家还是好朋友。
lit bygones be bygones. we are still friends.
28．昨天晚上好险哪。 老板同一个女员工在办公室动手工脚的，差一点儿让他的老婆给撞上。
the boss hasd narrow squeak3 last night in his office，his spooning with
a girl clerk was almost found out by his wife.
29．这场旱灾是百年不遇的。
this draught4 occurs once in a blue moon.
30．算了吧。
i's call it quits.
31．她的嘴非常紧。
she's tight-mouthed.
32．别跟我瞎吹了，我又不是不知道你底细。
no big talk with me. i have your number.
33．玲玲是她爷爷的掌上明珠。
ling ling is the apple of her grandpa's eye.
34．杰克体形匀称，个头儿适中，一双大双眼炯炯有神 ，成了很多女生追求的目的。
jack5, with a body well-proportioned, about the middling, a pair of intense big eyes, has become the traget of many pretty girls.
35．从人口数目方面讲，印度仅次于中国。
talking about the size of population, india is next only to china.
36．我可不想白吃白喝其他人。
i wouldn't freeload.
37．对牛弹琴
casting pearls before swine.
38．我不了解。那只不过我瞎猜的。
i didn't know. i was only a shot in the dark.
39．他们开车到外面兜风去了。
they drove the car and went out for a spin.
40．你为何总拿其他人高兴？
why should you always like to rib6 others?