如何地道表达：脾气和性格[转帖]

connie

1．  偷懒耍滑头 goof-off

小王总是偷懒耍滑头。上班时不是去打电话就是跑到医务室去看病。

& |* U: ]" ]( U3 F* AXiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours.

2.大动肝火  be up in arms

由于公司最近几个月销售业绩不佳，老板正在大动肝火
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) S0 S3 o# y5 M# LThe boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.
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6 O3 P* J5 z5 p* k4 e( C3.保持冷静keep cool
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" A: @/ w- A7 g0 b0 T即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静
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She can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.

4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush
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. N7 z' `) [0 F# Y4 |* x5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind

6 g6 L# }) O$ K% Z' c8 C7 b她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。

! X  E. `3 g  i) f. H* oShe always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt.

* j/ d. a6 f5 w# {$ m, C1 t6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place

他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。

) N' |' U  J1 L4 H' JHe doesn’t have his heart in the right place. He would find every opportunity to stab in the back of others.
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7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back
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7 ~5 J4 f: b0 i( B- G( k6 i我万万没想到张某会在背后捅我一刀。我过去太信任她了。

I was taken aback and didn’t think Zhang would stab me in the back. I placed too much trust in her.
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8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

我从来没说过任何人的坏话。
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8 u- D$ p; W2 |I’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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+ S7 Y8 a9 G$ t" i9 i7 w9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat
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. A% ?5 S4 @: |$ Q$ @& B她真是个傻帽，时常无缘无故的就傻笑起来。

* i; W1 _: o7 q/ jShe’s a real nitwit. She would now and then burst out grinning like a Cheshire car for no reason at all.(Cheshire是英国的郡名：柴郡。据说此地有一种猫，常常会无缘无故地咧开嘴对主人笑。后来人们便以此来形容傻笑地的人
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5 a* F7 y& V- E# L9 D! D10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do
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8 d, g) \. \. x$ `你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？
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9 m  H& e$ ~! ZHow can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?
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7 E! x* r2 O. N' q- p% Y11.大献殷勤dance attendance

4 w& Q! J* ?) _- ~, j小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。
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Xiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.

& T9 I; N/ z; }- t12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue

$ K0 I, k) s6 D- I( O5 `# e千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。

Take care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue.
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13.假惺惺的说speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek

我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。
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I feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek.
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14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.

人都是这山望着那山高，对自己的状况没有满意的时候。
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Almost all people see that the grass is greener on the other hill. They never feel satisfied with what they’ve already got.

15.上瘾get into one’s blood

/ I; D/ ~5 |' ]0 w说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。
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It’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.

16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense

; ?: E- L3 ^8 J0 Y17.发牢骚 beef
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他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。
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& h& J( Y# H' RI’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.

) B0 k- A5 A- X) W& N18.等不及了 champ at the bit
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咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。

Let’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.

- g# r" N) q! ]19.点头哈腰bow and scrape

6 V/ I6 N/ d9 R4 C0 m6 A从她在老板前点头哈腰地那个模样，你就知道她是个什么人了。

From the way she’s bowing and scraping in front of the boss, you’ll know what sort of person she is.
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) J  q: p$ D5 b9 ~4 M3 p# Y20.疯疯癫癫go gaga
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& a5 O' ~$ r7 z7 M对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。
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' ?# y, `! R: D# A. Z$ M0 cDon’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.

  F# i2 u  u# b* T/ w# _; `, y21.说话不算数go back on one’s words
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7 Y" ]# T: p4 n  D/ o- g他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。
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We cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.

22.废话连篇beat one’s gums

2 k3 J7 s. X! C* }" b* M谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？

Who would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?

, N$ o6 Q( K  j7 d23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one

你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？

Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?

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如果我是你，我可不忍心把孩子们就在家里没人照看

If I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.
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7 {1 s( F3 X4 C" G. ~6 Z25.勤快an eager beaver

他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。
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6 v+ \# q, x6 ^( u& yHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.

26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing

6 d: J3 M6 H  j  c7 v9 D你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲
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The idea of your calling your mum damned!

27.懒透了be bone-idle
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她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。

* u' |2 ?+ }3 u" OShe’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.

$ E5 _+ H. c3 R. [9 R; ~, a9 u28.好客 keep open house
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我们的邻居特别好客
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$ n9 @9 Z/ S& ^9 e8 J* xOur neighbor keeps open house.
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29.待客周到keep a good house.

* S0 \: L$ q* |! O. K6 PShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.

" J0 _+ p! I9 j. s1 S# U5 D30.正直be on the up and up

* H/ ^2 ~9 R# {( d7 A3 S6 I5 @  j她是个正直的姑娘，因此我相信她不会干出那种事。
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She’s always been on the up and up and I don’t think she would have done such a thing.
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31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly
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我们这儿的人都知道他是个爱偷鸡摸狗的人

Everyone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.
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. b+ m( w; T4 \& k- `32. 与……不合be at odds with
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6 I% g" @, U3 w  E! w) ^  Q: i不要把他们两个分在一个组里，他俩不合
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Don’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.

) w6 L$ o# F' M' }5 g33.巴结buddy up
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  |) {, @, i. E( c8 c- G' |- |她可会巴结当官的了。
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( H1 I$ y& m% c$ ~3 wShe’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities

34.装傻 play possum
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我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已

I know you were only playing possum.

35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape
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6 ^- n: l/ M, r她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱

She’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.

. f- Y4 G$ Y/ P6 T1 ^  U36. 花言巧语do a snow job

他花言巧语的哄骗那个女孩，说自己是某个部长的儿子。

# k1 v6 R+ H) j; ]He did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .

. H- F/ w0 N: e5 h4 I& ?, w37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot

' B6 O+ S# m2 S( a8 K, R你真是哪壶不开提哪壶。她就怕别人提起第三者插足的话题
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- T5 y; p$ q' c3 f% q4 ~/ eYou were plain touching the tender spot. She was most sensitive to the topic of “ the third person”, who cut in between a couple.

# L6 y3 K' z4 b38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters
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' z3 B) i# V% s我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。
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1 M: W/ \8 V& A- m3 p4 rI don’t want to serve two masers at the same time nor do I like to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.
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& I: Z# [3 C; v/ M2 N39.吃醋 be jealous

) t) Q# E; ?2 k( b+ f40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …
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- [* x+ W. i) `+ S5 b: g% j他根本就不把得罪人当回事

; y: z  O1 r$ O7 B8 E. JHe would just as soon offend other people as look at them.
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. y0 s* p; r% I) Q# E3 [41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words
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( `5 i# f- w7 r+ l他说到做到，从不食言
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+ G3 }! P: u6 h! P4 t. L" lHe’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.

& q8 U1 t% |/ X4 J42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to
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3 Y2 q6 J7 Q# ^你不必对他如此的不依不饶
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, h8 N1 O) Z4 ~) J You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.
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  f  y' @2 T2 k) T, `43.贪吃 gluttonous

我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人

: P$ f4 V8 a) ^) j" J0 r- nI’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.

9 K% Y0 s% y& ~6 u& l" E: A44.很乖 as good as gold
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His little daughter is as good as gold. She’s never been as rebellious as other children.
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45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy
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1 a& A6 W3 b4 ~' y- X$ a8 R王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒
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Mr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.

46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper

那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。

$ }$ ^3 S4 k* x0 L7 vThat guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.

47.神经过敏thin-skinned
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: g; w& w. a0 D2 G" W) E% `我看这些人都有点神经过敏
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In my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.
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48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger

1 a: t! h3 z' u8 R7 f; |$ D要不是因为你的性子过急，你也不至于失去那笔买卖
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7 @& i# O' r9 _  X; S& gIf you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.

49.撒娇 play the woman
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- R9 U/ i. n$ S: b# T/ \她可会在男人面前撒娇了。
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She ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.
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50.占人便宜 load the dice against

你最好别和她打交道，她总爱占别人的便宜

  E- v  k. y5 t7 R' z  @4 [/ mYou’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.

8 C: p( D8 A; s, _9 M* m5 I51.为自己捞油水 be on the take

6 v2 @8 u# r% _近几年来，很多官员都在为自己捞油水。有谁会把国家的利益当回事哪？
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" U) s3 c. w9 X5 t- p' mIn recent years many officials are readily on the take .Who would give much heed to the interest of the country?

connie

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水上村

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CONNIE真了不起.

connie

Haha,  是我顶帖顶得让你感叹了吧，哈哈哈:D

xry

hard job!

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