如何地道表达：脾气和性格[转帖]

connie

1．  偷懒耍滑头 goof-off

9 E- B! Z! ^" F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。

1 k7 ^& R6 k' d1 T: P1 Y& p: u) _XiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours.

3 a, f6 Y. @7 W! A! G$ D. m* {2.大动肝火  be up in arms

2 z" r# f7 G) ^9 w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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The boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.
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) A0 Y! h6 |% @0 S" |" k9 T) u3.保持冷静keep cool

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.
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4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

2 d& T9 b( E" C! G5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind
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她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。
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She always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt.

6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place
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他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。
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# ~6 ^. [; x# [7 V  z; fHe doesn’t have his heart in the right place. He would find every opportunity to stab in the back of others.

* m* h! t8 U" K' e. j4 n7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back
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我万万没想到张某会在背后捅我一刀。我过去太信任她了。
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# f5 j2 K- e4 E# N" m9 z5 ^1 {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
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  M( N9 W  V! f" j我从来没说过任何人的坏话。
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  l0 T7 r! ]$ i4 S  jI’ve never badmouthed anyone.

8 L4 l; Y( Y% _9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat
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$ h; U4 Y: n0 P( u她真是个傻帽，时常无缘无故的就傻笑起来。

She’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

8 b: e1 D' n8 G- ?10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do

你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？

* ~) I$ I7 |3 c/ XHow can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?
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11.大献殷勤dance attendance

6 m+ H# q! k3 w+ j* O小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。

2 e3 d5 t8 k6 \5 B' _Xiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.
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7 J3 R) `! V! A9 i! R- G  k/ x12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue

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
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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.

+ G* ~; \( S2 y( `/ {% u14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.
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9 o. Z6 q! M$ C8 V: R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
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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.

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. f! L* `8 }/ _17.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。

I’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.

8 B3 O6 }, D- a4 e- k1 m3 m18.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。
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  ~! T  ]2 M( K; F$ k/ OLet’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.
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19.点头哈腰bow and scrape

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.

. I3 [, q7 x- Y/ C; T$ a20.疯疯癫癫go gaga
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0 X* d6 w8 }1 K+ Y$ N对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。
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" ^9 C+ R4 C* pDon’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.
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& d  V+ I5 o" c) ~3 f21.说话不算数go back on one’s words
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; b( p8 o' k) y( a; p+ I) C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.
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22.废话连篇beat one’s gums

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Who would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?
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  {9 d4 w4 b# I( e7 ]23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one
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你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？

; N- v1 y& s; k2 x0 w) S- [ Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?
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. |+ G) r; z' w24.不忍心not have the heart to do
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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.

25.勤快an eager beaver
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他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。

0 X4 P% Y% x3 H  \$ e& z' L+ u7 RHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.

26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing

你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲

The idea of your calling your mum damned!
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27.懒透了be bone-idle
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2 j8 G; A/ [7 U' H" B, V7 ^她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。

She’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.

28.好客 keep open house
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我们的邻居特别好客
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" Y' O# k/ @/ L! g9 i# s+ HOur neighbor keeps open house.

) e" x/ C/ h3 |4 v& n& S29.待客周到keep a good house.
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9 k/ B& D* F) L3 x, l  E5 XShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.
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30.正直be on the up and up

8 j# E" L& z8 d% z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.

31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly
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' ^- G! G3 R9 ]我们这儿的人都知道他是个爱偷鸡摸狗的人
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Everyone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.
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32. 与……不合be at odds with
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不要把他们两个分在一个组里，他俩不合

  m4 |- f1 ^' I/ eDon’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.
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33.巴结buddy up
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她可会巴结当官的了。
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She’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities

34.装傻 play possum
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# k2 P) S. }! A. S% n: d7 N/ U% m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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4 h  @- C" e; J! o# t9 f她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱
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She’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.

" S+ ]2 d5 U( M! X36. 花言巧语do a snow job

$ l' V* g5 F+ C8 C; N( j5 X他花言巧语的哄骗那个女孩，说自己是某个部长的儿子。

He did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .

% I! L9 t9 C. M- m6 e1 {37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot

7 g+ P) q( s% K& ^, X- k; Y# _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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" W- k6 w8 ?. F& P+ c; O, `You were plain touching the tender spot. She was most sensitive to the topic of “ the third person”, who cut in between a couple.

38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters

/ a6 B; J3 g9 M9 }7 V" g1 {' A我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。

  ?" B# v& \' `! H. ^+ Y) jI 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.

39.吃醋 be jealous
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40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …

+ c; ?( I9 l( [$ P4 ]( u他根本就不把得罪人当回事

/ u3 r: k) o1 M. K+ BHe would just as soon offend other people as look at them.

41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words
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1 b* p  p# N/ N5 _6 L# v他说到做到，从不食言

+ X3 R- I( F8 ]He’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.
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42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to

3 n$ ~1 H0 u* w* l7 }9 e# b% S你不必对他如此的不依不饶
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You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.
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" V$ b" {" I# W43.贪吃 gluttonous

3 z- W7 I* @) I) b5 R6 R我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人

9 D4 M# e: U0 j( G$ F! N+ NI’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.
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7 }9 U$ `- h. C/ c1 t) q( i( K- ^/ J44.很乖 as good as gold
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% ]. A& H( {! G他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。

His little daughter is as good as gold. She’s never been as rebellious as other children.

45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy
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8 R5 k+ M; D! ]+ Q9 C' ^7 q- G王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒
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5 s8 [" o1 J+ e! ]3 B9 a4 i& GMr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.
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46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper
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那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。

$ \- m4 i" l$ i! @9 W7 c- }+ NThat guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.

/ W' Q: V5 w  u; H47.神经过敏thin-skinned

我看这些人都有点神经过敏

) n% b; W. i, H- c+ qIn my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.

# q* t1 \+ Z% m48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger
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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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' x- s; P9 t7 h. |0 W+ |If you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.
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49.撒娇 play the woman

她可会在男人面前撒娇了。
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) U: u9 W: c8 U& J6 mShe ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.
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, l- a- K# v: S" _8 f50.占人便宜 load the dice against
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你最好别和她打交道，她总爱占别人的便宜
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You’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.

51.为自己捞油水 be on the take
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/ @8 u  {2 N5 D1 I- l2 hIn 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!

千斤顶

let's up together!