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1． 偷懒耍滑头 goof-off/ `" C. a/ k9 j: |+ p
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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。
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XiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours.
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2.大动肝火 be up in arms ) @) e, F4 W* j' ]3 F1 H1 ^; O: j
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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.+ Q. p% r; E& n; U# [
+ G5 n+ i" l: I$ D6 r' p. u3.保持冷静keep cool
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7 V6 M, c. A! \- {% u! k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.5 n; n$ f& V% I% G+ p7 m
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4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush
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5.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 。( N8 o8 G L8 A( `; i
$ Q' N4 n% j; W6 k9 V) x3 ZShe always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt.
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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。6 F5 r- b+ i* f8 ~( _7 n5 F# W* z
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He 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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* I; }( N4 u% F; o& _3 e- R' w7 D7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back
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. Y# M/ @, V# S3 g7 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。
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# F0 y- i0 R6 T8 b9 g8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody3 g: l% l/ G+ j; Q. D t
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我从来没说过任何人的坏话。3 D# @' w' _! a3 h+ S0 o& O
4 ]& x4 P4 e V# Z# G) ZI’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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3 k5 J- F9 m7 E- q; x% r# x9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat
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她真是个傻帽，时常无缘无故的就傻笑起来。1 P5 e* k" H4 Z) I6 |" |
: i" ? W* o" DShe’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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10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do
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$ l+ A9 M1 S0 w6 d# C8 K" A你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？
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How can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?- Y+ k8 T) ]* E0 [
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11.大献殷勤dance attendance6 z% q+ d/ o( B
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小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。+ D) f; g, x& @ E! P' ?1 j
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Xiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.
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千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。
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/ A* p9 i8 u6 z8 c4 O7 l$ y; TTake care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue.+ _9 j+ p4 [; z2 f' Y U6 `
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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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Y8 e7 ]* l. MI feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek.7 S6 K4 ?+ ^, A% Y9 v( U
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14.这山望着那山高 The grass is always greener on the other hill.
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人都是这山望着那山高，对自己的状况没有满意的时候。6 \& j2 f. [7 m7 \
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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.
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15.上瘾get into one’s blood ' X5 e3 N9 k/ k- O" e; c! t
" T4 |- b P- n( [" A说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。
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" V7 f& |5 g. C. H; _: o6 D4 \It’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.& S" Y) d( v9 ^( T E) U, [( k$ u
" [0 u4 I+ |, ^0 h2 E9 C3 G16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense! I8 G, s+ u+ T6 H7 b3 }
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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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0 G% p" J3 E5 g5 LI’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.
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18.等不及了 champ at the bit2 i( G5 b% M" l {' ]9 [/ J# z
9 Q7 v$ p. N6 N0 L( v+ ^9 z1 l咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。
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7 m- r, |. T; G) ~* ~Let’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.. K- t/ i; A. w6 ^2 {8 g
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19.点头哈腰bow and scrape
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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。! ~% E1 E" ~0 o1 T; {, ^/ q1 k
1 k4 L# Y8 k3 X9 v6 o; l% NFrom the way she’s bowing and scraping in front of the boss, you’ll know what sort of person she is.0 {; h/ i; W4 _8 m" U* [, ~
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20.疯疯癫癫go gaga
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对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。7 |) A; e) R2 d: v7 q- b
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Don’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.$ L1 [8 i5 p d& l/ A
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21.说话不算数go back on one’s words
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他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。4 t; @9 U& g; y* `7 I5 q
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We cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.! @+ k0 I+ B& O5 M j: ^8 y
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22.废话连篇beat one’s gums: a& v# b4 G: B! \
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谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？
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+ e- c. C: h( J8 y( m. LWho would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?
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; }( i% D- X" J+ }% s3 C$ S23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one" S+ v% j% T+ i9 t! F% G
8 Z7 L4 d3 I+ W% F* P* H# j 你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？2 Z6 v4 Z9 v. j7 q& L q0 P3 C
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Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?
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. w9 b! ]$ z; u# w( @ ~! n24.不忍心not have the heart to do
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7 h/ h0 X4 J" A( N如果我是你，我可不忍心把孩子们就在家里没人照看
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If I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.
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25.勤快an eager beaver1 L* _1 S* P# S$ b
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他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。3 `3 g( Q: D& f$ ]7 |% l
# Q% l% q& z" a0 K# ~He’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.
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26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing2 O0 N$ |- T5 y. t
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你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲% E1 m6 s+ A+ n$ R# ~* p' B
) }: g8 \& W9 G" b7 h0 rThe idea of your calling your mum damned!
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27.懒透了be bone-idle- H( U& }% a( Y; G" J
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她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。
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$ d+ B! E$ {, IShe’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.6 n: Y9 @; g9 ^7 H2 u g
7 J) c$ k, ^" h( h2 Z# Z/ r28.好客 keep open house% M3 H Z4 _. z f6 S. P
1 T3 f' d" t& U我们的邻居特别好客
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" x# w+ o1 n/ o9 |1 P; ]Our neighbor keeps open house.
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29.待客周到keep a good house.
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She keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.4 l% S1 _$ Y- h! Y
6 y$ O, m8 E4 |30.正直be on the up and up ) T( z9 E3 [1 L9 `% q* K
& n* o4 k4 E* d2 m她是个正直的姑娘，因此我相信她不会干出那种事。- A* f: n I/ t3 j% R! B a
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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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! Z) T* ^4 ?/ s/ w. F3 N31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly8 x& v$ A3 {2 ~8 l( k. q0 Z
- T! i) O9 n# c: J! ^我们这儿的人都知道他是个爱偷鸡摸狗的人+ @) R/ P0 ?, |- A3 Y3 u& z/ C0 ~
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Everyone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.' I5 ^2 i: i/ {- N. i. U
) `5 W& N! S3 g+ f2 L$ U/ K! B32. 与……不合be at odds with1 l4 d# ^/ u" _5 ?( |5 B: `3 Y
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不要把他们两个分在一个组里，他俩不合/ d6 h: g& I @7 r; N
4 L" N, s, k X3 a0 M9 yDon’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.
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; `3 X' G; F, g33.巴结buddy up7 b! H* U1 c5 r& T: l/ [# H q
; O; V6 v( Q3 K她可会巴结当官的了。
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She’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities
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34.装傻 play possum q/ L0 I, I* q; s) l1 ^% q8 r+ h
5 l3 f7 \0 T% s. ~我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已; l- h# ~+ _1 r) `. w/ X$ D
9 C% b3 L: v' f+ y( K/ t) ?( hI know you were only playing possum.
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35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape
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' F( S* y' ?) u她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱
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9 h p/ f9 I# i K3 p) pShe’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.# I4 ~: R% K% J5 V4 E; e
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36. 花言巧语do a snow job
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他花言巧语的哄骗那个女孩，说自己是某个部长的儿子。( M5 z/ t8 c' a& ?$ T
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He did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .
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( O$ X, e- ?; O6 g/ B" W37. 哪壶不开提哪壶 touch the tender spot- R* o* J& N& t1 E4 F, a
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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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7 q, B2 L4 m" b% wYou were plain touching the tender spot. She was most sensitive to the topic of “ the third person”, who cut in between a couple.( p9 R$ i* ^+ D
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38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters
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- P7 T; x d0 v1 ~" U我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。* c7 ~* l" l% \* o, e
2 S6 y# T* T! ^; @) v4 d2 k- y* H5 r6 a4 }I 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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40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …
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. Z8 T; [4 `; G' i9 e; ~他根本就不把得罪人当回事1 G; L/ k8 P! D% O! U0 M2 P
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He would just as soon offend other people as look at them.
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3 i$ _5 @9 b+ O: B1 p5 JHe’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.
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2 w6 o" B3 X- A# C' R; P你不必对他如此的不依不饶8 h% w- b: e7 q2 ]
# o: |( A7 {/ Y; \5 c You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.
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43.贪吃 gluttonous
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5 }- t/ p2 i* d5 B: S我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人 8 @* W& q, c( `* N0 Q; d
1 [, h5 H8 U. o+ x2 W; BI’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.8 S& |5 y* w( H B3 c
3 ^. z1 B+ ~$ z' r" ^- R* O' ]44.很乖 as good as gold
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( r3 s, s( O' D7 p ~His little daughter is as good as gold. She’s never been as rebellious as other children.
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& v* ^8 Q2 x1 x' S B* L! Q45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy- L1 Y! i# M/ Z
0 `, X9 \* c7 F2 U1 h( _' t% G王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒- O0 `" G) k) U0 s
6 T& }9 w$ A$ bMr. 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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: Q7 \$ I0 n" G9 W/ n那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。
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) O" x+ f. S. i) x: W# ZThat guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.
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( ~9 G* R! I9 v& ^9 P48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger
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If you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.
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' y. ]8 _& W9 E& k49.撒娇 play the woman
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她可会在男人面前撒娇了。5 w: @0 R5 d. b- i1 X
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/ }+ a5 l* n, J8 R' r. L4 x( g50.占人便宜 load the dice against
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j4 w: _4 S6 m" d L你最好别和她打交道，她总爱占别人的便宜3 n1 C' V/ u; u/ I9 Q1 M- p* ?4 G
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You’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.
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# o2 m; W5 J; c& U Y0 P( D51.为自己捞油水 be on the take
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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？$ @7 c8 m7 [* C9 z& ` `
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