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1． 偷懒耍滑头 goof-off
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7 o# N. Y* u) g( Y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。8 S& V! h" D) C' K( K. ]
6 N: e7 R% B' [# UXiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours.
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! {1 @) X0 ]. \2 e c: w, x2.大动肝火 be up in arms + z5 _- G7 ]0 o# |, o
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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3 b. a2 f8 q% u2 W2 f+ g
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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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6 \" k. q4 d( C4 _6 B# G# _& G3.保持冷静keep cool0 ~4 C# w7 }2 k+ o' s6 p, q7 N1 S2 p% j
2 K4 ?' q3 e+ j* R即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静 _( {$ P4 h& S% }$ {4 q" [! I
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She can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.6 t: r/ i4 M' y: K1 D$ p
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4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush
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6 L0 U% {+ k! ]5 ^1 m$ o) o5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind# X/ J0 s4 i' [" z1 c# a6 L- u' n3 b
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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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! S3 J/ ]! |6 WShe always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt.
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0 l9 x: F, o- `( @6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place $ M( {3 B. g* C9 l( O& f
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他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。% B8 I4 t! O; K4 c
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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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$ |. V7 |5 @$ Z7.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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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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4 d: n; a! i9 U. H4 _! e% V8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody, L: H3 T. J4 e& g. V$ q S
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I’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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9.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。, f4 k6 J+ Z% r
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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/ m+ T) Q2 H; h" J
o6 r* _0 W* [8 G10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do
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你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？
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/ h9 ^) e6 A w8 }How can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?
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9 L8 i2 U1 j* G3 I7 F/ Q$ o ]11.大献殷勤dance attendance( Y0 B" Q9 Q+ n* U, ^" e8 G
9 s. V5 S; b! x2 p5 k" t: o小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。
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/ a: l6 W/ z" N- U; i/ H/ Z& D& zXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.. ^. c) B# F- c
4 b6 B2 b+ a$ L1 w- F8 i3 g! k$ c* T12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue
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千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。1 g, A# g$ P; w% P/ s
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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) }- u- C. p9 i* [9 u$ l
: b9 c; I6 e5 D, U/ A# G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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- a6 k4 @5 [6 a! h5 @3 I14.这山望着那山高 The grass is always greener on the other hill. u. P$ Y( d% R. k, Q# `
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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。
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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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8 k. i4 A% J. ?( V! q15.上瘾get into one’s blood
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( @7 O4 H; M- z# U$ X说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。
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* \8 R1 i% y* d; K16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense
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& _7 h) ~, h0 H: `17.发牢骚 beef; ]1 ], j/ w8 V, C9 e4 k; t4 G
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他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。0 H/ S5 U K9 s- F1 c" T# h2 r
* r S! Q9 M7 vI’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.3 }1 }2 U6 D, C! S; ?
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18.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。! Z% v' u; ]! O( h6 @% `% Z
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Let’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.
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, T2 Y2 I) B8 N5 u- J( w" \19.点头哈腰bow and scrape/ b0 I# p) Y' X" o, p- U
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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。( k: q! v# }/ \5 @
4 f5 Z) a, ~! ]2 T+ Q* T; d( c. p" rFrom 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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. x8 [3 X4 R& I& h20.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。
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Don’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.: @; u. Z& V8 t! x# a/ s
/ @) J. v9 ]# ~/ q- X+ t! E( ?21.说话不算数go back on one’s words3 f! f7 \ ?! g3 ^' p, B% R
/ _# ~; D& a& r% ?& k8 w他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。2 o4 C0 B) E7 n Q
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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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% q! `8 N5 b1 \$ }; k1 W: E( k谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？9 B! P: `. [! N: ?- e
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Who would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?$ S- b2 Y' }$ [8 w4 b
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23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one7 j1 q8 v2 i; \& }8 P1 n4 c3 z3 D
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你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？: ?: S; w- F) C2 K5 a
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Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?1 f- i" M6 e! h' ~3 }
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0 k! J0 {# o2 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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. H5 [, o: D! r% t, q+ S25.勤快an eager beaver
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3 y+ ]+ U7 Y+ m, I- O5 ]' a他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。
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He’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.: B3 Z/ W8 _- v
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26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing7 T' r s5 i* k. T# w" N i* _
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The idea of your calling your mum damned!
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5 ?) i1 N# E8 Y27.懒透了be bone-idle
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她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。
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She’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks./ v# ?; X4 _4 o* C
8 y. R8 Y& w+ d$ s2 c3 u28.好客 keep open house1 j& ]( ~ n- \+ ~5 P; r
3 j5 f9 P/ W6 V1 c+ V我们的邻居特别好客
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% F* c; x6 q) O$ C' {2 UOur neighbor keeps open house.
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. f9 |, ?7 e0 \29.待客周到keep a good house. ]$ V' d+ o. ^2 d
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She keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.0 F; u" H$ j4 t: V6 z' C* ^
9 v# U7 @" y7 u. Z& e/ M3 E30.正直be on the up and up
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$ u+ ]* U. N' o, f, h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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~+ R' A$ k2 p* J% JShe’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* B' Z, a) b8 S+ b1 }2 L' _$ F" e {
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我们这儿的人都知道他是个爱偷鸡摸狗的人
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, x0 c* D5 m: ?1 q- h6 u( zEveryone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly./ Z6 B5 y3 w' Y: y- K( [
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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$ } X7 o% e( C8 b7 q, _
+ ], Q6 s* A' C8 u% q+ VDon’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.
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1 g8 w* H& l- K) ~$ }33.巴结buddy up9 k9 k J0 N$ b" C7 X& Z, ^7 K
) L& q' G! o& A4 y5 p! V, W- y& e她可会巴结当官的了。+ z/ ~ e% B& `; l$ h
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34.装傻 play possum5 i' V0 S- O# [( F7 f% Q
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我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已
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I know you were only playing possum.
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35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape. j3 O- w' ` B( ] |% g
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她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱' q9 R6 L6 l9 L6 M9 L( {" x
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She’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.
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36. 花言巧语do a snow job
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8 `3 }! K7 ]* `, a) A x1 p他花言巧语的哄骗那个女孩，说自己是某个部长的儿子。9 I1 m! o$ V- O9 o3 ?
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" o5 Q0 U1 C9 {! C4 `37. 哪壶不开提哪壶 touch the tender spot
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: i6 W+ ^1 ~3 l- m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2 o( N9 T- W7 \0 U9 b, {
4 h% K3 y6 s% t% R( P/ m. |, lYou were plain touching the tender spot. She was most sensitive to the topic of “ the third person”, who cut in between a couple.
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2 n$ k9 M3 I+ a$ \4 C% ?$ [/ J6 R38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters
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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.3 t3 b% s" j, t/ F
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39.吃醋 be jealous* o- G4 M& q# t7 w2 b9 W" L* L
2 ?' d, V6 Z1 I40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …
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他根本就不把得罪人当回事. x0 a3 S# q: O- _( ^
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1 |) u+ D- C# g41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words! a2 u' |+ K9 ~ W3 l9 c
' ], S0 l' `0 [: C V他说到做到，从不食言
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He’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.
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8 n% \* [1 A0 n/ D$ Q7 `! I You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.6 B* b# ^5 G. \' q
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43.贪吃 gluttonous7 [% @; X2 J& m. J
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我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人 J2 p# m1 ~+ {. f
- Z/ s9 L) k7 HI’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.
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44.很乖 as good as gold5 e( H" n* |7 t# ~: o* O
( E# S9 y* n' g- g5 t1 P. t他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。
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( \2 g, \5 ~7 g' @# vHis little daughter is as good as gold. She’s never been as rebellious as other children.
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: x- _6 o7 S4 G. F- F45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy' T0 z" G# d1 @: K5 B
, m- u* l: y# G o& {/ v* s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.
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46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper
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47.神经过敏thin-skinned, ~' q* r p6 w% V, x8 K
5 |8 t) R( ] K+ F我看这些人都有点神经过敏
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6 f& [5 n6 z J2 {5 ~" D! w/ }4 k6 {& HIn my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.3 I, ~; T8 e/ ? n# E# i9 e @
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48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger
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' Q: S* g' E i: z! }& c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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4 r5 ]+ f2 t# Q7 ?+ h& lIf you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.' H) x1 T% G# \* A2 {- P
: P- u+ D( N; e7 \1 [( f( h0 }49.撒娇 play the woman7 e* {7 a! n6 L- x
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/ E9 d( t1 q( Z( W0 YShe ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.
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50.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; d7 t, q p/ ~ w# X; b
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You’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.
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4 t. D; w3 ]3 z/ ^# @0 Y# Z51.为自己捞油水 be on the take 6 @2 C* R: ~. p8 P; M5 s: n
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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？( ]8 m+ o9 m3 E2 \8 y- j
. ^1 H$ I$ f- I5 HIn recent years many officials are readily on the take .Who would give much heed to the interest of the country? |
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