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。
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0 U( f+ G" `+ ]8 j! x; L: mXiaoWang’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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- m% w& i* N. y, DThe boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.
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3.保持冷静keep cool
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即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静

9 s9 k% j0 l# U+ c1 oShe can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.
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4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

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 。

/ \2 U2 N7 t7 p2 QShe 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

4 c- ]% r# @  l$ U3 b; f. y他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。
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0 m' ]3 n5 S7 o2 YHe 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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4 B# e# K8 ~" e( @7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back

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.

0 o: H4 V8 `9 U' l9 b! q6 V8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

! r1 `4 M& M& y) t* x我从来没说过任何人的坏话。
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I’ve never badmouthed anyone.

9 W& q( T+ g# q2 A9.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。

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
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* M; c5 y" S6 h2 E$ A3 X10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do

" A' M' J1 N/ H/ I7 D  q) R* I你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？
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$ \: d1 {6 K$ J$ }+ {( jHow can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?
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11.大献殷勤dance attendance
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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.
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12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue

3 j% W, P. m( U4 H) o( a# d0 d千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。
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Take care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue.

13.假惺惺的说speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek

6 A! X' ^$ e) p, V& `- ^我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。

I feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek.
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, z' l$ v  J3 t: H. z14.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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/ H+ z7 X3 s: S' h6 QAlmost 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
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说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。

$ q2 B/ Z; ]3 K# YIt’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.
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5 O$ G3 J" d: k! T16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense

( q7 [7 n0 n# t. K, O17.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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" |1 c5 _! Y) Y& x4 Q. ?- ^4 TI’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.
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5 F  B; G  L! X3 b! Y. I4 [& G18.等不及了 champ at the bit
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% E  M$ T4 a4 `' e, P8 M0 |咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。

; x* S0 T4 U% r& f; Z& |Let’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.
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& Z( r: Q( v  L: }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.

20.疯疯癫癫go gaga
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# T- |9 E4 n$ g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.
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4 x* @; M4 d: v8 T) e21.说话不算数go back on one’s words
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5 o% W2 h# N+ u5 g" F: V5 @他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。

We cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.

22.废话连篇beat one’s gums

! V, J: l3 V' m4 f8 V+ r- G' y谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？
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  _; U9 y9 b+ o/ L! jWho would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?

& E5 F+ W8 P! ?% i6 T23.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？

7 p$ j) }( H5 k7 d- E& Z# ] Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?

24.不忍心not have the heart to do

4 d; @4 P/ i, j% ^# f# h) t/ D/ K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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25.勤快an eager beaver
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他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。

He’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.
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26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing

* V3 c% G' F6 ]0 Q6 K2 p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

她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。

5 q2 u  V1 s  u* u1 d1 }3 m7 l2 t" zShe’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.

3 D! N2 i; F. }; ^: T28.好客 keep open house

我们的邻居特别好客

Our neighbor keeps open house.
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' x  @  M! `. O4 m% W29.待客周到keep a good house.

. }1 R0 a3 w9 N  i) E) x( U6 wShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.

30.正直be on the up and up
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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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8 _2 c! b2 F- J/ [& a" PShe’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

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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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
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8 `) O$ r  h2 n9 k+ |Don’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.

33.巴结buddy up

, R& F5 j' A) 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

我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已

7 z0 r' r, \7 K# N5 \2 W6 |0 K7 SI know you were only playing possum.

0 `5 I; n: ]- o2 w35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape

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.

2 R' a' r) h& ^) c. k( w36. 花言巧语do a snow job
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" @, [  G) b' E* g+ G他花言巧语的哄骗那个女孩，说自己是某个部长的儿子。
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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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37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot
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1 {% O3 a- F8 {' q" J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 D' O% I& f7 wYou 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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38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters
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我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。

3 w( C; f6 y8 c6 s% ~0 FI 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 …
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0 B3 w( {0 Y! v: r他根本就不把得罪人当回事

* k6 z7 L7 I- ]$ O" }% xHe would just as soon offend other people as look at them.

6 C0 S6 Q( P, h: p7 Q  Q2 i! Q41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words

他说到做到，从不食言
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. Y3 r) t4 o1 e! }8 ]  x& b" UHe’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.

42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to

* M  T6 ^: K% `你不必对他如此的不依不饶
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1 c! b5 E+ \6 F0 \ You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.
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4 p4 V- T- h1 a# @& Z- G43.贪吃 gluttonous

/ z( E1 q' X6 i# P" b; ^2 W我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人
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% i& K" h: r) vI’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.
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8 V. y1 V( W# K- r  X44.很乖 as good as gold
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, [% e$ |) [+ C( c他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。

. |5 k7 `0 Y* fHis 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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! ~. o6 |9 R6 m0 Z" P, c0 L1 n1 C王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒

Mr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.
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  V. B0 H: k8 a8 V" a/ d" X46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper

! N/ ^3 I2 R- s那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。
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That guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.
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47.神经过敏thin-skinned

我看这些人都有点神经过敏

  ^% n: S' X% C& \1 i* u; v7 oIn my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.

48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger

要不是因为你的性子过急，你也不至于失去那笔买卖

0 O3 y& H( G3 d8 _; aIf you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.

, |: o" i% P6 a7 q8 @49.撒娇 play the woman

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
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% Y1 S/ `0 |. D( M' o2 l. Y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.

1 V$ @( x1 _4 o/ L4 z) I  I% `51.为自己捞油水 be on the take

& \4 [& U# z+ Q+ b2 I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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In 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

Haha,  是我顶帖顶得让你感叹了吧，哈哈哈:D

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