如何地道表达：脾气和性格[转帖]

connie

1．  偷懒耍滑头 goof-off
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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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3 W& v' `# p* z% b7 kXiaoWang’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
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% d* O0 W' j: [5 M2 V由于公司最近几个月销售业绩不佳，老板正在大动肝火

) j6 P7 }9 g9 l; 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

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

5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind

7 h2 u9 e, i7 x7 J她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。
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* ~. h! j* Z: }. ?' q) k) |She always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt.
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1 v* F6 _/ A% M6 [% Z2 P- Q6 [' S6.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。

; t( h7 f( x5 S# H# }, O/ b1 hHe 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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( q: L  w4 P+ [% d0 r7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back

( I+ B% ?8 j9 U) A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

% g# R7 j( A0 v" J我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

5 ^* h3 L" U: n4 xI’ve never badmouthed anyone.

9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat

2 y1 I' z+ T2 }4 V8 E. ]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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  V. n5 f0 J; B4 y5 d$ D10．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？
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How can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?
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8 V* K- U% j. s! ^! e; [3 ^11.大献殷勤dance attendance
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6 |7 U. {3 c2 X小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。

5 ^4 G4 Z; A3 Y) JXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.
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12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue
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( h8 |' w  z% @! @千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。
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/ E3 O) O5 J# b3 |  {# @2 FTake 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.
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. n5 s' h5 t7 A& K14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.

  }3 D& f0 K% N" ^1 m人都是这山望着那山高，对自己的状况没有满意的时候。

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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$ F9 M/ w; H# [6 J# B5 p15.上瘾get into one’s blood
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1 v* }( k! U# Y* x& a0 s说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。

: s; X' G, I3 |0 ]! X% `$ dIt’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.

  w2 }# a2 f$ O6 r) I% @16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense

; |. ~# |5 B1 }" z0 q0 y- m3 u( }4 _17.发牢骚 beef

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.

3 g1 [# T; q) R0 M' Q18.等不及了 champ at the bit
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: e0 S7 L! Q/ H2 r5 y咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。

' g1 Z: N2 j( O" V* R+ V, A, ?! _Let’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.
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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。
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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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20.疯疯癫癫go gaga

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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21.说话不算数go back on one’s words
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+ v. ~  f2 O+ i  L# z% o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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/ }3 N' g" i, }22.废话连篇beat one’s gums
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谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？
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- }8 V( c6 N3 r$ L7 {% |, p' nWho would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?

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

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/ a' {$ ]1 @8 {/ Q; B; S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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) i- ^) z: j! c/ G: ^& n3 G25.勤快an eager beaver

6 Q6 L' U- c$ u  o他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。

$ ^5 B1 e/ c6 u( j; FHe’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

  r, d; v, I' b  F1 gThe idea of your calling your mum damned!
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' }8 s/ U) T6 j% m6 {6 [  J1 L27.懒透了be bone-idle
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) A# ^  `4 x+ j' g' Y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.
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# E* A1 x5 E& j28.好客 keep open house

( T* o$ H: n! f8 u7 e3 U  R/ U$ i- D我们的邻居特别好客
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Our neighbor keeps open house.

3 ~: b. s; t/ K# k- g! g* h29.待客周到keep a good house.

She 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
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4 m/ g& O* J' a/ ^9 }: j8 N她是个正直的姑娘，因此我相信她不会干出那种事。

$ w) y& R( p6 w2 B( X' eShe’s always been on the up and up and I don’t think she would have done such a thing.
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, t5 |/ T  {2 M+ R# J31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly
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& Z/ t* S) q( w6 g# X我们这儿的人都知道他是个爱偷鸡摸狗的人
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( i5 H" ?0 s! ~Everyone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.
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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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9 e+ M/ g2 D7 R, jDon’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.
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* e  E6 \9 f! h4 y% w  w  |: x33.巴结buddy up

- A' u& Z) p  L# a3 d) o1 n2 e; I3 E她可会巴结当官的了。

She’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities
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34.装傻 play possum
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  f1 D4 k7 C& q, I8 a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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4 j2 \9 S5 \# \+ o35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape

) c* Y, m4 v/ {2 C& {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.

36. 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。

( G* l. E6 e5 y% y: mHe did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .

0 j3 C7 S1 O9 o$ ~37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot

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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8 h1 J- ~. K% _( w: [; dYou 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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" Q4 R1 y! I0 X1 A38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters

我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。
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; p3 i+ B3 `+ R) xI 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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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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) \1 ]  {0 C% k5 S- j& d' A* P他根本就不把得罪人当回事

He 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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+ z& g* E  \' W& K  e他说到做到，从不食言

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
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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.

43.贪吃 gluttonous
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我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人

I’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.

44.很乖 as good as gold
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他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。

0 K  Q4 T( ~. I; JHis 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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王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒
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' l2 b* n4 v/ U/ u9 HMr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.

+ h1 J2 Y$ l1 |$ y46.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。
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That guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.

47.神经过敏thin-skinned
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7 Z, l: a1 ^3 o" i我看这些人都有点神经过敏

5 X  }6 C* \2 w4 A" Y1 k/ P/ KIn my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.

48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger

1 a7 _3 W" M) [9 o要不是因为你的性子过急，你也不至于失去那笔买卖

If you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.
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, Q6 e& N. g$ [9 S) Q' a0 M) s* I49.撒娇 play the woman

她可会在男人面前撒娇了。

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
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6 L" M! R% _6 P( D9 O) \You’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.
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" c( f5 B4 Q- v5 U8 Q& \, W8 ?51.为自己捞油水 be on the take

1 w, U3 ~8 ]. O7 m1 U( @( L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？

% Y0 C. T% S5 h5 n( fIn 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

xry

hard job!

千斤顶

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