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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XiaoWang’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

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( c* p" |3 |! bThe boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.
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9 K3 A- i9 z' P7 Y  X# w3.保持冷静keep cool

. A5 ^* B: T: ^) i4 e  N( R/ w即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静
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6 a" {1 [! u# R  z' f: R$ r8 wShe 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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0 h3 y4 {. `1 s) k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.

' k9 W3 W/ H+ O9 [9 ]+ `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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, F1 @, G9 D5 J: B2 F6 R+ S# OHe 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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7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back
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* W1 u6 R# c3 y5 C  h: a: f我万万没想到张某会在背后捅我一刀。我过去太信任她了。

( K! ~/ ~6 m+ D/ OI 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

我从来没说过任何人的坏话。
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+ e" U* b; W' n1 H  a$ e' t% x, SI’ve never badmouthed anyone.

' B: z5 _+ h6 u6 i( a% G2 z9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat
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) a: K, F5 q5 \0 k( v( Q& j$ T她真是个傻帽，时常无缘无故的就傻笑起来。
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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

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+ o" [$ B$ `, x1 m  ]1 p你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？

How can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?

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小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。
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2 {5 U7 {! x8 E' ?7 j# A. g' J7 RXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.
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12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue

. X6 G' E5 W5 I  `  J: h, G. _千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。
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2 D6 b3 H; @' [3 o7 I7 E# W2 ]/ L3 GTake care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue.
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9 |$ G  k2 _* n4 S1 G1 ^' K- M( V13.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。

I feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek.
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  K7 i' k- r+ ]7 O; c14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.
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0 b  _, e+ S& |6 U" \人都是这山望着那山高，对自己的状况没有满意的时候。

& Q: K6 p6 J( r. l! }2 a' w7 YAlmost all people see that the grass is greener on the other hill. They never feel satisfied with what they’ve already got.

5 t& x9 s3 l# D9 h5 P- m( g% N6 |15.上瘾get into one’s blood

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.

16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense

17.发牢骚 beef
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% e0 E8 K7 @7 l5 l' o. h他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。
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I’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.

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。

Let’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.
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2 i5 p; h& i6 I19.点头哈腰bow and scrape

1 s' p7 t0 V4 C9 a4 p) C9 e$ z. b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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- d& Y/ b2 `1 i. B/ iFrom 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
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  m. U7 T3 ?3 N! _9 c1 v对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。

7 o/ i: q  V' l& \  W# Y9 c" j% T8 yDon’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.

$ V4 f$ a6 \# P  O21.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。
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We cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.
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* \1 N. u! E, O: n" E& L! Y22.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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Who would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?

. u+ g* Q: s! i( d0 k, U8 D# F23.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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$ s! O7 ?% J( ]1 S- S* b2 ^1 _: b; G; c24.不忍心not have the heart to do

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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9 W7 b: B" l! C* S) a25.勤快an eager beaver

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He’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.

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, U. Y) Y" T/ {0 N& s8 W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
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! g$ i: X* j/ }% l, k! ^她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。
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- i% e: M  b- rShe’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.
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28.好客 keep open house

我们的邻居特别好客

) L" A$ M* [, }6 F" d4 h' _# O4 ^: fOur neighbor keeps open house.
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0 i' ?, w% s# _, B$ a; c: K29.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.

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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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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31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly

8 H# K0 g! i$ @& V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.

32. 与……不合be at odds with
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' v1 g/ B- ~& s9 h3 `3 H不要把他们两个分在一个组里，他俩不合
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! M8 Q- S9 U& a8 uDon’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.

0 `4 A$ ]* u; Q+ f- P33.巴结buddy up
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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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我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已

I know you were only playing possum.

+ G7 K' i. M5 \) X: W% l7 Y$ P35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape

' [9 B) f3 m; w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.
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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。
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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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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

You 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

4 `; S; E7 m( F; G" p! o我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。

6 B5 n) r& ?& }( w' pI 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.

0 T5 C+ p$ Y8 W8 c! T: X) }: G39.吃醋 be jealous

40.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

, E( [+ L; k! `1 m" [/ oHe would just as soon offend other people as look at them.
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( s8 q. V  q- \: N4 y41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words
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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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/ D8 _; m* s% [: J42.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

You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.

8 y: _! q8 U3 b$ `! n6 O43.贪吃 gluttonous

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5 V+ n; Q! Y/ @2 vI’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.

6 k( \+ e0 k' u$ _- V9 H8 `/ W/ f44.很乖 as good as gold

8 @& H8 H" A' ?: F( |他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。

( z3 x+ p9 B0 d9 B, U, x' 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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4 Z' u) F" @6 W! |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.

46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper
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0 G9 A- T- P: n) V, D7 _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
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/ L* C" r; g8 x, m; V+ U我看这些人都有点神经过敏
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9 E) ^7 o) c$ T* U. A% x; x) ZIn my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.

48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger
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; |$ _) }" f  Q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.

6 ?3 U) a0 X% F* M) M) l49.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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: Q5 [* S* |) r/ M: J2 L: J50.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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/ d! q5 Z9 f- E6 o4 Y: n5 |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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& o1 L( v, q; H. Y# p  [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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社员都是向阳花

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!