如何地道表达：脾气和性格[转帖]

connie

1．  偷懒耍滑头 goof-off

* H/ A% a/ T5 e7 X: x4 `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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6 W; z: t2 ]6 Q! X8 D7 kXiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours.
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) Q( |4 [. V/ ]2 ^$ Y2 |! ]2.大动肝火  be up in arms

" m& b; _9 S$ O由于公司最近几个月销售业绩不佳，老板正在大动肝火

' s& v6 M$ l/ \. M5 O( W& ?, tThe boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.

) ^+ R1 B% K* D" z* L$ A5 P. ^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

She can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.

4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

& o% y% g$ u# v' u  I! ^# @5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind

她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。
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: Z9 ?) |* q8 L0 @She 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

他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。

* Y" ^3 \7 l% ]He doesn’t have his heart in the right place. He would find every opportunity to stab in the back of others.

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。

I was taken aback and didn’t think Zhang would stab me in the back. I placed too much trust in her.

' R" \1 j* A$ k; Y( @; P8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody
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' H, p% b* C' \6 h( A3 k我从来没说过任何人的坏话。
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9 n2 p0 Y1 m- g# xI’ve never badmouthed anyone.

9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat

她真是个傻帽，时常无缘无故的就傻笑起来。

4 [6 e" h2 H3 T' |/ CShe’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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; v9 f7 r' @6 M( v/ {4 R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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7 B& V, Q* Y, Z; l6 d: \11.大献殷勤dance attendance

小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。

9 l1 h8 q! t$ k0 D  A" X* y) DXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.

12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue

千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。

7 U" U7 q( ?3 M6 ETake 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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  g7 U, Y$ T+ i9 z& Z! R- A& ZI feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek.
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14.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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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

. c" H$ d6 y9 E& o0 ~5 O说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。
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, p3 y* E2 m: J0 s% d" YIt’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.
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16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense
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17.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。

7 [) |9 m& w* m& {! p2 TI’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.

0 k0 u' {5 |# l  e18.等不及了 champ at the bit

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.

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。
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8 x( Y9 R# P, [( FFrom 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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1 P, f; g' W% V, v9 U20.疯疯癫癫go gaga

3 r( O8 P* q; j1 o对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。

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$ x6 I6 }+ S' u5 r他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。
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, \* {3 a! n4 v2 w6 z7 hWe cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.
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3 T5 K& w& w  p22.废话连篇beat one’s gums
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8 G9 r0 {3 {) \* S7 Q! f& E+ J- z谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？
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9 _1 r0 T  t: k3 zWho would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?

$ e. M$ b2 S5 `) a( ]8 {0 r23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one

6 l/ z9 z+ |. e& C( c. o 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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% ~+ C3 m9 O, b# U) o$ o4 `( U& J, Q24.不忍心not have the heart to do
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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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2 H; t% z6 e2 D) rIf I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.
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& t3 s" `: |, G25.勤快an eager beaver

他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。

, k+ ~' @% [% B  |9 lHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.

9 r  C7 ^$ ~# }2 B* D4 t% a8 F2 x26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing

/ @4 N/ G- @* J7 e你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲

' h* X- o- y# a7 aThe 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。
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She’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.

28.好客 keep open house

我们的邻居特别好客

* q! H* V2 `4 L# cOur neighbor keeps open house.
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4 {4 A& D; P( n* Q. T2 t29.待客周到keep a good house.

7 L/ ^9 k  u: j$ \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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  r+ H- l' B! y4 W+ q5 h# g  YShe’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

0 H" j2 J* U* L+ c2 g1 L$ \* Q# ~Everyone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.

- b' |7 v$ ?: F32. 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

! K0 L6 `1 m4 {1 }- J7 EDon’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.
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33.巴结buddy up
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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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5 j' R1 [8 z0 ]& e( ~8 q34.装傻 play possum

3 b: o9 R3 {0 F0 l+ @我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已

I know you were only playing possum.

# c/ Y3 r& I3 K* T6 o35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape

她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱

2 A! V6 v8 s( ?4 }3 VShe’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

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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5 R% d" K( H1 `( r: hHe did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .

4 F' j) [& `; k: K6 O37. 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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4 V3 {. x9 s$ r+ q. z3 ^$ jYou 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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: T) O! q6 }7 H5 E( [7 n38.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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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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, x; m  G" G6 {39.吃醋 be jealous

40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …

他根本就不把得罪人当回事
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He would just as soon offend other people as look at them.
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41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words

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.

3 \% B: {' `0 ?  T42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to
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0 B% G( R- ~: e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.
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/ o% g% i4 t, ~, a) g" C6 q43.贪吃 gluttonous

我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人
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I’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.

44.很乖 as good as gold
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. ]0 u- D+ _/ h* g, _他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。
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His little daughter is as good as gold. She’s never been as rebellious as other children.
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2 I8 {; m( ^& d$ ?* C45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy
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0 H7 l& Z. A: ]& 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.

  n, a$ P5 v( r: x; v0 C46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper
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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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我看这些人都有点神经过敏
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In my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.
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48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger
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; v1 h$ N: d  j& }  H% v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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If you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.
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49.撒娇 play the woman
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2 \0 o- W( |9 Y& y7 ?. k她可会在男人面前撒娇了。

) Q5 C* h& Q+ e% o+ OShe ‘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

7 d& p6 _: @! J# W" Z$ `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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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？

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!