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.
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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. A- o7 s7 {/ N$ |The boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.

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

She can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.
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4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush
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5 c: d2 P4 w& ?, V5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind

2 E# M4 [3 ^' S' S# F& K, E她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。
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" v3 x8 T# ]# e# L( x4 K3 d  JShe always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt.

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。
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8 q9 S  q8 G0 X8 ]8 }' ^/ x& sHe 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

5 h% A: u( d" Y  U) `; G+ ^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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8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

$ K4 e* ?) v) Z3 HI’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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# _+ g2 Y, @( _0 `2 }6 }9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat
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7 G7 \' K# j0 R- b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

2 z) ?6 Y8 ?! S/ f$ q( Z; @10．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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& i! F3 H' G3 lHow can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?

  H+ R5 S+ i) d7 S/ ~11.大献殷勤dance attendance
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* s! N: ~% @% J小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。

: ~) R' n9 e6 Z+ }' _5 [$ D% DXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.
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8 p* v' ]' U/ r4 ?, p12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue

千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。

2 r$ @3 o! G6 MTake 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

- A8 ]6 J4 h1 r9 e# k. D% w# F我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。
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* v% l0 ?/ R6 C5 jI feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek.

! _6 R4 ^6 E/ e- ^, a+ [14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.

+ y7 W5 x" j% P# I% z( B1 \6 T9 r9 j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.

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。
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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

, }5 g7 ?6 Y' r17.发牢骚 beef

他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。
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& y3 L* [: q# S  m6 N6 Q1 oI’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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5 O) @" s0 {4 o+ C% W6 y" B+ t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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19.点头哈腰bow and scrape
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9 g/ o7 W! t% [1 ?9 n4 S3 I: W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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9 h' ~( Z% L7 A6 ~& [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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! {" N& ?) S9 x, L& e20.疯疯癫癫go gaga

+ g: k% N0 y& Q9 v4 x% W2 }- w对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。
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3 r/ S6 m6 J0 k) a6 LDon’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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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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9 X4 G/ n0 {- v) Y+ H22.废话连篇beat one’s gums
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9 h) l3 y. D6 W$ Q9 L6 b! z谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？
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4 w4 w1 Y9 s, S; I' zWho would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?
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5 Q+ _( S! t/ p# W0 e; r23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one
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% j( Y/ `  k, _# r3 q7 d 你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？
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6 e3 M: f( J: Q. q$ v2 j- b5 f+ @ Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?
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2 R' ]5 r& h) x5 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.

25.勤快an eager beaver
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( V) t+ h0 a; U# t$ K% D% p他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。
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$ k' S, e3 X' M+ Z( HHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.
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26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing
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: G8 m! N4 _) M你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲

# W4 c7 N  Z8 r4 C/ uThe idea of your calling your mum damned!
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( k  D, `' _, x& y9 _1 o- C: ?27.懒透了be bone-idle
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她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。

1 H# d2 t) W8 [. K* C  I4 pShe’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.

% J7 }% \! I- ^: j- z( Y28.好客 keep open house

. p4 x0 L; |% T& O' h0 e我们的邻居特别好客

Our neighbor keeps open house.
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" j& g/ J' y* c, ]29.待客周到keep a good house.

, o  r4 `6 B; nShe 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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6 F! X: b% \/ v  K& A4 a她是个正直的姑娘，因此我相信她不会干出那种事。

( a/ @) g! X' ~7 LShe’s always been on the up and up and I don’t think she would have done such a thing.

* V1 @6 T8 q0 U7 ^! T9 _31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly
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$ p' d( o) {, o: z我们这儿的人都知道他是个爱偷鸡摸狗的人
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. @$ d4 H( _8 H& H: c" QEveryone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.
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  b+ v/ ^# E) K5 o/ y* u3 s32. 与……不合be at odds with

0 V, E1 M6 r+ @, g  L2 `不要把他们两个分在一个组里，他俩不合

Don’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.

( @: G: ?& i/ I7 [33.巴结buddy up

她可会巴结当官的了。
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She’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities

" ^, ~0 v0 s' H" D34.装傻 play possum
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/ o. [$ ~, h2 \3 y# t2 D5 f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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7 [6 ]" E- }3 k* V35.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.

7 n( p; v7 Y: H2 ~3 n% H1 [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。

He did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .

& t& V2 G1 P/ S' v37. 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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You were plain touching the tender spot. She was most sensitive to the topic of “ the third person”, who cut in between a couple.

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。

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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. t0 |9 x4 T( [! D39.吃醋 be jealous
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40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …
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5 A4 B) T0 q& l0 ?  U* N8 u他根本就不把得罪人当回事
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, i; `2 F8 H" Y+ `0 LHe would just as soon offend other people as look at them.

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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, g0 A4 o* O3 ~+ j3 x3 G5 AHe’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.

42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to

你不必对他如此的不依不饶

/ I4 s! n1 p1 `4 b4 c You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.
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43.贪吃 gluttonous

6 k  h$ Q$ [) S+ V: a6 u* l( a' c3 T& k我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人
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- Q3 q- ?3 h, [, y) Z, dI’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.
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44.很乖 as good as gold
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! e& G9 I* W$ f. D+ h他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。

His little daughter is as good as gold. She’s never been as rebellious as other children.
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45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy

9 Q! e5 j) q; [9 s2 y: d8 d; E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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4 B3 e, o  r* H, m! v, y9 \46.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。

7 t$ O+ x5 ^' gThat guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.

# Y; V% x2 u8 g! m) m/ z1 ^47.神经过敏thin-skinned

我看这些人都有点神经过敏

In my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.
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! P+ a2 y2 s% _8 E" X7 F" m& F48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger
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9 [( e+ r. G8 N# X; O要不是因为你的性子过急，你也不至于失去那笔买卖

' E. `4 S; \- T, P" B  l1 PIf you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.

! f; O) E& h7 J# e1 N49.撒娇 play the woman
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她可会在男人面前撒娇了。

% n. C- a* A; I. Q5 r# C- r# uShe ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.
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2 S% `$ P; K& C2 K4 h' {! ~* I50.占人便宜 load the dice against
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6 a6 T4 K+ P# |: L9 j8 N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.
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51.为自己捞油水 be on the take

$ C' p$ _1 A: y- M2 @6 f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？

7 a) w5 ^7 f6 RIn 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!