如何地道表达：脾气和性格[转帖]

connie

1．  偷懒耍滑头 goof-off

2 {" u; H. g' ~+ ~7 b1 J. C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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' f# L& c: a/ N9 W6 x' NXiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours.

3 y& x' u- c' d" E( q2 m2.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

# }" R* y& }( T  yThe boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.

2 D2 n% [% A, I( c3.保持冷静keep cool

0 E1 u8 h. K9 x: l& U; K7 C5 F即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静

0 C- z8 r! N8 f4 iShe can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.

9 r( w8 d7 \- T- X$ R* D4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush
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- _1 A9 i/ S; j3 r7 t9 G5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind
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! y$ X1 E+ n, r/ G0 ?& h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.
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, i# y, _8 h5 f' @! p$ 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。
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He 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

6 L5 C, i1 `+ Q9 n0 N2 S! P# r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.

8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

" Q% U% \4 p) P! D5 r8 y我从来没说过任何人的坏话。
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) d, l$ T! `6 o8 jI’ve never badmouthed anyone.

9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat

5 s$ O( Y; Q& J1 v6 u: o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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# Y* u7 W" s( U, S$ e; i# }; }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？

How can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?
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  x5 w6 }* ?. h- q" m$ s  _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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# U& Z- J( |6 L$ _/ ]Xiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.
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7 w* ?1 u+ e1 k! o0 `12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue

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
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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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14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.
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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.

+ Z- @+ f& T, D  |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.

# S/ v9 E4 n3 L; U% I16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense
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$ _3 b# B4 U% b17.发牢骚 beef

# o8 M$ s9 [8 ~' b. c% F他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。

% d6 j4 j9 ]' w. wI’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.
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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。
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Let’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.

: v- v( B" y; o$ o  g19.点头哈腰bow and scrape
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$ V3 q& x* j$ I* I; p* A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。

# w, _1 l$ u8 I7 P4 T# T6 h; kFrom 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

对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。

' Z7 f2 c: a. D5 QDon’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

" J3 w5 T/ B' z5 M( k! z他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。
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+ Q, x  f9 b* x% X/ mWe cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.

: z/ d5 G. w# R4 Y3 g6 x22.废话连篇beat one’s gums

! G- _9 s6 F* j" T' ]/ s* f0 {) a谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？

Who would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?
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2 \' t( k7 z( p& C23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one

你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？

: g5 S* e& r% X Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?
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24.不忍心not have the heart to do

4 t/ B3 j+ x# Z) I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

他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。

He’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
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The idea of your calling your mum damned!

+ y$ U$ {/ [; g- \2 ^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。
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% X0 H) x& G+ mShe’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.

2 w4 C! f' `+ t8 W/ g; T% ?5 E% n28.好客 keep open house

我们的邻居特别好客

! a3 P; s; w9 c( o8 j" ~$ R9 E! nOur neighbor keeps open house.

29.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.
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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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9 {3 c! Y: X: H: J( E; z& g6 z* kShe’s always been on the up and up and I don’t think she would have done such a thing.

31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly

; o- u' a( K2 l; P- A/ A9 m% O9 ^1 N我们这儿的人都知道他是个爱偷鸡摸狗的人
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Everyone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.

) v3 I$ l. x) P8 ?32. 与……不合be at odds with

不要把他们两个分在一个组里，他俩不合
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Don’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.

33.巴结buddy up

她可会巴结当官的了。

6 ]' F3 l1 P6 xShe’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities

2 s/ K% {. l' z- W. b4 T9 ^34.装傻 play possum
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+ t9 A0 H/ Y( }: b: R4 G* V8 T* {我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已

I know you were only playing possum.

35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape
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她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱
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5 ?- Z$ k: _# N2 H+ n6 NShe’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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9 P" O; c3 T( D$ S; D他花言巧语的哄骗那个女孩，说自己是某个部长的儿子。

# ~7 j  f; P* R; w4 F& k  xHe did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .

! n" \7 H" X) D' p37. 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
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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.

* j' H' H1 f* r1 C. P5 u& J38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters
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1 k6 l5 @* U2 ?( x5 b1 c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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39.吃醋 be jealous
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40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …

- q, Z5 C/ ~7 @4 K+ d他根本就不把得罪人当回事

He would just as soon offend other people as look at them.

# X" D/ a' c9 B9 ~! e41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words
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& f6 |" {( U' m6 ?( {. \/ C( ]4 f他说到做到，从不食言
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1 b7 S! ~  i  H# t4 RHe’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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! n1 M' W4 R: m6 X- l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.
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' Q& ^" ~0 T% x: [0 b: R. v3 Q43.贪吃 gluttonous
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% C9 \' t0 Y' M4 H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.
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7 Z% B( |' |6 u) k' {44.很乖 as good as gold
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& Z4 K7 n+ F0 x. l他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。
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, _, G7 M  D* ^0 rHis little daughter is as good as gold. She’s never been as rebellious as other children.

* i6 z5 w" Y# F2 v+ F# I: x45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy

2 H" N0 G  q9 b: a1 E9 u; o0 n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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46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper
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7 [2 d5 X7 u5 f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

我看这些人都有点神经过敏
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7 T+ M: \$ H+ s+ p" j3 B+ e9 NIn my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.

48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger
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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.

+ x; @8 m- e% L1 ^+ @9 r9 W! W2 @49.撒娇 play the woman

" O9 Y8 n% D6 U5 q6 _6 t4 |她可会在男人面前撒娇了。

4 c2 K/ G3 w% [- y! c; g; y/ Q1 ~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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你最好别和她打交道，她总爱占别人的便宜

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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% @9 ?) Z- |! }5 @% ^( V/ N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？

5 H) C( V) L  ]  Q9 |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!