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。

XiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours.

9 F8 F1 R9 Y% h2.大动肝火  be up in arms
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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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The boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.

' u6 l1 \! t. Z3.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.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind

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8 O, x% _- J8 H2 @. Z& wShe always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt.

, Y1 K7 \& P/ c7 M6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place
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6 s8 z+ |, L! \. m; B. l' F% E他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。
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% p/ E1 i; n& [6 @: p" IHe 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

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.

% U; F( F3 w/ t  C5 H8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

I’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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8 F0 J7 p' I# w( ]$ T5 D8 [0 L1 U3 X  L9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat
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1 O2 X: V0 v& _. Z6 z她真是个傻帽，时常无缘无故的就傻笑起来。
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. _/ h8 Z4 k4 m( U" M$ [! n& H7 eShe’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

9 R, a8 d: l2 X( g10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do

6 i- ]5 D$ U# I* Q: s( |  x  N你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？

7 W- ?$ b0 q, g6 z3 M9 @6 U& ^$ l  YHow can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?

& e+ `2 U" {: Q8 u. E11.大献殷勤dance attendance

: G6 ~/ h0 t/ |6 c) c( O9 ?6 i小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。

7 m# a/ v! L( ]7 uXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.

# d  ~. |2 N% w7 `, S1 M12.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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, E1 m/ C1 B2 YTake care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue.
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; i: V9 w: F" S5 g  p5 {13.假惺惺的说speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek

9 O+ p. I  T* P1 j& [6 I% ~2 J: O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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  [" H+ n3 L4 i) ~- X  M, W14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.

7 |  d! C# R. U# D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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/ O6 [- |% E7 B$ O0 EAlmost all people see that the grass is greener on the other hill. They never feel satisfied with what they’ve already got.

; F! r8 _5 N. B+ g( N6 J% i4 o6 \15.上瘾get into one’s blood
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; q+ C8 h. T" S; x说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。
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& i3 q  K2 L. f1 G& \" B9 B# QIt’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.
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2 f6 n" F: W* ?( a3 }. E' C16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense
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% d0 j/ N% O9 g2 {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。

" ]! P) g7 X  _8 AI’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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9 ?8 V3 O0 ]9 Y( P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.

. Y- X5 V1 m3 |" d7 m7 y19.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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7 `7 C# E0 N' BFrom 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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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.

* R% I+ G+ ]: R, f% |- l21.说话不算数go back on one’s words

2 x' Q, {# K# y! y, O他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。

  `7 z( U4 y4 {' B8 z+ KWe cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.

4 `; L& D. l) v6 R6 Q7 I22.废话连篇beat one’s gums

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Who would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?
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23.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？
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Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?
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, Q& n( j# G3 w24.不忍心not have the heart to do
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9 b; H5 ]2 o8 m: `$ K; x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

! F$ h! t3 `& R7 |3 q他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。
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: A  y8 O7 l+ `, B0 n" }. VHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.
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# g$ Y1 y$ h1 J0 T26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing
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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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+ ?8 `. p% p/ c/ u) c  ]5 ^/ @3 M  ^她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。

$ F6 i& P. Z/ l- Y2 iShe’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.
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, k# C; y( h( c: u, Y! W28.好客 keep open house

我们的邻居特别好客

" X7 b. b3 Y& @5 M8 a, qOur neighbor keeps open house.
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- g) y; F0 Z4 w6 L: r" F29.待客周到keep a good house.

4 j4 s9 Q& d' AShe 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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She’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

我们这儿的人都知道他是个爱偷鸡摸狗的人

& G8 X6 ^1 _8 m, AEveryone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.
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! l+ ~, B% d) V6 h32. 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
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1 [' w6 e/ `9 g3 ]" xDon’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.
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! Z0 i# W' u: v. p  Y33.巴结buddy up
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8 b- _8 K' D2 b& u! E# z% v3 t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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34.装傻 play possum
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8 y( p9 X5 O, N5 V+ w; L我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已

4 J% _" _2 @  z3 h" B% R4 t% cI 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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/ d" H! n) e- D: Q0 Q- OShe’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.

36. 花言巧语do a snow job

2 a7 F; m1 W+ r) `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 .
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1 `4 k+ ^1 V; p% n$ w7 D2 Z37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot
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; d, f2 N2 z+ U$ S, X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.
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3 Z9 Y. Q0 N2 ~$ v- _9 @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。
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1 [+ ]7 ?: z# m3 NI 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.

3 n: {1 [; q7 y, r( b! m4 m- J2 F39.吃醋 be jealous
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6 P" n7 Q" c3 d, ^$ }40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …
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9 d$ V/ h" f2 h他根本就不把得罪人当回事

. F. V0 O. L, QHe would just as soon offend other people as look at them.

" d1 `8 [, I9 I! z; Z41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words
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9 u. r6 g( a6 V) n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.

42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to

; i  |% E# b9 P9 q5 r$ A你不必对他如此的不依不饶
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* w) s6 ^/ h& V* j" ^3 m/ \8 k3 }0 t You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.
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43.贪吃 gluttonous

1 g% t: @2 c; d- p- z. E5 C& o$ B$ V我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人

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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。
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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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45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy

( F. Y7 Z3 A3 A+ C7 r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.

46.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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* g2 ]9 q4 f1 {- N9 \That guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.
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; ?3 x9 D5 i+ `) Z" Z47.神经过敏thin-skinned
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' n; p! |1 q5 M, c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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48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger

, s0 X3 w3 ~0 e) o8 E0 Q# ?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.

5 k1 n4 M' G6 {2 }* ~$ @7 K( }49.撒娇 play the woman
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4 O8 x7 P0 o, E: Q0 i4 q3 k/ P# a她可会在男人面前撒娇了。
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9 Y0 `7 w; Q& m3 }  W5 WShe ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.

; f0 T1 l  @) F- L4 h" C50.占人便宜 load the dice against

/ v* d# [& }" U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.

- N$ e0 |9 T8 M. w5 N51.为自己捞油水 be on the take

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？

4 y& n: Q/ z% wIn 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!