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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( }6 g' j3 ~, _$ y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.
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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

5 u1 {7 Q7 S0 l  n$ M* {' BThe boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.
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7 b) u! }) j2 S, O* t3.保持冷静keep cool

即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静

! W8 X, W0 Q. s# w+ X  R# K+ rShe can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.

4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

/ y0 D7 r6 F5 O: b5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind

1 H$ C- F) |7 v! x" _& n她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。
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5 G, E% _1 u+ J  I! ?0 L$ y3 ~+ yShe always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt.

# I. P9 G4 i  P/ Z% s% ]6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place

7 [7 X% \5 P6 h4 a3 q: {他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。

- }/ P8 G4 M8 m. uHe doesn’t have his heart in the right place. He would find every opportunity to stab in the back of others.

" T2 `  z) l9 J* G1 r. v* ?7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back
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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.
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6 v  |, @% m# W) v  O! i( n8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody
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0 c1 S/ `8 R: v: `/ Z! c/ W我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

2 p/ Q  t" U' p# _5 @I’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat

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9 \+ H9 z# l0 z8 W9 V- s- {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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10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do

% P. I* y- `9 x4 a. E$ `5 l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?

11.大献殷勤dance attendance
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" s7 l# B" m' ^0 K小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。
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Xiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.
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) Z' V8 L' _9 _' c1 t12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue
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2 J7 d2 O" j" _, S, t. Z9 U千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。

Take care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue.
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" k1 G* O' g% E( [4 ?9 |13.假惺惺的说speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek

2 _4 @8 q; K3 V) B9 v- `# Z1 J" u6 _6 d我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。

7 P; w% U6 Q# DI feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek.

7 L: q- l! N/ i& n+ }1 R14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.
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5 @7 \6 W3 P/ [( \* a. k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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2 H. _- p  f4 DAlmost 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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/ z" F8 W  r$ H. o8 w1 m说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。

It’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.
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1 U- k- {. ^; J. k16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense
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17.发牢骚 beef

" \9 E5 v; f: `. I4 {! S) _他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。

( J. g8 s& o  \, e  A: qI’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.

  U7 s- j* I6 Y8 l# e18.等不及了 champ at the bit

咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。

& Q) L- D- q% k) h# E, ?9 [Let’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.

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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。

! Q% v7 G5 Y: W" o+ h) v% l+ @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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# s  z2 S' p! k" [' {/ |) O/ p8 z, T20.疯疯癫癫go gaga
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! p9 `( o' ]2 w& [9 M/ Z对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。
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, i6 b. l2 O* }; J  Y% rDon’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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' U0 H+ N' i1 a6 Q. r' G. h. m. n他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。

" B* q" b% b5 JWe cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.

7 ]% [6 X3 o& O  B  t: R( F22.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?
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7 l# _+ b4 O7 g6 Z- a23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one

3 W& P- N! y+ v. @+ | 你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？

5 j, M  Q2 T# ]/ H5 [ Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?

24.不忍心not have the heart to do
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+ v. L) A: {' c* z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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If I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.

0 x# Y" Y$ P0 B+ X) P25.勤快an eager beaver
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他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。
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He’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.

26.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

The idea of your calling your mum damned!

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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She’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.
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28.好客 keep open house
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4 ^( v) G2 G! t2 W. }% a我们的邻居特别好客
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Our neighbor keeps open house.

29.待客周到keep a good house.

1 Y0 C) q# r% x- G8 l! P6 jShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.

$ z+ E- o0 E1 |8 q30.正直be on the up and up

她是个正直的姑娘，因此我相信她不会干出那种事。

She’s always been on the up and up and I don’t think she would have done such a thing.

% M- y9 V5 x3 X0 u31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly

( Y7 M2 e( G6 p+ F% Y2 l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.
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32. 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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+ U9 H$ u: W5 s+ M+ p' x" wDon’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.
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1 @2 J/ T, s8 W  d4 @33.巴结buddy up
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她可会巴结当官的了。

. V" y/ y0 p- GShe’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities
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34.装傻 play possum

我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已

3 Y+ S  L' f, xI know you were only playing possum.

35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape

她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱

* ?4 @3 X/ Q' p! b' rShe’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.

36. 花言巧语do a snow job
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% v4 D. ^, j+ @# r- D8 i! X. X; [1 j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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37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot
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2 W: G7 a5 }3 D" a5 I! C- i" ~1 c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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* Z0 [" k/ M1 y. z% n6 Q2 }. GYou 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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4 D! a/ w9 Q# m! Z) b: q38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters

7 W# ~0 i6 {# O% g, U9 Z我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。
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+ E# q  [% }7 z$ G, xI 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

40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …

他根本就不把得罪人当回事

9 ?2 i# C, ]6 G4 @1 T; mHe would just as soon offend other people as look at them.

41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words

: L) s$ `$ k5 b7 E1 i6 B) ]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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; B& R& W! m& H/ l% U) l42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to

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.

2 r3 }: ^7 b& \4 Z) p% r43.贪吃 gluttonous
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; N3 w' u: {( E9 v我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人

I’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.
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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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) j& Y2 P# H& HHis 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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王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒

1 j) d, ]" }5 }( L! j1 @, q. J" NMr. 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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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.

: {" z) Z/ x% n7 h47.神经过敏thin-skinned
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; i$ T  E7 B' |我看这些人都有点神经过敏

! L9 @7 ?- G' u) kIn 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.
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" O8 @9 ?1 g0 g( U49.撒娇 play the woman

/ `  ?4 c* P4 p& E* a她可会在男人面前撒娇了。
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; o7 S4 j. t& ~8 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
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$ y. t* k: z* d" RYou’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.

# ^+ `2 x' \6 F7 h1 B5 e& e51.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？
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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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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!