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。

. B3 a! v8 h' c: g! p) m2 RXiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours.

0 q, V; t. C9 A2.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 H; l* B- F) T! w8 JThe boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.

3.保持冷静keep cool

* _4 i. y+ X1 ^! x6 V即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静
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1 w6 V- Z0 q9 }; mShe can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.
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! X" w; Q- Y' V! Y4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

9 b- j7 D0 F9 E: e$ t/ f8 @5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind

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/ X2 c+ l8 N7 H3 I2 ]! vShe always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt.

" x: T9 ]# U( Q! t2 I; v& \( B6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place

* S& H# A9 _# f, q5 p+ V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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' \& Z% k0 T# P* r8 [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。
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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

, D: R9 _( A# P6 m我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

" }: d7 Y  u* i5 KI’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat
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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

10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do

1 ^2 i) V% ?/ A1 `. r! u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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: }/ }: B# ~' z; z; c11.大献殷勤dance attendance

小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。

Xiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.
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12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue

千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。

( ^% b- U. a4 w! a5 l/ E7 s' A* xTake 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

# T, n0 H! P9 [$ b: v9 u" ?我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。
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. t% ^* a# q9 T3 ]I feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek.
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* J  s6 t2 B$ q3 F$ Q2 `14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.

2 B5 w/ N  ]) G2 O$ F7 p人都是这山望着那山高，对自己的状况没有满意的时候。

' Q$ e; `) B9 d' O* ^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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% b, W& {9 @( _* ]# L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.

& l, g- }5 ?+ M; L- t/ z3 U16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense

17.发牢骚 beef
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5 b. t8 z) V$ |) C4 A& V& o他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。

0 E8 _9 E8 u3 T4 p& RI’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.

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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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3 f0 z: S& v( K7 ?5 M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。

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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20.疯疯癫癫go gaga

) Y! O* O; W: G( O& l0 _. }% [对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。

. U# H6 @! R) P& sDon’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.
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& T, y& t9 g  T* W! m! N9 D' r9 G21.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。

We cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.
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22.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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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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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.
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  O6 J; G( j, F  h; i' h! a25.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.

# h* g4 o' @0 K8 o; N2 D# p, m26.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

' A9 x; r. z& lThe idea of your calling your mum damned!
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9 a$ e1 j# ~7 |$ J27.懒透了be bone-idle
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8 c$ P/ C' F' v她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。
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: x  Y% Q# Y+ u. I; O% x1 g' k7 DShe’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.

28.好客 keep open house
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我们的邻居特别好客

5 k" _" D: |4 s, i$ F# J! q0 f) 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.

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。

( I* c& c% {; C6 }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

* H6 e& J- d0 J$ O7 B+ ?* G+ _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.

3 b0 g$ G# I5 P2 c6 _2 ?4 t32. 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.
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" V. F! o& |4 q# I9 K33.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
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34.装傻 play possum

  H- [2 n5 m5 x% U我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已

I know you were only playing possum.

+ d8 T6 G/ v7 S; X' X: ]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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She’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

5 y8 J8 Z( {6 q3 L9 ?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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He did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .

8 T& o- }) q8 s$ l. q37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot

0 j2 Q8 E& {' b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

You were plain touching the tender spot. She was most sensitive to the topic of “ the third person”, who cut in between a couple.

1 A2 _: J, h0 r3 Y8 B, J! O38.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。

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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# K, B5 l2 S! \& {6 S" B7 b: Y39.吃醋 be jealous

9 M5 i* o8 O3 v7 \+ [4 e9 W40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …
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他根本就不把得罪人当回事
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# a; T4 g; {  J4 m" x) {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
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2 D% R9 D7 |% J5 V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

4 x0 q8 u9 q8 t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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7 h" m* n: B- ~  V, @3 A0 L43.贪吃 gluttonous

我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人
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, x/ ~1 T6 I& A. z7 ]. xI’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.
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44.很乖 as good as gold

他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。
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$ E. t& W5 c1 q6 X: MHis 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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! W6 T0 F0 G' c- d- [5 Y王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒

Mr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.

  c( M: {$ w0 }) z! L46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper
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4 o/ G. _5 {2 b+ \那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。

That guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.

47.神经过敏thin-skinned
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9 A0 b, c6 n& Z7 e3 F我看这些人都有点神经过敏
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& o$ R9 ^4 _0 b6 L- n+ d. C+ ~In my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.

7 Z8 L% W3 m! a' U8 O2 o48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger

* H1 J2 j' u# _7 n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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, H9 _6 q( a# \- Y( BIf 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

2 x" U: ^% d2 P1 N* s+ {' U她可会在男人面前撒娇了。

7 J- Z6 f# s7 O$ Y. U: r  mShe ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.
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$ c) G6 E" [9 L+ G! T1 Z50.占人便宜 load the dice against
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; N. _: R5 s" n( ~6 R+ p( q1 Q% B你最好别和她打交道，她总爱占别人的便宜

  k, B( _7 W/ V* e+ I5 RYou’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.
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0 v- m. w# \( ~, Y! S51.为自己捞油水 be on the take

7 L. W' L, a, v9 b; d8 |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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" k+ l* L; |. q) ^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!