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
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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

% L# N  \2 \( j+ g9 N' tThe boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.

3.保持冷静keep cool

/ ~8 k, F* I# T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.

, p! o! w1 ]' C3 X7 I5 Y( [4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

$ _" j/ O1 G! q+ ^2 B; ]+ U) K5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind

' I2 Z  P2 I: R( w. E她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。
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0 l; E- w& i# y& k3 `, `: {( \She 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
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5 ?" Z4 M+ [# l他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。

  K& T3 G1 u" r# A  PHe 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
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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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5 }: E% t- q) u* F8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

6 a% j+ ?+ M. @8 `( P+ A我从来没说过任何人的坏话。
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& M4 T9 c  {1 uI’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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  J; a$ }% R; \9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat

. I, r- e! I, t7 r4 H$ t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
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" t. j$ A0 a; Q" }% t2 F5 d10．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?

) ^$ ^* |  D- [6 |, F11.大献殷勤dance attendance

小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。
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. ?: N6 Z) t% AXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.
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12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue
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7 d+ k% D7 e8 x4 z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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+ |7 k( M/ |& d7 L5 m我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。
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; g+ y, ]) z/ v+ ]  N5 b$ x+ K; C- aI feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek.

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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.

/ O/ Z+ n( E8 L+ `( D2 [7 G15.上瘾get into one’s blood
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' o! p- Q  s5 O- b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.

16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense

17.发牢骚 beef
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他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。

I’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.

5 \$ N" k( t; W18.等不及了 champ at the bit
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" l$ b) f. g2 _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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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。

0 @$ X* S6 k* ]5 E2 OFrom 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
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对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。

) ~; Q* x$ @8 ~  i) H  U; hDon’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.

" g# w; t( P2 A3 [) E% v# P21.说话不算数go back on one’s words

% t3 b9 X: ~! M( {4 x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.

22.废话连篇beat one’s gums
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: O2 C  ~7 ]9 E3 v  K. _0 s/ A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
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你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？

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

% L  T7 I1 M* l8 [" p3 ~: D如果我是你，我可不忍心把孩子们就在家里没人照看

5 l% Q; h; t8 P$ U+ LIf I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.

& \7 q5 ^( s- R3 q25.勤快an eager beaver
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他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。

' }6 J' q7 s. }/ Q; _0 PHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.
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) \% p6 @2 s' F9 [( w4 b+ k26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing
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+ ^, B8 l+ L# g' B2 }& M你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲

The idea of your calling your mum damned!
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27.懒透了be bone-idle
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9 z0 x- a! N- Y6 Y7 ^: e她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。

# E  U% X( Z' a6 j7 @' y7 GShe’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.
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% [8 P/ Y0 F2 }8 L/ w& o* r; D28.好客 keep open house

我们的邻居特别好客

Our neighbor keeps open house.
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0 E% {; b! ^. l! V" W: D29.待客周到keep a good house.

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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: [$ i5 J) [% h她是个正直的姑娘，因此我相信她不会干出那种事。

# X% T, w" n9 HShe’s always been on the up and up and I don’t think she would have done such a thing.
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* W2 g; p. y9 [- I& _( |% Y31.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
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3 L8 O1 {3 [2 kEveryone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.

: Z5 G! E4 i, E: c5 d32. 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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6 B3 ], h0 X' xDon’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.
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9 \( I7 w2 B( w& @) Y; z33.巴结buddy up
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+ ]4 |8 P, D* O5 Z7 p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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* l- ]" E1 i" ?7 X, O7 i! r4 f34.装傻 play possum
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. }; I7 V0 L4 p  e- G( a* B. V我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已
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( p# q6 G- B# Q. m4 `& v9 b, KI know you were only playing possum.

35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape
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. J4 b/ M* B# i' k/ ~她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱

, b! j" e2 d- L6 t: O" _9 aShe’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

: ~( [: S/ |0 `0 x1 t他花言巧语的哄骗那个女孩，说自己是某个部长的儿子。

4 X5 p5 ]8 F- r! tHe 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

3 ]$ a0 |$ k' G, U4 _' ]9 ]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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) m0 ]& W2 ]% n( I2 O1 K% eYou 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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. W4 x9 m6 B+ v/ p9 n* F+ d, W我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。
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  s0 B' Z, D8 s, @5 D  GI 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 …

3 r% ]+ K; {: R% N+ v他根本就不把得罪人当回事
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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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( V6 h( X% k" F# A; Q  y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.
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42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to
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* C3 M. ?7 x  D+ @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.

43.贪吃 gluttonous
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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.

44.很乖 as good as gold
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. P/ [9 R* M1 t8 z) D; A" B3 k* M: f他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。
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! d( T* g6 D2 v) T. P& OHis little daughter is as good as gold. She’s never been as rebellious as other children.

4 ]  \9 f, w# _6 [) k# J45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy
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" D) P2 p7 u! ?& ^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.

7 T7 w: x7 E9 w  ?; }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。

That guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.
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' \1 e- v/ M' N" [6 m/ }8 f47.神经过敏thin-skinned

我看这些人都有点神经过敏
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In my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.

48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger

/ c- H. I% U3 w要不是因为你的性子过急，你也不至于失去那笔买卖

# {; e3 `0 ]2 `( c, f$ kIf 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
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她可会在男人面前撒娇了。
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She ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.
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, c5 R1 u5 {8 b3 [5 p% L1 U9 P50.占人便宜 load the dice against

9 ?- p# R9 N$ v3 Q$ P" q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.
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) }/ R6 @3 ^" E- w2 D% N51.为自己捞油水 be on the take

" Y- S9 @# q5 c" i& s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？

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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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!