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

The boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.
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# q- K0 A3 o6 Q; U. N2 ]1 t! {' `! d3.保持冷静keep cool
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即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静

& i1 r) T- \5 N  E8 @She can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.
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3 [$ D: W  T2 |8 I; ?4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

. r5 O4 C2 l4 C8 `& Y. v5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind
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她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。

- ~" s5 ?0 `5 Q1 j% ]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

) C1 G# g1 h$ ]' t他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。

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

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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2 @! s3 D" I6 VI was taken aback and didn’t think Zhang would stab me in the back. I placed too much trust in her.

$ D( C, O% S1 w, y7 p% d8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody
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. ]$ _/ G2 u7 Y我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

I’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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! G. E. U/ L! [: w. g+ D9.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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: {2 }* m; q/ J4 {; qShe’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

3 z; m6 T! }1 k/ x2 _+ E你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？

6 s8 N2 ~% W* A+ Z8 {How can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?
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5 `" j$ Z$ o: O- }: }* G11.大献殷勤dance attendance
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3 \; U( v$ d# u) i: _7 T( U" Z小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。

4 r* |5 J* g: h6 N0 FXiao 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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# ?) g; y% x2 N: j. P千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。

- F  J. k# f; d, Z) o5 `- BTake care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue.
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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。
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7 e5 a  K" z; G3 S: P  d. B% ~I feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek.
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  W/ T1 r3 o- u% B1 L14.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。

Almost all people see that the grass is greener on the other hill. They never feel satisfied with what they’ve already got.

7 Y& h7 ]; e$ D) l# W# p4 C$ R6 t7 G15.上瘾get into one’s blood
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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.
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9 G3 e, W: U  w16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense
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2 {) e9 E) u8 {3 n7 y0 t# c17.发牢骚 beef
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  F1 R6 {: N5 y/ X他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。
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: X% H2 r+ M: b8 O0 P6 @- gI’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

咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。

7 I) u  w4 I; [: }Let’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.

19.点头哈腰bow and scrape

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。

/ R! o4 ^$ r$ ~. V4 `5 |5 |3 m5 GFrom 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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: Q2 t/ N4 x' V% ~- vDon’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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他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。

9 C! k: I0 N+ }  W& j4 s, dWe cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.

22.废话连篇beat one’s gums

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Who would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?

) M- w. s- |* n8 D& w23.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？
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Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?
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# U2 V0 q! N: i4 c( E  ~1 n/ }  q24.不忍心not have the heart to do
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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.

25.勤快an eager beaver

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He’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.
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26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing
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# {/ ]3 b3 E  y  m! v6 G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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她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。

She’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.
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  |, K% e1 r+ H- ~28.好客 keep open house
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" {* k9 @) X5 t. `3 o+ l  ]* B8 x% b, \6 V我们的邻居特别好客
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7 ^0 w4 }0 m+ }+ q% hOur neighbor keeps open house.
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1 K9 j& V: w: Z4 l. Q- F  V% Q. {29.待客周到keep a good house.

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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1 o4 x; B/ P$ p* }! q她是个正直的姑娘，因此我相信她不会干出那种事。

' o+ q( n! X& u+ hShe’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
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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.

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.

$ o0 W$ Y9 I! n! T- _33.巴结buddy up
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; d1 K; D: R0 T3 r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

我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已
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" y. X, U7 n! v+ c1 oI know you were only playing possum.
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# W" x5 H+ a& I9 Q: U35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape

她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱

3 A0 q. s: _5 N( h' zShe’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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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 .

37. 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

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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38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters

3 u1 o( f. p0 _( p' _9 C我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。
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6 @7 I4 u# e6 }2 u+ F7 Q; w& pI 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.

6 R" o. k( f. U$ ~/ S4 v39.吃醋 be jealous
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40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …
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! D* F$ N* J, X* Z; |他根本就不把得罪人当回事

He would just as soon offend other people as look at them.
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- f: V) G8 U; V" Z  u41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words

: R* K: F! g1 F) r6 U. m8 g5 b他说到做到，从不食言

. }0 |3 s! H) OHe’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.

- g: g# l0 Q* G% K42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to

" P/ J2 s# w; |: {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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6 F/ z% ]8 X8 U9 d9 `/ v) k43.贪吃 gluttonous
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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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1 v2 G( M- R" y! A5 q44.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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4 ?" P7 Y3 {) e& Q4 q0 g- x, i# F; DHis 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

王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒
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) u, l# Z( u" L2 JMr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.

4 S, Z2 G4 R- _0 z( S46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper
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2 {8 O9 g7 \& J. f1 H( R8 Y那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。

7 m7 @. e7 g% b1 `4 c% GThat guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.
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% g* B! }8 a2 W+ C& w% g47.神经过敏thin-skinned
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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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4 ?4 C+ e1 ^. w- Q  E! q7 U8 w3 M48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger
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- _% Y2 e" `9 N% c2 n. y要不是因为你的性子过急，你也不至于失去那笔买卖

If 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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/ |: ^. X5 k" Y9 I4 {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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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
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You’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.

- V! h$ Z/ S2 _1 l( W! c51.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？

In recent years many officials are readily on the take .Who would give much heed to the interest of the country?

connie

顶 ~~~  啊 ~~~~    顶！！！

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!