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1． 偷懒耍滑头 goof-off D% q' x9 c' E( c J
2 K4 i$ ]2 Z* U2 M$ Z' E' w; G# `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
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The boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.4 d5 K7 s7 i. w# }5 \
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3.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) F2 ]3 E+ _, l, I" {
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She can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.
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4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush j% @ s/ f5 O) O
|+ R6 E8 d0 E, i& c5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind* {4 D+ \ R' m" O' N# G' ]
3 d( W/ _6 |7 v& u: r% X她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。
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She always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt.
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! e9 Y i/ P4 a( F! D6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place ) {4 ~9 Z" B' \: i- C
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他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。! N9 A3 [9 D8 j5 B1 c- T# c5 P
. J/ g+ m( I% zHe doesn’t have his heart in the right place. He would find every opportunity to stab in the back of others., u. e6 k6 R+ ~7 p
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7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back! I t1 v t- j' y& @0 U0 w( a
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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。* f+ `$ X; X. F, D7 a/ D4 }
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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.
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8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody
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我从来没说过任何人的坏话。- ?# s4 l* _6 n# _5 S9 x5 D
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% Z E! d' e/ G2 t9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat( \ `2 Z) t( c. @& h9 `- x7 f" t9 F# R
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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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Y0 |2 q v, ~4 h/ j" 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, g7 _% c l1 \9 h) }1 C. e
# z+ c& U- C* N* B' ^/ \10．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？: c" {1 ?% M! W1 E0 T
1 t' F& O/ q7 z: E& S. fHow can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?5 A4 V. K& s5 ~. `9 y% E5 Q
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11.大献殷勤dance attendance
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0 b3 e; u/ d7 h小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。/ ~5 v0 I' z1 f
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Xiao 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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* X: W* B- u) \- k6 h0 K, Q千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。" j+ w* X& y# Z4 Y0 B/ V
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Take 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。4 R! [& G+ I; z1 C
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I feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek.' X5 I6 Y& `' C* v+ Z, D! X
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14.这山望着那山高 The grass is always greener on the other hill., R* r$ X( v' D$ q3 u# G8 n
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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.
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* L4 |# \0 [' ?( [15.上瘾get into one’s blood
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It’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.5 f A0 v+ _" I
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16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense
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17.发牢骚 beef: E8 C, T; a% w. k4 H
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他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。' L- B" E6 j, g; i% D
8 x7 z t8 _; n2 f" h0 ^$ @I’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.
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1 U' ?" m; K( {7 _5 A! Z18.等不及了 champ at the bit8 ~( ]6 W' O9 m7 s! X
8 f/ p. q a! H) O& c1 h& b咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。
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: c8 V4 `; n+ M2 P8 zLet’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.' u8 ]7 X4 u X$ h/ K4 h
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19.点头哈腰bow and scrape
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% n4 n8 d% H6 |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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* u) }% q. Z) v! Y" GFrom the way she’s bowing and scraping in front of the boss, you’ll know what sort of person she is.: }% Z) Q: t' |7 f! M: @0 ~
& K# \; l( Q+ P+ b4 ~; I20.疯疯癫癫go gaga
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( F1 F5 b- J" S$ l9 F m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.! c. M2 t+ N4 t& z
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21.说话不算数go back on one’s words8 C3 w9 _, S) A# G% }
/ A) D5 h; w- S他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。4 h# G: f. w# f
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We cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.5 J" m; p* B8 L' ]- y
. X5 G2 I2 q$ g9 O; i22.废话连篇beat one’s gums
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& x3 m" }9 D( P$ U' n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?; U1 k+ `3 w/ E7 a) J
. S1 f2 u( F5 h/ ?- b4 I; b5 d23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one$ g. n# k; d4 g' p
7 Q: p2 p' A) u* ` 你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？: m% Y4 q9 W% z+ f0 Z1 d
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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 do9 D* {; }. _ j' }
7 e! `/ O/ _9 H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.8 h4 u. X* Z9 m( E
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25.勤快an eager beaver8 l8 H' z$ \* l7 p6 p
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他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。
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) ]+ J! n4 Q Y, J2 L' d+ _/ THe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.
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! T0 E y9 `! L+ j26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing* O. B8 h- {+ `$ j* |3 ~
) R( b+ ~) c# X; n1 t你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲/ _' ~9 E" D8 d
! d( E, L/ W, jThe idea of your calling your mum damned!' i+ V1 j2 m, {) ]* E1 R
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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; j& W5 @& b1 z! F2 p
9 V# @# C2 b4 z5 P8 C( E- z我们的邻居特别好客
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4 Q6 ?3 S$ d' lOur neighbor keeps open house.
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29.待客周到keep a good house.
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: [; ~4 S- F9 n5 [, gShe 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 # a0 H# _, s* s {2 C
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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。
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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.
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. ]( u' p1 a& p4 ^; X# K% D31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly: a7 r2 i* T' Y& W- W7 h' r
( y1 Y) B3 U# M& X$ A3 ]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.
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$ J B) ]9 S$ t# u2 m32. 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3 W1 U* B& |- N: ^2 z
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Don’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other., w' g% N$ s. ^' v# S
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33.巴结buddy up# Q9 d I" C3 }' F: ?
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她可会巴结当官的了。: K9 l2 U' n& A# E5 u
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: x0 S L: E" [" r* m34.装傻 play possum4 H, ^: L0 ?! c' g7 G2 l6 \0 ?
6 N8 l3 p ]: e4 u+ d我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已; D. K" `4 T- j, V1 \8 q
F$ n% z9 w7 P& A5 UI know you were only playing possum.% `0 r% s. U6 x4 q, A: A$ ?
5 n! h- I J3 l8 v35.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2 ] o) i2 c0 a$ e
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She’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.7 \* ]- Q" p; y; q% e' b, T9 Q
. J# ?0 M) Q, F36. 花言巧语do a snow job9 t% I2 a5 \, |6 u3 ?
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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。' A+ w% b& T" O! z5 O
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He did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .) Q4 J2 k5 y) M8 z: o& _# p
' B" v" }! U0 N37. 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$ s# n$ v% ~- n4 O1 W! D& |
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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.; a* W$ R" |" [: S" W8 @5 Q
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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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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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40.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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A4 i/ g4 o& k6 h& sHe would just as soon offend other people as look at them.
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) B: P8 n1 v" r+ x L41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words( O: x9 K7 {5 i; s
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/ H0 J- J* X: O# T8 R1 L; qHe’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.
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8 b/ X& G0 y, z* K6 S42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to
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1 p, G5 S* n1 ^: i7 t1 D! T9 s你不必对他如此的不依不饶# p" C# f( n r! ]
; @7 {. O$ ^' }8 T2 h You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.; z' ~$ n$ f6 x% i
9 M# b; }+ Y4 A0 i5 v2 L43.贪吃 gluttonous1 X* y2 \5 x8 L. I( C1 t3 O
: i; b/ l; \! V& u d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.* i3 L3 A6 r- g- A1 F6 i0 N
5 z1 b6 H1 ~. i: C" o! `/ |+ J44.很乖 as good as gold+ R, l. O. V4 A3 C& T' r
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His little daughter is as good as gold. She’s never been as rebellious as other children.* i7 V |: u. n+ G+ `/ O
t* U* V5 N) y3 |, b+ K! _* E45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy
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/ D2 T; x+ ~1 \1 A, G( c9 f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.* l+ n3 [% g% r. c0 w9 H
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46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper
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7 O f& m8 B, ~1 s那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。5 U$ O+ ?( B, @
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4 ^# W3 d( {/ O; w47.神经过敏thin-skinned( v7 Q4 Z: [/ N
+ R0 T6 `3 U* L' N我看这些人都有点神经过敏( O, k8 u% i C( T0 z v& Z- l3 y* i
( T' N# J- k7 ]0 N! E" ZIn my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned./ } n1 ]' N" Z
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48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger
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If you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.
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' j p; j4 ~0 f) J% Z49.撒娇 play the woman& S! k v9 m8 x% L) d N$ i
" {% R- j, v( Y r她可会在男人面前撒娇了。$ R/ X, h% h* K M/ u8 t4 i
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She ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.& o6 P% p6 m# z; e
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50.占人便宜 load the dice against* Y9 S0 x# U- b( y; s# O t& ?
3 N' L- k6 p0 b* B, D% C你最好别和她打交道，她总爱占别人的便宜
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% d4 S0 u8 Y5 D% [You’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.
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51.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？: C1 ?* G* d+ j2 @& F f( x% s8 a6 I* m
# t8 V8 z0 q3 J. PIn recent years many officials are readily on the take .Who would give much heed to the interest of the country? |
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