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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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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- \6 F; b& F/ r7 G, A$ F2 d2 y. ?The boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.

( r! a6 q4 p4 O( y, g% R3.保持冷静keep cool
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* w0 W0 n' P2 ^  q& x即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静
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, B+ L% h# h& ^$ FShe can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.

: q' p- {: o& U! m! V( k4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

+ \8 W- h; o) F* b: e# Y5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind

! M4 _: l8 O6 I. f3 J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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' W% N7 F9 v3 m" f) p; u6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place
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他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。
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0 o, }% M& K( T& S2 G$ S* kHe doesn’t have his heart in the right place. He would find every opportunity to stab in the back of others.

+ r6 z2 F3 |- `: R7.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。

$ [: L5 S/ w8 M8 I- @6 ^4 hI 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

, ~8 r3 P6 U7 R. J我从来没说过任何人的坏话。
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I’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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) @/ m! U8 s7 {' Y9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat

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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8 o& o; x* |& O6 `& l0 ^10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do

你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？
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: q  X% O  Y9 M, s: {4 [- t: W  AHow can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?
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11.大献殷勤dance attendance

8 W) c7 c; Q/ w) E: a7 Q: b小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。
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( ]- c; _& Y$ V! M- [2 t: AXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.
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7 @% c3 B& r2 B3 Y0 J5 Z$ s! A8 c12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue

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

; y0 p4 L+ i- u1 Q. }我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。

I feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek.

14.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。
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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.

: @5 J% T9 y3 i* g8 B  W15.上瘾get into one’s blood
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5 {+ ~0 s3 z% P# G+ a3 K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.

" T' o1 m6 y6 p- D1 d& w. J16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense
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17.发牢骚 beef

他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。
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I’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.
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& S5 \3 |9 g) u" d% `" l2 A& m18.等不及了 champ at the bit

咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。
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7 F- h% C. M" e) i" \. D  MLet’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.

19.点头哈腰bow and scrape
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4 E" X4 h, }: h2 N, }3 b: c& c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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From the way she’s bowing and scraping in front of the boss, you’ll know what sort of person she is.

; U3 X( X- I- j% \) u20.疯疯癫癫go gaga

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.
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* Y4 r9 b& [4 u0 M& v. _9 u8 W21.说话不算数go back on one’s words

他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。

7 A& }& ], g  s7 k+ \9 `8 S% s! m, uWe 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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. ~' T' n- j8 m谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？
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- _% m9 T: I, I% PWho would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?
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8 G" q4 _! L- 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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6 C$ A" Q4 I! A3 C/ m Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?
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1 m1 w2 K4 ^: h" t24.不忍心not have the heart to do

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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* a; `+ K, D0 Y- M! j& H/ N25.勤快an eager beaver
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9 _; P1 A1 G$ |4 g; _& X3 O, }他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。
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! j& Z# A4 J( w2 W8 u4 [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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你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲
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: v- y2 f4 _9 NThe idea of your calling your mum damned!

27.懒透了be bone-idle

* Z/ Y  O; P" j她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。
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+ Q/ ]8 ?6 y7 Y% D. PShe’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.

. o9 U7 W( g: @8 v; [2 D+ X28.好客 keep open house
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4 B$ ?1 d2 g: Z, s2 I: Y我们的邻居特别好客

8 t" S; N8 P+ F+ O3 E1 MOur neighbor keeps open house.
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29.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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4 v5 M, P8 e4 _5 w4 J30.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.

31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly

( _. ?  z: E7 C- e1 g我们这儿的人都知道他是个爱偷鸡摸狗的人

/ s& {! {: g  T; m2 X9 @) t+ MEveryone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.

& k: z( O' Q4 _' A32. 与……不合be at odds with

6 U( O$ u9 ~6 k5 E+ v5 p7 G: `不要把他们两个分在一个组里，他俩不合

7 a" E; w% K( o: ZDon’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.

33.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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. |# w7 ?' T  D9 u% j) T, I34.装傻 play possum

7 k) t% ?- r$ u. B  f7 O, [' T我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已

$ s8 ?; k( ~6 F% II know you were only playing possum.
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( K6 M* x+ \1 d) T% M2 d5 V; p35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape
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; N- ^+ w) `% T" N5 H她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱

4 I7 S) H! B- u$ kShe’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.

6 c* f; t; b" F2 @: C% T36. 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。

- @4 X; _6 `, {/ d/ j* y1 THe did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .

- n1 c0 p% Y+ n4 S37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot
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# t! r7 D' N7 i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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You 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

3 B/ U2 ~( w; t7 g( n5 C我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。
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  G0 i9 s' z4 O/ AI 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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0 F6 d- x  P! b6 p6 S6 E  ~6 p39.吃醋 be jealous
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40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …
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* I- u2 u2 N, F; ^& @他根本就不把得罪人当回事
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/ f" c" _( o' N5 K0 F% M* I  RHe would just as soon offend other people as look at them.
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+ g  |1 @* T) w! K# _41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words

他说到做到，从不食言
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5 A0 T  `7 d* x" N  _- g. dHe’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.
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  ]# @& L2 N8 R42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to
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, X: y9 M$ ~- S: v- |, `# A8 K你不必对他如此的不依不饶
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( o- _5 N! l, S: \. [' C: _8 C' @ You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.

43.贪吃 gluttonous

( z, a0 h+ [; h: G9 ~# h) _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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) r, M9 _- y$ D& n0 `他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。
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* K4 U) M4 J7 z0 ~1 n" d6 R" n+ XHis little daughter is as good as gold. She’s never been as rebellious as other children.
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9 y6 k' R  Y, B" Q$ i45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy
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+ B( _1 \; a1 R- c4 o王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒

- F5 Z9 z5 H3 z& g: v( \Mr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.

46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper

3 I+ ^: v) J6 U. q% n4 r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.
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47.神经过敏thin-skinned
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3 i& i2 t1 f0 b# }- F我看这些人都有点神经过敏

In my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.

# e5 W. |2 ^0 M! n3 `3 E+ P2 o48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger

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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49.撒娇 play the woman

她可会在男人面前撒娇了。

She ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.
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5 @9 V5 t' t( F5 ^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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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？
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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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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!