如何地道表达：脾气和性格[转帖]

connie

1．  偷懒耍滑头 goof-off

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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) D: U7 V; _4 L$ `- N% X5 jXiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours.
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* d  N6 K1 Q* `( ]" y2.大动肝火  be up in arms
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/ j5 |) z! E" {7 g8 H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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8 K( I  S5 V9 K! c1 xThe boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.

3.保持冷静keep cool

) Q/ V2 F0 ^( m0 h: U即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静
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She can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.

4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush
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5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind

2 _# i* s* q; x  W) F她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。

" n: q( P$ A" N* w  MShe 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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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.

4 R% |, R* R, `. d  h7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back
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8 X7 X2 W2 V5 ]& ?我万万没想到张某会在背后捅我一刀。我过去太信任她了。

  M7 l) s; l9 B( i. f# lI was taken aback and didn’t think Zhang would stab me in the back. I placed too much trust in her.

- j  m) r; O8 S4 y6 B8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

4 P( r& X0 w( s3 gI’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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) P$ q! ~! c" {2 N0 S' ~9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat
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; X: e3 q8 [/ L+ [她真是个傻帽，时常无缘无故的就傻笑起来。
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$ z3 N9 Q( C) Q) y% IShe’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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+ z7 D0 y2 Q; Y  ~% F3 k5 X% c10．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？

How can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?

11.大献殷勤dance attendance
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( l' {8 p8 ]) k% m# \* ^小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。
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Xiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.
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  I, s* \8 g0 s12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue
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千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。

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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我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。

5 @" g0 S: l% P* M3 @9 h! Z9 {# ?) |/ [" zI feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek.
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9 D0 S# w, W" A% l! z8 \6 J14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.

5 m& r, [6 H( n# ]$ D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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0 c2 E+ F, j; M0 I1 O3 }% `8 A4 {+ eAlmost 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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15.上瘾get into one’s blood

说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。

; {' k6 p0 o- s1 XIt’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.
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8 a8 Y/ Q0 t' L8 T7 ]$ ]16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense
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$ E1 ^, @5 m1 y  J8 L17.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.

18.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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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。
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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.
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8 |/ A6 q" q: I7 g2 @$ g5 V8 I20.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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4 ]- U2 U% d$ U& L: pDon’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.

7 `. a) a7 {! _! ^1 w21.说话不算数go back on one’s words

" @; v4 k, y9 R他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。
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# T6 s3 |- ?6 i; r8 kWe cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.
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6 u$ N4 k+ |3 G' p! i22.废话连篇beat one’s gums

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?

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？
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. E2 r2 w9 N! N: U% w0 g7 i 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
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( b& I4 g- ?3 N8 I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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  J3 o4 C3 Z, ~* t% L25.勤快an eager beaver
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他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。

He’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.

26.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
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The idea of your calling your mum damned!
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' `+ h% l% ^; A, y) s8 ^: ~27.懒透了be bone-idle

% C/ T1 |5 K' w7 P她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。

& ~% \+ D3 G, j* d5 t  RShe’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.
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28.好客 keep open house
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9 D" e! Q' B4 G. ?. `我们的邻居特别好客
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Our neighbor keeps open house.

$ s! b6 ~+ W; u( L$ ?: Z& a$ j29.待客周到keep a good house.
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( c" ~# w3 }- a& j2 `9 B/ |2 BShe 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。
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+ b: l: s* D3 U9 Z5 v4 @3 k& ZShe’s always been on the up and up and I don’t think she would have done such a thing.
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9 c8 W2 P3 @$ y: r# G31.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

% k( ^% N! v& ^) mEveryone 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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$ a  G( ~) b/ o& FDon’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.

33.巴结buddy up

9 w/ t+ c: y. i  D0 P& G6 j" R她可会巴结当官的了。
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6 a6 h% ^4 `; D; s0 E4 g8 VShe’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities

34.装傻 play possum
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我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已

I know you were only playing possum.

35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape

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.

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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* B2 z4 \1 f7 W3 T7 FHe did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .

# r. C5 _* A* _/ E4 J  z37. 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
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2 m" d3 S# U( b8 o' fYou 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

. x9 T$ H  M7 X, n我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。

0 _! H# |" U' k# J4 tI 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.

( P! Q2 c) B9 N! y39.吃醋 be jealous

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

, z8 p& Q* T: P* HHe would just as soon offend other people as look at them.
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  \) I+ H/ V/ X: V- R8 d7 B" O41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words

8 I5 v5 F, Z4 u, o0 T) {他说到做到，从不食言

# C: \# x  V% i( H4 f& d9 A- w6 r1 r: bHe’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.

42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to
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! w% c3 h# @3 X5 U! C- ^/ Q; U你不必对他如此的不依不饶
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You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.

2 F9 G3 E6 l  F: l43.贪吃 gluttonous

$ c3 D0 q& t$ F2 ~- v' L- \3 d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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' {2 A: ]$ }8 [' {- M44.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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% p$ Y" C' v- I" ]: O( c+ qHis little daughter is as good as gold. She’s never been as rebellious as other children.
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+ _2 z1 B, j. B" L5 ?6 ?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

Mr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.
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46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper
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( x; ?% h8 \1 x+ i' a( M那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。

- k  y  m8 _7 W$ M; l. ZThat guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.

47.神经过敏thin-skinned

我看这些人都有点神经过敏
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4 N: W9 T1 |6 b& }/ Y2 JIn my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.
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6 I6 {& X; |3 r" D# G8 ?2 h48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger

( o9 y0 F* O; `6 o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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- K4 z8 W0 ]1 @/ C* {她可会在男人面前撒娇了。
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9 q& ~# n' y2 q  K- ?She ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.

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.
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, y9 u  k2 p5 X. a51.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？
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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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connie

Haha,  是我顶帖顶得让你感叹了吧，哈哈哈:D

xry

hard job!

千斤顶

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