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。

XiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours.

2.大动肝火  be up in arms
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# t% V3 j9 @  E4 `: y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.
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6 a0 q8 S9 h  ]( Q; X, S, m# Z3.保持冷静keep cool

+ U2 d- Y: n( V& I2 y) f) g即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静

3 u$ t2 l$ i* P. ^% Z; I. f1 YShe can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.
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' f  V8 F/ U( p4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind

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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6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place

% x( W1 K) Y3 S( g; o0 ^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
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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。
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4 j9 o0 p) U: ~* y+ sI was taken aback and didn’t think Zhang would stab me in the back. I placed too much trust in her.

8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

I’ve never badmouthed anyone.

9.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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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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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？

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

11.大献殷勤dance attendance

小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。
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5 z/ L  i9 D' P6 f0 {& `: yXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.

5 t/ e  q+ ~% m; _8 u# F# ?) g# [12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue

" g: h. e8 B. |6 q千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。
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5 e4 J8 i, M# M) P. S- u- v" TTake 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

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.
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14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.

人都是这山望着那山高，对自己的状况没有满意的时候。

0 M/ j) c% {, c* T' o7 N0 m% B7 @! FAlmost 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

$ c8 X) K; n3 j6 M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.

4 D( M# j5 n% T& ^- O16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense
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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.
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18.等不及了 champ at the bit

. Y3 a5 g5 U& U- h$ {咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。
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) _4 ~- ~6 n& h- F8 t3 W& e$ OLet’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.

9 {3 k* a# f% `0 H: E6 L20.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。

Don’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.
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" i' A  Z4 f6 N) ?- V: J$ h21.说话不算数go back on one’s words
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9 Y( L* _: C# ?他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。

We cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.

22.废话连篇beat one’s gums

谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？

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

. o/ S7 H* F) D# h8 t) ?( Z# l23.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?

24.不忍心not have the heart to do

7 A4 Z. I7 R, B# Q! p) Q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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$ g# l5 J/ \) Z/ Y8 @If I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.
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: g% ^$ J! s/ X25.勤快an eager beaver

* x& S% Y3 P! _/ }$ ~# }- F% n他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。
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He’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.

  |8 }# ]7 ~$ U) _4 e26.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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The idea of your calling your mum damned!
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7 h" e0 N/ q$ z& U" F9 R27.懒透了be bone-idle

她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。
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6 ^) a# U0 V( \/ o- ^2 f0 fShe’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.

% K  ~* T4 s: w. f8 A1 u28.好客 keep open house
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% ]' X9 L& i3 b. g' e% u我们的邻居特别好客

6 H+ k$ o3 s- J2 _) A7 T2 ZOur neighbor keeps open house.

29.待客周到keep a good house.
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! G  s. C' L, h- kShe 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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- H& |- G$ V3 w7 @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
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/ r4 m( {- r2 z8 ?3 J* y  T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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32. 与……不合be at odds with

% p1 B7 Y  E2 F4 `! t/ s不要把他们两个分在一个组里，他俩不合

Don’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.
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6 h6 B" R! e" Y$ u6 b4 k, E; g33.巴结buddy up
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她可会巴结当官的了。

" O7 g! o1 N, oShe’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities
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34.装傻 play possum
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) v- Z' ?8 b* S我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已

I know you were only playing possum.
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35.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

' c$ g. }. q! f5 O. s+ GShe’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
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4 P6 T+ C0 |# }$ L* {9 W7 m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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+ q- l9 R" b: pHe 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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, Y* }! v. I4 N5 F7 E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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+ ?, t& @. E, q2 X38.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。

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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39.吃醋 be jealous
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40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …

5 V/ T, g8 B: {' v  s3 W7 e! X他根本就不把得罪人当回事

He would just as soon offend other people as look at them.

41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words
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" Q  u4 a7 X, C9 N3 E6 h他说到做到，从不食言
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$ |: A( i% C# Q* |% _He’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.
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# ?* d' B. Q* V$ k2 M42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to
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, ~: W( B, O" B! q! m( V1 M6 z你不必对他如此的不依不饶
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  Y- L3 _% b/ ?( q/ h8 V4 p3 g* z You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.

43.贪吃 gluttonous
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$ a! I) i0 d  ]: [0 u' H$ P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

他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。
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His 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

Mr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.

: `, o. s7 l. M8 }9 c3 B6 z46.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.

3 n# n* R( |4 T4 U$ n& b) r5 i$ Q( S47.神经过敏thin-skinned
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# B2 _1 e; ^. D: x2 M' p我看这些人都有点神经过敏
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7 C' j0 L- _: f& D2 ~In my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.

48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger
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$ A# u& Z' i+ A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

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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  z, y. j/ v% Z7 O50.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

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

/ x! }, N$ d2 @' d( t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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