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.
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2.大动肝火  be up in arms

7 y. s7 `  B- U7 M1 w1 o7 g9 ^- u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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* X6 J* N6 j; j3.保持冷静keep cool
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8 X# P% b7 z) W" u. g即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静
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, v. X3 h0 O& c: g( JShe can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.

% f3 R, v& i- N& h$ B$ w3 A4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush
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' {* L3 i0 H* Z) n& q5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind
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2 C8 M2 l8 E8 H/ R  M$ W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.

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

他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。
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: ]# z* b4 a9 U! ]% x8 r' T- ^He doesn’t have his heart in the right place. He would find every opportunity to stab in the back of others.

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。

I 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
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我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

I’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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% M: k: X* p* P5 q5 j# k9.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。

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

" W; a! P/ p' [6 p8 {* d10．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?
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8 |* f# g( X6 L# ~11.大献殷勤dance attendance
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小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。

$ P( q+ i1 C2 ^' ]6 S9 dXiao 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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0 R# ~8 n1 c, `  Q% J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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+ n0 @' K; m+ N6 w' P% n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.

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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8 W. N' }2 _9 y5 V: rAlmost 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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% i+ {* z9 A1 q9 s0 V; Q1 m) M! o15.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。

It’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.

9 T1 g4 j8 u) ^+ k16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense

17.发牢骚 beef

; _5 q1 j$ U; s) A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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18.等不及了 champ at the bit
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咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。
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9 w& S2 Q5 b& X; Z: t) \. L& e) zLet’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.

19.点头哈腰bow and scrape
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& g) M- v5 M- K/ ^0 \( p# |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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20.疯疯癫癫go gaga
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8 ~0 {4 l! K5 `. Y; `8 H对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。

! G) a6 @6 p7 c( q; tDon’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.

. N" K# _" X$ p- h* B% m2 P21.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。
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We cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.

0 u; V/ Y( R6 o5 N! e$ u1 T1 H; t22.废话连篇beat one’s gums
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( \" B( I; z0 x; k2 O谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？
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: e8 t+ o4 m- c- y7 d# Q% X" vWho would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?
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23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one

4 W: w# O% O1 K7 M& f# k 你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？
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  a) }/ H! m1 v  J Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?
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. ~$ C+ `5 m- |/ d4 n24.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.
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' @9 \* E5 z7 N! G9 B7 |; C25.勤快an eager beaver
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他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。
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  x: a4 T- R9 D! e* tHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.
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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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3 m: c2 J, N6 `- x! N  B$ LThe idea of your calling your mum damned!
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( A4 E, x2 M; j& m27.懒透了be bone-idle

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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28.好客 keep open house

我们的邻居特别好客
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8 w( E8 r, F/ w, y  `- Y7 d& OOur neighbor keeps open house.

29.待客周到keep a good house.

: n8 x- @- `7 _She keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.

  q7 Y+ K% [. |  \* _, X1 |- g3 A30.正直be on the up and up
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  L& @; D* m* ]/ G. V' h, p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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4 F1 B& i( d% ^3 g# r, CShe’s always been on the up and up and I don’t think she would have done such a thing.
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31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly

我们这儿的人都知道他是个爱偷鸡摸狗的人

0 P& _4 r  w3 ~" X' D4 l* r1 W' vEveryone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.
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32. 与……不合be at odds with
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+ a8 H2 r  D3 u' X1 U$ @# }3 S不要把他们两个分在一个组里，他俩不合
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, i* W1 G: q( L" f  q1 e5 F% S. dDon’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.
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33.巴结buddy up
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她可会巴结当官的了。
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She’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
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* ]: w  Q# E& z) BI know you were only playing possum.
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35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape

% D9 @# S3 I% c$ i2 ?: _$ J她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱
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: I, T+ p* X$ m- aShe’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

+ C/ e0 H) L" t9 [他花言巧语的哄骗那个女孩，说自己是某个部长的儿子。

He did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .

1 g4 D# \0 {; p* ^% y37. 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

4 z( K. G! i# [; T+ ~! pYou were plain touching the tender spot. She was most sensitive to the topic of “ the third person”, who cut in between a couple.

& @( c6 M, P9 q. D, X: t38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters
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1 M3 [" q% Z3 L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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- k' W% y4 ]5 Y" X4 u: J' Z39.吃醋 be jealous

40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …

" @% I! d, _, G$ ^他根本就不把得罪人当回事

1 Q. X+ [: O; W! D9 }+ n3 M; UHe would just as soon offend other people as look at them.
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41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words
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他说到做到，从不食言
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He’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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! N  \; N9 F& c) u" G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.

: e$ k: F: e" H1 d9 u43.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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0 r5 X" |; P" a* I: M44.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。

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
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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.

46.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。
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That guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.
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' x" e1 K  r- r7 P2 B47.神经过敏thin-skinned

( x) o4 G, |# K- V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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48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger
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" [" q: o2 O  G1 A0 X. Y+ w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.

% K$ J3 C2 k8 Y0 J0 K+ ~49.撒娇 play the woman
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: W  E5 n3 {: }4 ^% k7 Q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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+ f- R' s6 {( P' q5 a6 m50.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

0 A9 E9 A) p- C$ \You’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.

51.为自己捞油水 be on the take

9 V6 {' Q6 x( @9 Y% h3 Y0 C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

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水上村

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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

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