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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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。

8 g, s, C0 W3 b* q; }XiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours.

0 p7 ]* m+ i! b' L  x  G! _' @8 E2.大动肝火  be up in arms
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. u  L1 a# X) v3 Z/ f4 n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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! O% _" e6 s1 M  hThe boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.
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3.保持冷静keep cool

4 h. C! i  E) X( E即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静
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& a$ R' ^8 q1 L* c# X* [6 h8 rShe can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.

4 U/ w! R2 B' l- s' E! o+ v4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

+ k5 ]- `8 r5 k6 T2 F/ r1 K5 ^5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind
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她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。

. D7 W. K$ ]2 ^! n! ]% c( k6 yShe always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt.

5 ?/ v5 g0 i" S& [% J1 m% \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。

2 ]- k# j6 F0 o0 x) Y  c7 xHe 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

* D1 P0 Y9 e6 \$ x6 N3 d6 g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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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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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。

/ [' @8 I3 n3 _5 {- cShe’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

, D  V/ T8 t8 e2 {% _你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？

5 }; W" C. b, f- V- UHow can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?

11.大献殷勤dance attendance
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; r: t5 ~7 j4 |" d小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。

8 o# j6 J8 C: R. AXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.
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# W! B( n. @; A) _/ e( L9 r12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue

千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。

. v1 Y. K! d* I; n: A2 S* N. iTake 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

+ r, h! L2 ]( m8 T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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- p3 a/ l+ N) K- c# }8 K* Z人都是这山望着那山高，对自己的状况没有满意的时候。

# @  v+ [' z7 @) tAlmost all people see that the grass is greener on the other hill. They never feel satisfied with what they’ve already got.

15.上瘾get into one’s blood

( A3 s+ [$ z1 n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.
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16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense
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. G8 F' [5 S0 L) k+ {1 e17.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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( G: _2 a9 i, H3 ^+ ^" O4 t  [I’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.

. k* y+ I# x8 U4 `( H. c18.等不及了 champ at the bit

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Let’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.

5 f2 b& Q3 Y1 C! D% f* t! |19.点头哈腰bow and scrape
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! c& q- f( v  v  b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。

From the way she’s bowing and scraping in front of the boss, you’ll know what sort of person she is.

8 g4 N# {- B( [- h% F1 i20.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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# {) h0 h" M1 ?% t21.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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* v1 N* t0 I$ ~0 ?# ]We cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.
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& @9 k' {) f: X6 r$ D; C22.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?

' f" j, ?" |! D8 W% I23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one

; ~# B! L0 w* P! Y& ` 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?
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# |1 g4 R0 e* A$ W' F3 k& b" M. a8 o24.不忍心not have the heart to do

' Y" S! B: ?+ A; ~# 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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If I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.
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4 i5 ^1 I8 D: }25.勤快an eager beaver

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.
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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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The idea of your calling your mum damned!
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; A1 f9 f) [$ K2 \3 G& O27.懒透了be bone-idle
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她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。

* r2 F4 Y0 X# e1 J! o' D6 w3 w4 yShe’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.

  l, u9 y0 R# q  y; k4 o/ n6 q28.好客 keep open house

5 a4 r/ ]* `& {' g我们的邻居特别好客

' H6 V! s, g7 g3 i( c% }. Z& JOur neighbor keeps open house.
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29.待客周到keep a good house.
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. v- p- A/ W& o& E" V9 CShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.

" R/ i' A, L* l$ U2 i& n$ F2 j$ q30.正直be on the up and up

! x. n) i8 E$ X) W3 e& w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.
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31.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

5 N" k- D& t: Y5 F! A/ dEveryone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.

32. 与……不合be at odds with
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- s3 F4 ]4 g* W# q" D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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33.巴结buddy up

4 x5 I% |8 l  }7 \3 r/ ]: t她可会巴结当官的了。
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' g7 o) Y4 w9 @) U$ ]' M2 BShe’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities

. d' ^9 \, y" Q34.装傻 play possum

2 U2 O: w! B7 ~; B/ H3 {3 V' }8 S, _我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已
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) i1 b# q: P5 y, J+ R! LI know you were only playing possum.

35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape
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+ Q! a* S, M/ _她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱

She’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.
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( Z% H" y8 v, H" B' ^36. 花言巧语do a snow job

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

1 b! _  f6 a! P: y7 s6 j7 {: L37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot

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.

7 z# w* r) }8 P38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters

我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。
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$ k/ X/ c1 l: P% x1 {$ lI 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.

39.吃醋 be jealous

; X4 Z" o6 |; N# b! |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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, ?5 k7 E3 G1 E7 o' e; X' Q3 i& PHe would just as soon offend other people as look at them.
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5 j7 R5 k; q7 z7 z) s0 a$ K% p41.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.
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42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to
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1 x" P& }0 g( q" v$ o0 N+ V' L+ o9 b你不必对他如此的不依不饶
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" n+ }+ K) c  T! [( M* v; F5 { You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.

43.贪吃 gluttonous

我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人
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2 G5 U. H/ i0 ~% F7 k8 L( @" GI’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.

% `: A6 R$ m- W# F. a: c2 W9 z44.很乖 as good as gold

# P# L! G1 `: l. ^& d$ K他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。

3 W: m  e; l) t0 `3 k+ d* {  V& j" JHis 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

' d& Q) x$ V8 y  a- u& W. g4 F+ E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.
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46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper
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/ x* Y) |9 ~4 l# v5 E( {" R7 G1 l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.

47.神经过敏thin-skinned
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我看这些人都有点神经过敏

$ {* }) O; j2 eIn my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.

$ l! |( N1 T7 r. L48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger

! N4 M1 B) h- ]& [; ?( E4 y7 ~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.

+ V" E* ]# G  H49.撒娇 play the woman

8 `; a4 f6 N/ b  }: o她可会在男人面前撒娇了。
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She ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.

/ X1 t5 X" L" |3 E5 {8 k  i6 s/ d( x50.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

& _* b* j, v8 \* i5 z* zYou’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
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/ j+ A( e0 Z8 c* C1 m5 [' q  M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？

0 v; ~9 W  Z. _1 `+ R8 E' UIn 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

let's up together!