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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9 b: ^6 ^0 W) H  Z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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  j" A1 I5 M7 M: ~# Z, A# jXiaoWang’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

由于公司最近几个月销售业绩不佳，老板正在大动肝火

The 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
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即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静
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8 y- U: c5 ?7 b7 CShe can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.

4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

' w' A3 Z4 u) n" a5.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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7 Y" W. U# H5 c7 @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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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

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.
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  T" t# Q2 o- o) k8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

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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1 G% J+ l2 K1 I8 W; ^- G9.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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/ k+ A' ~1 d/ M" E% O6 ~10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do
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8 ~0 Z) a( W5 u$ o; x" a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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" z2 {" L1 M3 Y11.大献殷勤dance attendance

小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。
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' i$ Y) Z& a. b- m* }Xiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.

! u: U2 x' E4 x12.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。
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" `- g) A8 i0 MTake care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue.

; E# E) X: C5 q& S/ K  n13.假惺惺的说speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek
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5 f5 @$ l  j: ~! K6 Z我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。
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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.

+ q" C6 r( d. ?& m人都是这山望着那山高，对自己的状况没有满意的时候。

, c& l1 e! H: b5 B4 r. L+ ^! gAlmost 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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9 o$ K+ X' S# Y% E3 X& S6 ]15.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.
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16.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。
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7 H; x( z9 i3 c3 WI’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

咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。

Let’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.
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19.点头哈腰bow and scrape
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) \$ S; l- m# h( q) W; r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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8 `1 D8 T$ c  [/ yFrom 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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  I7 @1 \" U0 M( u20.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。
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, B2 [! ~% K2 o3 MDon’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.

21.说话不算数go back on one’s words

% r* b  `) P* g' m他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。

! C9 q5 Y2 m7 ?% S! K- {We cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.

5 [, ^3 p* p0 E8 E! I22.废话连篇beat one’s gums

: F& `9 f5 s9 O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

你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？
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( e) j0 v' W  _% [6 v  A/ K" | 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

  X8 ?1 D6 X) P8 S7 O3 J4 a$ t3 X如果我是你，我可不忍心把孩子们就在家里没人照看

  r9 U) i0 D! d4 g7 q5 OIf I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.
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25.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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0 l+ f) q: y- Z* h& l; v9 i, q7 Q" @He’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.
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26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing

' ~2 }( x0 Q0 f  Y你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲

The idea of your calling your mum damned!

6 l& ^* b: ~5 {27.懒透了be bone-idle

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She’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.

28.好客 keep open house

我们的邻居特别好客

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29.待客周到keep a good house.

6 S, Q; p! @, M% d% Z, I' 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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" L8 B' U8 F6 F$ y* f9 K; j2 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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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

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.

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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" u. z+ h2 K8 i+ M7 G! @7 _* pDon’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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  V0 _+ @( S) m: `9 `6 r; o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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34.装傻 play possum

5 z$ S& b$ m( B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

! d2 ]: P* O( F" f* H她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱

0 a# E$ t$ D1 L+ o" xShe’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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他花言巧语的哄骗那个女孩，说自己是某个部长的儿子。

2 K; I# V) C. rHe did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .

4 ]' _  K8 \: e5 E( e37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot
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8 ]  H) ]1 w) o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

! T& E# m+ A+ R) [6 A" ~; V7 @You were plain touching the tender spot. She was most sensitive to the topic of “ the third person”, who cut in between a couple.

$ m+ s0 o2 O' y, ?% B! G2 X38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters
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0 v* K" ~8 g1 S. o我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。
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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.

39.吃醋 be jealous
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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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8 ^8 V* J. l6 k. w. B$ `9 bHe would just as soon offend other people as look at them.
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$ T% G% A1 X, D9 `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.
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42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to
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你不必对他如此的不依不饶
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* c, \# }1 P0 p# P4 x# [+ f: A You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.
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43.贪吃 gluttonous

/ k  |0 D4 f( Z8 S5 g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.

# j9 K8 Z2 W6 H. n44.很乖 as good as gold
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0 Q' q. V9 k0 I. r+ e4 j! ]他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。

6 y5 i. U1 ~8 k( |His little daughter is as good as gold. She’s never been as rebellious as other children.
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3 i, w1 c8 ~1 t1 f; K45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy

王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒

4 E% ~7 K1 K2 u" LMr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.

9 m* u* Z1 v) |" @3 `) ]) O3 \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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3 \3 o" \4 P; f2 E9 \' x6 ]That guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.
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47.神经过敏thin-skinned

我看这些人都有点神经过敏
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" f. h; Q6 F$ E3 C% s0 ], yIn my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.

48.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

4 O, q" K5 S6 A. u! D0 JIf you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.

49.撒娇 play the woman
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她可会在男人面前撒娇了。
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: A2 q4 W# \* L. ]- hShe ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.

50.占人便宜 load the dice against

8 F. h1 y, Q( Z  q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？

, u1 W" M$ j+ b# D4 e& c$ R' ]4 b0 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!