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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! `( R% h& U% V; Y- Y8 J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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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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8 r9 [8 K6 W2 y) a. |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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  r, c+ X3 ]! {0 f0 Z5 P- SShe can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.
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& a# r7 t7 U4 @7 F! h2 t4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

' l8 [. T4 o- O  k, ~4 `( m5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind

" M4 g9 \7 C4 d/ X8 m她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。

/ H, C- W1 g" X( h  a  ZShe 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
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8 z: v% ^/ j' ~! ~5 n5 b: Z; j- K他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。

/ u0 ^' {# f8 P2 H7 w% FHe doesn’t have his heart in the right place. He would find every opportunity to stab in the back of others.

/ C$ @* h0 {2 g% \/ [7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back
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0 p# p: i/ d; L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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8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody
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: o8 H- @+ g- F8 }7 K我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

8 q% W- N# L- [" s! {/ ?; pI’ve never badmouthed anyone.

9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat
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( U- K+ a. b1 W" B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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10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do
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4 E3 ?3 B  I2 H( y4 R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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11.大献殷勤dance attendance
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小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。

  R: X! }6 \0 O2 IXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.
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12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue

千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。
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Take care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue.
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- k; _2 [, z' O1 o13.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。

0 T; I- @9 P1 c0 v- N( o) ZI feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek.

+ I. t5 `# h; p7 f1 |  }14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.
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人都是这山望着那山高，对自己的状况没有满意的时候。

7 R- N+ s' K+ P7 l3 }' j" l6 E# G6 vAlmost all people see that the grass is greener on the other hill. They never feel satisfied with what they’ve already got.

" ^& W9 h5 b0 v: _$ J( [6 w15.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。
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9 t: t/ ^5 g& H6 i  ]% S6 NIt’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.

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/ \1 g# Q9 z$ A- B% {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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咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。

. W7 _/ m" B, e7 q; {: M  c* s# NLet’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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( ^' ]9 _+ ?4 y, H0 m4 R4 \" l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.

0 ?* {0 P, t" v20.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.

3 N: n1 w* E9 H, D+ o21.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。

We cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.
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. [! P; M+ N( z: g% [# J22.废话连篇beat one’s gums

- c1 y* E+ O" o% J谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？
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; \& E% E$ R: A' h  x6 p; fWho 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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) U5 W; R2 |. h: u4 {; `# z/ e 你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？
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$ L5 c  Y+ k& `/ s1 u0 l1 q" G& N Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?

6 y# t$ E0 f* P+ y24.不忍心not have the heart to do
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+ j% C+ c  r! M1 C% v如果我是你，我可不忍心把孩子们就在家里没人照看

If I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.

25.勤快an eager beaver

他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。

He’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.
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26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing
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- \# c4 b7 g% f/ a! R3 ~你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲

1 U/ R  {8 k' L1 i. ?+ yThe idea of your calling your mum damned!
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  f3 ?' O  i) M+ ?3 E27.懒透了be bone-idle

( B) S, m2 d4 r. Q8 }3 _1 B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.

28.好客 keep open house
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2 S  n$ }2 s7 M( b1 I: P# K我们的邻居特别好客

Our neighbor keeps open house.

29.待客周到keep a good house.
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She 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

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

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2 s& \" m9 h5 f0 cEveryone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.

32. 与……不合be at odds with
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/ e7 g. D$ [! _2 `; U不要把他们两个分在一个组里，他俩不合
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* l7 S- h0 J% ?8 QDon’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.

9 o$ q; H' d; L: F* f1 l$ E5 e, R& k33.巴结buddy up

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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% Q& }+ h) s# a4 [! J: m8 e+ ?1 |34.装傻 play possum

我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已
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I know you were only playing possum.

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

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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6 @4 Y" V$ F/ A3 W! @3 j, e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 .
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! {' h9 ?( ~9 T$ x/ H. }1 A; ]37. 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

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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. s  ?6 Q$ o% A9 U# F# L8 x( O38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters

* C- e, o6 ~5 v5 M! P" y我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。
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: S2 `$ X0 f) ^$ R5 y" iI 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

40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …
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/ I9 o/ E+ c7 z2 ~7 O他根本就不把得罪人当回事
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He would just as soon offend other people as look at them.
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, [  q4 d1 h% m! v- C2 w41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words

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

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.
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+ m$ y$ H+ z: ?/ H43.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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+ `( k* J3 w+ N, qI’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.

0 p# [$ H# R2 o* H  E& z44.很乖 as good as gold
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+ w  s% g2 X" m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

* y* D# D9 o: }' K3 d0 }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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7 y9 v: Z  H# I/ p46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper
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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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47.神经过敏thin-skinned

我看这些人都有点神经过敏

6 {6 ^7 R1 k& FIn my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.
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9 s. S7 |+ X3 N9 E3 Z! G48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger
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$ }7 N6 X7 B& h1 \9 g" e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.
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49.撒娇 play the woman

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.

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

You’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.

9 U7 W) a( n+ I4 s( \- _51.为自己捞油水 be on the take
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' D+ _7 W4 G( N* V. q  v4 |& O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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  m5 _1 f! p* A3 `- y! f) IIn 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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社员都是向阳花

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!