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。

. S$ a6 \8 F, M; {XiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours.

2 K+ q6 Q9 A7 j5 h- Y2 e2.大动肝火  be up in arms
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, E; `3 B* @' `% v+ v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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: g& l# x( H7 x4 MThe boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.

& d% \8 s# ]8 c( J0 b3 ~  g; K) h' |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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She can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.
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4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush
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/ _# v6 f! K2 x- o( V/ H" b5.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 。

2 h* w. U5 O" k) MShe 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
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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.

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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; E' S$ k0 P& W9 A1 k2 TI 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。
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I’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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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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' c0 @) ]/ N  U. |( x$ ]  n10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do

你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？

1 f! U; H0 Q" VHow can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?
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$ x8 j$ p: f" v6 ~# \% Y11.大献殷勤dance attendance
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小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。

/ O* D. C  c: ]2 QXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.

12.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。

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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" p( \  r  z- m* E我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。
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$ D0 _8 O& U0 M5 j; P1 C5 M0 g6 ]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。
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! k8 U& O5 N9 XAlmost 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
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) \4 i$ s. A' S2 X8 Z, q" {# D% V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.

16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense
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6 d4 W0 G3 J9 g) V2 B- D17.发牢骚 beef

7 n! L4 \! V) |: R5 w6 V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.

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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( O8 _/ M6 W4 p( Y+ [6 {1 f, l- S19.点头哈腰bow and scrape

, S" [& @, }. E4 w8 r" A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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$ T2 t( G1 s) b) X1 Y6 D* T20.疯疯癫癫go gaga

对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。
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Don’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.

21.说话不算数go back on one’s words

; ~) W7 Q9 N7 J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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2 C9 D/ U5 |( @2 T- n22.废话连篇beat one’s gums
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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?

0 Z3 |: K; m! B( N  I  k23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one
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' O, n; G  }; L/ a" Z 你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？

Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?
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: Q" t6 [: u6 s8 _, @24.不忍心not have the heart to do
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' `* U6 H; G6 l1 W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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( p( ~9 O& ~  |* m# VIf I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.

5 ~/ p3 X5 u) ]9 ]  g25.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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# E, m9 }7 x! H& b/ _) i6 u/ EHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.

1 ^' c4 X$ N) f! J26.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!

. n/ J4 |) t$ G. P$ M2 h6 c/ `+ F27.懒透了be bone-idle
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6 Z! @2 {, ?* l她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。
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3 S  C% t' D3 L& }She’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.

1 _" w* U# j: L7 a# e28.好客 keep open house
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我们的邻居特别好客

Our neighbor keeps open house.
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29.待客周到keep a good house.
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8 p' }4 k# E! m, XShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.
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2 B* a8 a7 R! L. b/ P) s, [30.正直be on the up and up
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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.
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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

1 w1 p8 T" I$ e1 x# Z3 U' I+ XDon’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.

33.巴结buddy up

/ d2 j9 V8 _, N5 C$ Y/ n8 Y她可会巴结当官的了。
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5 Z$ @, E) A& tShe’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities

34.装傻 play possum

! v4 {  _" V, ?+ K我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已
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! A$ Z7 y4 z* D% }0 R0 ~$ W9 AI know you were only playing possum.

2 y) U$ S1 D; Y8 d8 ?35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape
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; n1 }3 s) d4 a( M4 E她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱
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She’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.

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3 m; n% N6 A0 f* x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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- Z! \# @( g$ n6 _& X  ^0 _* AHe did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .
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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.

38.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。

& a4 O  U1 x* U8 I3 S( vI 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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6 Y" ^4 f7 F: e% o# S9 @" P, b4 V他根本就不把得罪人当回事

% P5 ^4 i3 D5 T. `He would just as soon offend other people as look at them.

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他说到做到，从不食言
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$ i' W/ u3 t" s6 z* S) o9 c  {4 @$ }He’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.

42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to

3 ?) f* ^' \4 D# i$ |2 B  f4 @0 g9 p你不必对他如此的不依不饶
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3 Y# o& @& `$ \: E; w) [! T# A You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.

0 |( Q' c6 i0 Y% N1 J7 s43.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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* x: F) K7 w5 e5 EI’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.
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: \$ e- o' `, ?44.很乖 as good as gold
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9 m, @2 D$ i! |5 RHis little daughter is as good as gold. She’s never been as rebellious as other children.
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& w) Z$ d2 _* f% J! g5 e45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy

王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒

2 K! _- B6 _( o* T* ]5 h/ s' oMr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.
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' p, p* l; Z5 C46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper
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/ i! _, O+ M+ C+ R那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。

, M1 h: L6 g% v' H0 r& E- `! oThat guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.
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, t: _5 W/ V  J/ j6 R7 q47.神经过敏thin-skinned
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' {* r: x1 n6 w/ M2 p我看这些人都有点神经过敏
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' l, I9 J! _' }" z) S$ a% N' ^' IIn 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

If 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。

She ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.

50.占人便宜 load the dice against

0 S7 V* |* W. ]6 k4 F你最好别和她打交道，她总爱占别人的便宜
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! Y& Z% j! }3 V; I: kYou’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

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？

+ m$ Q$ b8 Q* YIn 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!