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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; {+ o, \# W, xXiaoWang’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
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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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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

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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5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind

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She always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt.

' [. Y/ ]% k3 N8 X1 B$ g6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place

' w% p8 l: f' b7 ]2 ~* Q, j6 j- Z他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。

( S+ |& y1 ^) R- B# w) _2 f! sHe 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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/ x0 O2 z7 @$ C" W1 F9 R, b9 ^( Z我万万没想到张某会在背后捅我一刀。我过去太信任她了。

; D" g( N! _# q0 eI was taken aback and didn’t think Zhang would stab me in the back. I placed too much trust in her.

7 w" V* k, {: \5 Z8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

I’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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9.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。
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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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10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do
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: u* p( o! g  p, Q1 g7 U) {* u你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？

  S. Z5 ~/ v' o# z( }4 K6 `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

7 [$ E$ Y, C: N/ M% s小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。
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Xiao 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.
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13.假惺惺的说speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek
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9 z1 v9 l. ]3 w* Z) S- z我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。

9 C9 F4 n8 t3 c# R8 N0 }I feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek.

8 _0 H! m  r8 X$ ^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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/ j- c' m! v2 A0 x. g: E5 ~Almost 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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5 u7 e0 @) {  g15.上瘾get into one’s blood

说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。

. F; b4 i; O9 RIt’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.

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17.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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I’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.
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, ?0 w, U( ^3 G4 l1 G! d18.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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Let’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.

2 U  s- ]1 i' S19.点头哈腰bow and scrape

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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对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。
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: t: _: _7 `. {2 I# [; p( uDon’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.
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21.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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$ s2 C3 C, N' `. c22.废话连篇beat one’s gums
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  D1 n' ~' N# M, i, P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?
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% \8 S* p( M1 i23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one
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你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？

* @: t- @$ o: y* h Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?

24.不忍心not have the heart to do

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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- |+ J$ \9 v1 P0 N+ iIf I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.
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( P, u( G8 Y& z+ n" K25.勤快an eager beaver

0 M" L  T* T' v* s他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。

7 r5 `1 P' p/ M0 h& o# d) fHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.

3 l' S9 P. s' g' G' }) n  ]) ]26.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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3 r, L  H  S. l  `% ~The idea of your calling your mum damned!
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. s0 n5 Q' F/ K! P她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。
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# X& i1 v! @; z! m, z# n6 i/ V* nShe’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

Our neighbor keeps open house.

3 @1 w# ?9 }6 s' A( u3 t% H" G29.待客周到keep a good house.
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* i: Y% c' ^- P! c& VShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.
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7 X1 c! n; \5 w7 Y, n30.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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- m, w# S( i7 [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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& S* E% K: p5 x4 g31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly

# t+ }+ o( p- F/ Z! H8 f! W' b7 t我们这儿的人都知道他是个爱偷鸡摸狗的人
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! B# \% e) |+ C$ H# k  pEveryone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.
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32. 与……不合be at odds with

+ T7 c/ E5 m; ^# L! T不要把他们两个分在一个组里，他俩不合
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Don’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.

33.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

34.装傻 play possum
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- R4 ]7 U1 q: H. P! G6 ]$ ~: ?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.
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35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape

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.

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。

He 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

0 _) {6 p/ p( J7 |: V( E* U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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1 N- X4 S- s' }- P4 F7 Z8 y1 W38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters
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: i" A' j0 e" r8 b# v( P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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  X9 Z; P9 S  ^+ O39.吃醋 be jealous
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3 L) X1 H6 g2 l3 L% }  ^+ k40.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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He 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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! m9 J5 c) Q$ u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

你不必对他如此的不依不饶

/ w# z/ `, ?5 ^3 J You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.
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7 k" y/ E, \0 j1 r- Q5 s( ^43.贪吃 gluttonous
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" U6 V% n6 i  l5 R5 E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.

44.很乖 as good as gold
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; |) x2 _+ P; c4 ^9 w2 Z" s3 |: j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.

45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy
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# e  o! L9 T5 p& f: B王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒

3 R- [1 ^: P( X: E) NMr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.

46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper

- G( F/ |# ?. H0 y4 E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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1 u2 w* P* Y) P/ u47.神经过敏thin-skinned
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我看这些人都有点神经过敏

In my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.

9 t6 Y8 j1 }( k7 B$ z* _- Q" N48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger

% l8 U7 k9 Y) m6 b! d7 o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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7 H- t# [. K- u- a49.撒娇 play the woman
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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.
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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？

. Q' J4 Z5 Z4 y  d+ DIn 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!