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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) @* j4 G5 ?, N) i5 Z3 ~1 p0 F" l9 N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

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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9 v  E3 A7 ^7 H5 {3.保持冷静keep cool

即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静
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* m" Y+ g+ F8 T* S% e% \She can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.

4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

+ ~# v9 w& p8 F" X9 z* t2 x% A7 F3 ~5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind

# b  x2 h4 ~7 B) i她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。
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2 |  W% y3 `" D' Z2 I  qShe 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。
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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.

4 M% }2 {9 g) n7.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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( J+ K6 D- [+ e' L% ~4 NI 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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- o- A  Y5 b+ m5 x4 Z% s' \. F3 q8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody
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我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

* H) ?& J- |9 Q3 P" a7 lI’ve never badmouthed anyone.

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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0 b1 R& }  z9 ]+ T; KShe’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

10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do
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你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？

$ K1 K' j8 u* C% WHow 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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6 v) q8 @8 l+ v1 I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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我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。

9 Q2 ~) n# Y; B: BI 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.

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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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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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。

9 N* L8 \( e: D( Z) C8 kIt’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.
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9 `. N( N1 U2 D+ q16.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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I’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.
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. a) {+ b3 h. ]7 l2 C18.等不及了 champ at the bit

咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。

) p" D  L6 t/ Q& E, x; CLet’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.
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4 n  ~* D4 |; K5 A; k9 m19.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.

) a" @2 h( E6 H" k1 M20.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.

, q3 e/ H/ e7 b/ h. t21.说话不算数go back on one’s words
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) p. A) m3 J6 k2 T  x他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。

" C: m7 S  L1 G- s# bWe cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.

22.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？

1 D2 `, j* h/ Y" G( z2 g& tWho would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?
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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？

% O, m2 A6 o2 S8 O Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?

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如果我是你，我可不忍心把孩子们就在家里没人照看

, g* ^' l, j. O9 z! u/ ]/ FIf I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.

, Q- O( a, V  B+ U& }25.勤快an eager beaver

7 e; G4 ~+ W  a8 W他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。
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. x  |% U( q' _He’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.

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

The idea of your calling your mum damned!

27.懒透了be bone-idle

她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。
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She’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.

28.好客 keep open house

3 b! H0 r) c) j我们的邻居特别好客

Our neighbor keeps open house.
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; F5 w6 ?$ Y  C" t7 P4 l8 x; M29.待客周到keep a good house.

She keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.

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。

1 Y/ I  @: M8 L6 d4 ZShe’s always been on the up and up and I don’t think she would have done such a thing.

: M7 ?  V- s. F6 s* r31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly

( R  U: F8 i- A4 U: V* M5 K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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% ?) t! H: a/ ]/ V32. 与……不合be at odds with

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.

: r8 t# K2 d9 l8 c2 J33.巴结buddy up
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+ u2 Q5 Z( M# q她可会巴结当官的了。
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# o4 F$ Y# E) e% i0 I, bShe’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities

/ X5 @2 i; A0 x- R& A4 P" e4 b% S34.装傻 play possum

% p4 _3 B- n' g" X/ T我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已
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' j' J, {* i  a6 KI know you were only playing possum.

* A% Z! a! Y& A! c4 J. T+ _35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape

6 {5 n' C6 S$ B& l: _她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱
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0 ^9 n2 O! U7 J3 }, @$ K7 I2 nShe’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.
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4 p4 M! ^  P" c# s: i; `36. 花言巧语do a snow job

, J" q% o& R. E" H他花言巧语的哄骗那个女孩，说自己是某个部长的儿子。

0 m  p4 Y1 I# p1 V5 PHe did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .
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8 P1 d% K% n: T  o+ }37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot
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4 X' p( `: i2 L/ F4 ?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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( O2 g" B) z4 U! ]. C/ jYou were plain touching the tender spot. She was most sensitive to the topic of “ the third person”, who cut in between a couple.

+ f: {& N6 `8 x( t6 T. l38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters

3 |6 H- M, S: X" R我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。

) Q+ i9 w0 V8 o- n" U% P  NI 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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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

He would just as soon offend other people as look at them.
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1 q9 O+ e- ?7 b% C41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words

3 W: \& x) S0 ^7 O& P) M5 u. K3 A% \他说到做到，从不食言

He’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.

( ]$ d/ E$ Y- P9 |$ L42.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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( L$ o) w0 _; U8 `( \3 @ You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.

7 q3 \5 {( }" K7 y* k43.贪吃 gluttonous
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+ O$ J) q8 U8 p我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人

2 i* O; i" r+ I9 o! O" Y) W( cI’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.
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( h- f) _+ S  v44.很乖 as good as gold

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  e7 ^$ _* C- T( x& wHis 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
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王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒

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

那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。

That guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.

47.神经过敏thin-skinned

我看这些人都有点神经过敏

In my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.
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48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger
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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.

49.撒娇 play the woman
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: _3 ]( U, j& M! v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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+ |  F  K* I  C& k# A你最好别和她打交道，她总爱占别人的便宜

% D2 r* ^2 ~+ J/ G# N1 |! j0 L) @. fYou’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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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？

In 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!