如何地道表达：脾气和性格[转帖]

connie

1．  偷懒耍滑头 goof-off

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。

# h$ z! J+ g' E8 c+ B( Y0 q( \XiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours.

, f! ~# r: r8 C$ E9 ?2 ~8 O% M2.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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0 F6 c& _: I. s$ t- T( eThe 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

! d. V# }  E2 U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.

$ P  K3 ?7 Z. w/ L( ]4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind
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* o0 l( Z' M# [: W+ M, A她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。
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She 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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. y9 c, |5 V) b3 w: Z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.
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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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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

# Z& Q$ a5 ^( n3 \0 n9 p4 x我从来没说过任何人的坏话。
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2 F( P  e  x- k! b5 @4 ?I’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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; P- n( ~1 i$ a+ H9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat
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8 E! x3 |; D" ]9 S8 Y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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你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？

7 c3 J& x* k5 T# l- d% C2 U( ~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

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.

4 b; C  \6 j" Y12.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。

I feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek.
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# Q8 T0 H, U) q3 {2 P0 E14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.
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+ K( t% s$ L( P, E& l& i) p人都是这山望着那山高，对自己的状况没有满意的时候。

2 g$ o2 A5 ]$ ^Almost all people see that the grass is greener on the other hill. They never feel satisfied with what they’ve already got.

9 s" D; k! L" A! Z15.上瘾get into one’s blood
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/ Y3 u; d) B6 ~0 `/ L! e% e. l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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3 b. H& T6 H. ^" l16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense

17.发牢骚 beef

9 E7 g. p$ y+ w' `& J( O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 f5 k4 j) K, O$ U5 EI’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.

* }% s  k7 I- ], D$ _# z5 `- t18.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.

19.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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/ \; Z4 X9 e6 d% o9 MDon’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.

- @  i# {) ]2 p# g21.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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22.废话连篇beat one’s gums
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* E6 q7 G4 d# L9 L( m- U% O谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？
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6 p3 z: e- ^" d6 N; LWho 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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你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？
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5 N$ B6 a8 p7 j# b5 s/ V" N* G 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

$ `6 |$ M0 ?3 X: |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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If I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.
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, z3 G. {# A9 S/ L5 G25.勤快an eager beaver

( j+ \6 ~" u; e( y+ x2 |他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。

  x9 T8 x) m3 v9 E, K0 J8 e) lHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.
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+ S# A  q3 j9 m" _: S$ p: C26.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!
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27.懒透了be bone-idle

+ j% `2 q' U9 B! ^3 H$ w0 r( P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.

+ X* P% O: p, O1 ]2 }& Z" C28.好客 keep open house

7 m9 [8 M; u% A# G我们的邻居特别好客

) N- p: m3 F$ ROur neighbor keeps open house.
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29.待客周到keep a good house.

8 M& b7 y" ~$ G% R5 C% s; y; R* {* zShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.
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( u+ l. J. w( g2 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。

2 F) h- g' ?2 c) nShe’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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7 h: M# j: B# B8 _7 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.

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

  P8 y" O6 N  j& w+ d4 ADon’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.
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6 o1 y: a0 l8 C4 X5 l3 k( b% {  v' j3 X33.巴结buddy up
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3 R1 Q1 g; {7 r! h( p7 s/ _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
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, {, h( Q6 Q- @/ q我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已

I know you were only playing possum.
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35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape

' _, t1 g- v* a$ B9 }. [她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱

9 o5 }9 k: A, W8 @She’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。

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

: l  K8 U- ~3 F' G1 P4 ~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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- D+ J  H3 m8 ?1 ~4 v5 U4 K2 \38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters

2 L3 R: n. {7 P8 G1 }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.

# P, T2 u( G1 c; |& M0 U39.吃醋 be jealous
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. l0 B. B' u- B( M5 g+ }- p) C40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …

他根本就不把得罪人当回事
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1 v- [* U8 }6 [% P9 o) ?- EHe would just as soon offend other people as look at them.

% R, y# J8 E* A& E( ~. M2 X41.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.

/ F0 R9 O% Q7 C4 I0 ~3 m- ]42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to

你不必对他如此的不依不饶

: D0 G2 _6 T# T4 o You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.

43.贪吃 gluttonous

我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人
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# y9 n) k! A4 A+ w3 ?$ dI’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.
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44.很乖 as good as gold

3 a: w: a) k3 X4 W* ^2 j' G- l0 \他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。
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* R( s5 m3 `3 F0 THis 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

7 P. V! ]7 b: z5 p4 u% a' Y王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒
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1 _( S7 m) W( j9 EMr. 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

) P/ s0 d+ x3 J7 e  k% P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
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) f+ Q9 ]2 Y; j2 x我看这些人都有点神经过敏
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In my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.

1 M& m3 p. F* w/ D* E: i) G3 w0 \5 k48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger

: F0 C  O+ X) G0 [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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( W. i( `6 ^' F3 ]- e她可会在男人面前撒娇了。

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

% \( a/ c3 u5 J50.占人便宜 load the dice against

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.

51.为自己捞油水 be on the take
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) x+ a6 D2 \1 V* G8 M2 U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？

) q6 t4 b6 q# K: Z0 K% [( 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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connie

Haha,  是我顶帖顶得让你感叹了吧，哈哈哈:D

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hard job!

千斤顶

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