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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' P; w( q1 J8 I6 M* ~/ W3 l6 v) 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。

XiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours.
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3 ]& v  |; ?' _1 C% [, J2.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

* x" A/ O: [- e; u" uThe boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.

3.保持冷静keep cool
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! Z" C# _9 d& X! w. x即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静
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- o7 b( Y5 @, `; ]. J+ a6 ZShe can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.
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4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

" {5 `% @' l# q: G" o5.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 。
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She 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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! g" |2 \5 M1 E  t* F! n他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。
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- U" X9 J$ [/ ~* I8 sHe 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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! r6 M7 b, H' _8 QI 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
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$ o+ ~% {, G- p0 l  d我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

I’ve never badmouthed anyone.

3 a  V- L2 T5 d9.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。

+ h( e3 Y& L7 B) A3 l/ V" j: b5 }2 aShe’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

你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？
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How can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?

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6 j) L% I* B) g! [6 x% M: z4 h小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。

% c& I5 G- P% AXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.

6 E* w0 K( Q% h1 H12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue

# I5 B$ ~' y' l, z' e' v  ]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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13.假惺惺的说speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek

我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。
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I 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.
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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。
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" Y7 _, Y8 T3 i7 a  gAlmost all people see that the grass is greener on the other hill. They never feel satisfied with what they’ve already got.

1 F5 F4 O  P  j% |: N( i) U15.上瘾get into one’s blood
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; G" a' Y' S3 L4 V说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。
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8 t  o: f5 c/ y7 Z9 Q: y/ j* |4 AIt’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.
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16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense
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17.发牢骚 beef

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3 H) E  t$ J: w8 n. |8 x$ vI’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.

18.等不及了 champ at the bit
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Let’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.
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7 f1 a3 J- h2 F3 D3 t; {& d; S' Z7 L3 E19.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。

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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/ i* X9 B& B& O% \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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9 u" o8 {' W- b# a2 bDon’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.

) S$ U1 Q8 u8 Q- u9 `8 f$ Q21.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。

! R9 A! j3 P7 T2 N+ {We 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？
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9 D( @/ Y/ C+ b6 B* m2 e( FWho would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?
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6 c) w5 y, E/ o, K23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one
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! f& V* Y- r& `4 g 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?

24.不忍心not have the heart to do
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# A  X' ~2 N$ E% u$ e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.
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% m; \9 v2 e" f' W25.勤快an eager beaver
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6 P1 O, j& F4 |他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。
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9 b8 D2 v6 ~1 }+ BHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.

26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing

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The idea of your calling your mum damned!
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& r  Q8 ]$ H7 M+ I% I27.懒透了be bone-idle

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.
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' X  i* x* L/ T/ O" C28.好客 keep open house

我们的邻居特别好客
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9 H- x! O. a7 b! Y3 q& P29.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
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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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! F& }  b: `" [; P& ^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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9 x9 J8 _7 N4 y9 D31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly
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$ C1 }" D7 r) \- B. K1 S, r! T7 V我们这儿的人都知道他是个爱偷鸡摸狗的人

Everyone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.
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32. 与……不合be at odds with

, |# Q- X$ C% s+ P6 k  }不要把他们两个分在一个组里，他俩不合

. N; ~/ f) w# H2 B7 `Don’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.

* i# d8 `: U. G! M: r* P$ G33.巴结buddy up
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- v# w: J: z) M* K  x她可会巴结当官的了。

+ ^+ d6 D& }+ M! s, v8 n* RShe’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities

34.装傻 play possum
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我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已

I know you were only playing possum.

2 u8 o+ ]: K/ D$ d$ J35.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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1 k6 v: d3 n" w/ k! PShe’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。

5 R6 f! J. I: V" cHe did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .

37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot
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; x+ y( v( W3 t& R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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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。

' \* p9 `% H" d4 @5 l" H  t- X& I8 ^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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% m6 f7 t7 Q" C% G39.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.

41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words
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8 J  [/ t1 @) k3 m他说到做到，从不食言

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

42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to
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0 @+ v( L* I2 P2 R5 t0 E你不必对他如此的不依不饶
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You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.

43.贪吃 gluttonous

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I’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.
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44.很乖 as good as gold
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- Y' |$ T4 \$ ?) ^7 T9 l& e9 rHis little daughter is as good as gold. She’s never been as rebellious as other children.

4 Q: S  H$ V& T0 R8 h0 P0 p& l- Y45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy

王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒

1 w! x! A! S7 x2 L( vMr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.

) A6 L& l; P% s46.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。
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& e( @% L5 F) `5 h" uThat guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.

8 H, ~' ]) }: l' Q# ?/ j( c5 K47.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.

48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger
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, {0 T! Q9 m" v  J6 Y' a, A- A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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$ L3 U3 C3 f# VIf you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.

49.撒娇 play the woman

% k% T* x1 O' @. [8 s! X2 q/ L她可会在男人面前撒娇了。
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+ p5 S' v/ ?( P! r6 _3 xShe ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.

, j( H* [1 y" i) O: E( N/ c50.占人便宜 load the dice against
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0 I: M! D; G5 Z/ l5 o+ Y8 K你最好别和她打交道，她总爱占别人的便宜

- A+ U1 F* R4 e5 U& ]You’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.

. r' j/ e9 \8 K! Q% w) W) a51.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？
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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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CONNIE真了不起.

connie

Haha,  是我顶帖顶得让你感叹了吧，哈哈哈:D

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hard job!

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