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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  |& y: r( n0 p$ e' X7 C: R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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( ?0 K' R) Y6 P( H8 k, N/ u, L* jXiaoWang’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
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" t8 f8 v" x0 E由于公司最近几个月销售业绩不佳，老板正在大动肝火

The boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.

3.保持冷静keep cool

2 B2 y' G" L, `即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静
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8 ~  o0 K6 Z$ e; A+ |She can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.

3 e) L% S0 }, z3 ?7 L* }  z4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind
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& B! k; @8 f# u. {* ], C# l9 J她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。

) `9 x& j, d+ _. H- o3 CShe 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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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.

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.

- a! J6 ]) B" v8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

! r5 A) \1 x9 {我从来没说过任何人的坏话。
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  Z$ q; u. }& e- @I’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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; H: w5 g0 }( T( \! ^  P0 X& w5 P& b9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat
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1 ]* H6 ~# L: |她真是个傻帽，时常无缘无故的就傻笑起来。

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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# Z# R# I- G$ t) i6 ~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？

How can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?

2 j3 ?# [+ a% k7 O7 C: W9 E11.大献殷勤dance attendance

7 E7 W9 J  ~+ y( G: \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.
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/ U( X. k2 t6 F8 e; ?; U/ O5 L8 K12.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。
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Take care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue.
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( a& ^# o9 w1 t9 R13.假惺惺的说speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek
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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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2 I3 ^3 x" D5 W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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) f( K: U, \8 V7 A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.

1 m& Z- Q$ K2 I0 I: x9 e; z16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense

6 g# F5 q) g) r" B2 a& C17.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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1 m; q! D+ y% X$ s4 {# yI’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.

! D3 O  N1 q; o" N) b" l18.等不及了 champ at the bit
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! n& a/ w4 B. e  d7 n+ ?3 b4 d咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。

6 [2 J' |. _! C' \. B4 }: vLet’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.
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1 b" l" [! x' r6 v19.点头哈腰bow and scrape
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1 M. v4 S! J% Y4 n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。

! ?" T$ r: P$ [9 u" WFrom the way she’s bowing and scraping in front of the boss, you’ll know what sort of person she is.

20.疯疯癫癫go gaga

对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。

3 V9 `* @* q: Y- CDon’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.

21.说话不算数go back on one’s words

2 n* U7 A2 E' ?2 m+ d" j他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。
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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

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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23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one
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/ Z6 F% |" }9 \1 s5 b 你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？
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0 x& p, q- B7 l! V6 P Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?

$ s4 ?, |: _3 w6 W' C7 T24.不忍心not have the heart to do
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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

If I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.

, T1 k5 l4 Z- q25.勤快an eager beaver

他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。
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He’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.

5 ?& }' J  ], n26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing

你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲
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! e$ w1 S( X; O0 u$ ?, oThe idea of your calling your mum damned!

27.懒透了be bone-idle
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( c0 G: F' l5 `& |/ y( \" j她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。
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6 j( d4 d& e/ H6 i& K/ H, U5 O0 sShe’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.
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" \4 S; _- e" ~5 H7 V2 [( `28.好客 keep open house

我们的邻居特别好客

Our neighbor keeps open house.

29.待客周到keep a good house.

& A: }+ J, y* FShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.
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' E' B; D. v) ^, L! n0 b30.正直be on the up and up

/ ]- X3 J7 {& h) S. D2 ?6 j她是个正直的姑娘，因此我相信她不会干出那种事。

8 r0 v7 U$ Z) cShe’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

1 ?7 c# {8 j- N! s- kEveryone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.

, ?2 H) {' o  X* o6 M( s7 A32. 与……不合be at odds with
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- k4 g. `3 o: a. u; l, k  `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.

  q& s! L& l9 f+ K2 \33.巴结buddy up
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她可会巴结当官的了。
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She’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities

. e4 y4 [' m# n: o5 V34.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.

35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape
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她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱

  o/ q: ]. E$ t7 L) S. wShe’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

6 Y" q" i# T# S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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: t2 g5 o% u: @& W" R% \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
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6 f2 Y0 B4 L" `% ?6 e& w# l- x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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. f/ R$ v6 k  e* uYou 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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38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters

4 W. ^/ `5 K4 D" _7 f  h我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。
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3 \: B3 y: E/ FI 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.

/ m% `0 H' q& t7 b5 o3 O39.吃醋 be jealous
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0 D. \8 w) O; C0 w40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …
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" w6 J# Q  b6 o+ n. J( }& e% w他根本就不把得罪人当回事
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; H- O8 `- W& y% LHe would just as soon offend other people as look at them.
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( s" T6 j" g1 f2 Q5 v, ^41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words

9 [" z, z% a3 s2 |/ F3 G) v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

  x( M( r& i0 n/ C) f8 f你不必对他如此的不依不饶

You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.
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43.贪吃 gluttonous
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/ p# L. K% R* ~7 M' L5 W+ s8 T. g) u" o' x我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人

I’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.

44.很乖 as good as gold

他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。
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* w+ O# X% j: r7 vHis little daughter is as good as gold. She’s never been as rebellious as other children.

' h. A4 @7 |4 [! f+ s' r45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy

$ W9 V/ a5 I; h- Z) N* P王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒
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Mr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.

* c* t0 t& N7 s46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper
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* S; P0 `4 `5 [2 L0 U6 \那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。

) m0 l% a7 _# Z9 J) h; iThat guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.

& p, h9 k* M4 A3 I- S( K47.神经过敏thin-skinned
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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.
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48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger
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: D% g" [" @, \" w  {; b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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8 v# B+ I" V; k0 BIf 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。

& I) _) n/ h% f8 ~0 xShe ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.
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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
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! o2 ^3 j4 c; kYou’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.
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: S; u, X. L  K$ N2 p, t1 W4 B1 T51.为自己捞油水 be on the take

) |; H8 Z9 ]- a$ k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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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

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