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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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。

7 _2 q" j* a$ J7 G) DXiaoWang’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

8 W5 a4 D+ b/ T4 \& W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

即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静

9 P. h% w+ w' PShe 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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6 ]8 k7 Q- r& k3 O4 V: n& j5.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

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

我万万没想到张某会在背后捅我一刀。我过去太信任她了。

% n' I; `  ~' ^9 \( BI 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
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我从来没说过任何人的坏话。
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3 n+ E; N( O/ c  P9 T( W+ BI’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。

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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, Q6 l! Z% j3 D, Z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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9 d4 ^2 W, F  [# h" V9 W* Y' _11.大献殷勤dance attendance
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小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。

Xiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.
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: X8 h# v; V) [; x9 q12.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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! I9 k8 p( b- wTake 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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' v1 O( }( F. E& y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。

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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# i' u1 m2 H: J$ \3 Q" L% u9 F15.上瘾get into one’s blood
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  [# V- X: D1 B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.

16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense
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: m! p. U, U* F5 ^2 r17.发牢骚 beef
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7 U$ {. D/ K' M$ P1 Y他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。

9 }+ }; S" c* M  `: B6 h9 lI’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.
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18.等不及了 champ at the bit

咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。

& S: ^. G$ v& W3 C0 d3 BLet’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.

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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。

3 {5 V% q* \* @+ \& \3 DFrom 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
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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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Don’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.

6 L1 ~0 a( V, x" S2 _, u* 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。
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1 H8 K. g. _5 Z9 R( h! [/ DWe cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.

' }  [" V. X. q3 |) t/ u* C22.废话连篇beat one’s gums

5 c- f2 M. K) k, W! s8 u- I( a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

你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？
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4 z7 c7 Q: o' t9 n Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?
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$ N6 r2 M% x) \# l/ N! w24.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
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: b% r5 E' U6 u2 G' S  T# o& O7 T) JIf I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.

25.勤快an eager beaver
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: {7 l- a! z( I2 O+ L$ m他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。

He’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.

: }  C& `/ I; k* d26.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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The idea of your calling your mum damned!
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0 k2 d/ m: S  r, y27.懒透了be bone-idle
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她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。
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' G3 Q- f6 B, ~% ]0 m3 P  a/ k/ V. H9 j0 rShe’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.
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$ N7 _' P% ]7 b: m9 F28.好客 keep open house
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5 w6 v( J0 }1 n- w我们的邻居特别好客

, v# q  C  d3 l, r) ^Our neighbor keeps open house.

' Q! |6 N$ |: U29.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.

" s9 J! G$ G* j* _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。
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& k( c, E( J/ C. q* g- VShe’s always been on the up and up and I don’t think she would have done such a thing.

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% T0 X' z& j" \5 p/ N( ^! z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.

32. 与……不合be at odds with

! e, H# v- K6 d' C- U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.
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* |2 S! n- C9 X" H: ~& o33.巴结buddy up
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她可会巴结当官的了。

She’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities

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* W8 r8 m; F4 M- G+ ^. S我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已

2 d% n0 D& a6 c0 M# k: z( PI know you were only playing possum.

1 G! t5 {8 e9 n" H4 L% Q; k, ^/ Q35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape
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; O" U8 F6 y: Z8 ~0 u2 L/ }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.
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) u9 x/ i. \: ^( Q: s36. 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。
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He did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .

9 p' `. |/ {7 Y/ G, i! A1 t37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot
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4 G0 V8 ^- M8 h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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( W, `6 o9 F9 y$ h. H% d+ M38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters

我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。

8 c* h& X: m" ?. x  X6 zI 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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  r1 s( a+ h, L39.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
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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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& _1 d/ u; K$ ^% e! y* uHe’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.
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* a* A4 \. t6 s( H3 c) V# N42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to
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! t3 c* S! h. y) H7 E6 V, @3 P$ Z你不必对他如此的不依不饶

+ E3 n) C/ ^* @5 D You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.

, |# i. t. ]* b0 b+ j  K9 O6 O43.贪吃 gluttonous
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: w% k: k1 Q) r+ ~& ?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.
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44.很乖 as good as gold
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他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。

, r" i, }/ n" R7 D  ]- _# lHis little daughter is as good as gold. She’s never been as rebellious as other children.
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- G& a$ Z& m; I$ y$ f: s45.十分嫉妒 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.

46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper
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那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。
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& M& S/ [! \2 j: x$ f' {7 ^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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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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If you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.
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49.撒娇 play the woman

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She ‘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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( L, r& W- w0 s1 D; a你最好别和她打交道，她总爱占别人的便宜
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6 Z( O: R9 o" ]0 \( cYou’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.
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$ F! ]6 c7 G! G) \; q51.为自己捞油水 be on the take

3 f8 Q2 l$ R0 J0 t$ S* y: M# M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

xry

hard job!

千斤顶

let's up together!