如何地道表达：脾气和性格[转帖]

connie

1．  偷懒耍滑头 goof-off

7 U* V- B. j+ r1 `: L" `7 A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.
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& @" K2 Y4 k' c- Z! g2.大动肝火  be up in arms

! C0 F9 s3 ]' _* J2 H% [$ d% i0 k5 D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 L, t6 U; e' w( [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
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, ]' b1 ~& d9 F, ?She 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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5 A* ?1 G8 C5 R$ \- T5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind
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) c$ O$ {- _1 u5 ?她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。

She always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt.
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8 q1 s4 P0 Q& Q5 G3 N) u6.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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! K5 s. l0 s4 r! H- }  gHe 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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9 R/ t! W) @2 N/ h/ U/ j6 o7.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。

9 ?) C( X. _: L3 |& FI 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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, [: q. ]0 F/ S8 R& k, Y- K8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody
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" O; N5 M5 @5 I' N- g# e我从来没说过任何人的坏话。
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I’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat
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她真是个傻帽，时常无缘无故的就傻笑起来。
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; N; W. F4 f7 q$ K4 t7 T/ f# 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
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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？
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How can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?

11.大献殷勤dance attendance
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小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。

2 N* b* S7 [# }: T0 A' Q- Z5 i( G  sXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.

12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue
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/ |! |- Q1 z, P8 D! M  @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。
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I feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek.

! x* P7 T; m  Q  `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。

" i, [7 f4 O) S% d, \Almost all people see that the grass is greener on the other hill. They never feel satisfied with what they’ve already got.

+ |* [& Y1 L4 G) K( D# H15.上瘾get into one’s blood

说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。
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It’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

17.发牢骚 beef
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, h# o0 v, G+ W: i6 ^7 L% Q, z5 N: W  E他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。

I’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.

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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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+ @/ I- @, n+ T5 s6 d% Z2 tFrom 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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" o% q1 k7 j& [9 i! b/ `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。
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3 {& E& j1 u0 L3 j2 s8 g' UDon’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.
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21.说话不算数go back on one’s words

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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! T5 P- e9 \) t6 C9 I22.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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7 r& \. S  @8 @# @3 m; \+ dWho would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?

: P2 d- o5 [6 d5 u! ]23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one

8 I2 b3 x% ^0 K' U0 F# X0 ~) @ 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?
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& E: `6 L0 N" F- ~! j: B24.不忍心not have the heart to do

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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25.勤快an eager beaver

) i9 a, m4 k% @- X他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。

He’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.
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* t$ `3 [2 T/ U+ Y0 `/ i26.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

2 a; A% f1 K( R4 t. v. y: rThe idea of your calling your mum damned!

4 Z0 V2 O) @8 w27.懒透了be bone-idle
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: Z8 [4 ~) v- y0 Y5 ]1 P2 |5 D5 s/ ]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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6 {9 \9 i( m; z' K2 ]' D# k/ G28.好客 keep open house

" X6 `7 I/ k, B; G2 [* z' C我们的邻居特别好客

Our neighbor keeps open house.
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2 E" @; a9 E' o% o* l  A9 e5 I29.待客周到keep a good house.

; g* a' x% h5 }* x) M* YShe 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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5 y) Z9 z3 ^! \  V  l+ @7 C: n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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" t  c3 x6 H: s* \, }( F6 kShe’s always been on the up and up and I don’t think she would have done such a thing.
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" }5 V; R% K7 C- T$ {; Z  q31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly
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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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7 V/ C2 o1 I2 i8 e2 S32. 与……不合be at odds with
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. F1 z# Q2 g' H! u9 `/ |- B不要把他们两个分在一个组里，他俩不合
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6 p2 J( K5 W! K7 L& J# I' S! ~Don’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.
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33.巴结buddy up

她可会巴结当官的了。

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

34.装傻 play possum
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- B; i. i& O+ w/ f: u* R+ T' w我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已

4 S1 I/ s! M& _8 wI know you were only playing possum.
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35.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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" L" ^5 U; ^: fShe’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.

: C* ~4 }/ R# I, C6 D7 d36. 花言巧语do a snow job

' x8 p3 o7 c$ Q. Y) F, j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 .

37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot
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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.

- s2 t6 G# V; N. W) Q38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters

+ B( w: m9 z) \) u+ Y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.

39.吃醋 be jealous

0 w$ s' e# ~; U) f7 o& w40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …
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* c4 x$ y9 {/ S, A( _5 K. g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.
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41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words
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他说到做到，从不食言

He’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.
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42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to

5 q' Z8 ^9 N8 V) w5 U% j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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; `5 m8 D( D' \" z) H" w43.贪吃 gluttonous
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2 E. k4 M0 q+ V8 c我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人

9 m$ N( T+ m4 r8 lI’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.

* j9 a1 v- z' U: F0 }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。

. B6 ]8 U; k8 z; s5 R( UHis little daughter is as good as gold. She’s never been as rebellious as other children.
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  O3 D# A8 H- ^4 m45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy
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王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒
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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
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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
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5 z/ P( G2 \. j: Z( J- S4 hIn my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.

5 j* V# R1 J0 ]7 q48.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

& C& l- B* z' e. y4 t* l: A, MIf you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.

( \/ o. }7 d) s2 b# ^/ F4 e49.撒娇 play the woman
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, k. p0 J! X/ q+ k0 }: w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.
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$ \2 a4 E% _0 L50.占人便宜 load the dice against
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1 D2 x4 _4 z2 o. |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.
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4 l3 o1 _( X7 `" B+ R# u51.为自己捞油水 be on the take

3 @1 ^5 Y4 d. b3 k$ p: }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!