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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: ^* a0 B, r; v9 Y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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4 J8 Z9 {$ J  A+ HXiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours.

! S) }8 k2 M/ ^5 p2.大动肝火  be up in arms
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" y) _  x7 F' f% q6 e. I由于公司最近几个月销售业绩不佳，老板正在大动肝火

; d3 F# u9 V& q. ~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
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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.

; M( s$ o% }7 B7 o: \0 ?4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind

6 V% b& {4 l9 Z/ G" N) }) `她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。

1 h' I: ~& ?1 W- H3 bShe 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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7 W5 V& O$ a  g7 l; l6 h- x, U他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。

! b* K! l1 z" z6 Z' `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 ]9 _8 }7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back
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2 Y# `+ {/ q7 A% x: E+ g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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$ `/ ?2 i: b* t, u8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

; L" S4 B( x$ A% d& |I’ve never badmouthed anyone.

9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat
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. ]- m; F2 G# u) K她真是个傻帽，时常无缘无故的就傻笑起来。
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# N+ g$ L% ?# n: C8 N) t* ~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

10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do
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+ V6 X- l' v& E# u# o  w" ]6 O你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？

; m5 Y/ C/ j& G8 J' R: X% MHow 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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# N3 x1 v7 v4 G# \# GXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.

12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue

9 v7 B! a! Y" \! w3 ?/ Q: U( K5 I千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。
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( n3 S) x1 q  B5 V1 o2 bTake care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue.
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% }4 W1 U3 ~3 u1 c+ y13.假惺惺的说speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek
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% a, G& a/ K  Q3 C' D9 y! H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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14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.

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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.

15.上瘾get into one’s blood
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说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。

7 O) r. \& o9 ^6 ]  c1 K1 S( KIt’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.

16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense

17.发牢骚 beef
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' C* N( C2 F7 \4 g! E4 }他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。
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I’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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咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。
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' e1 i) S. {6 K: e: Y! S9 L7 cLet’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.
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19.点头哈腰bow and scrape
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% Z6 I  q, e; x1 }3 T$ b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.

20.疯疯癫癫go gaga
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. j( S- C, ?. c% \对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。

7 H; p5 W# C6 s* L7 A) JDon’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.

21.说话不算数go back on one’s words

( a3 l7 B- X8 K3 m他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。

. J* G' T9 ]; _/ J6 c  N+ l$ i- mWe cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.

22.废话连篇beat one’s gums

; e  K* N( b* x谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？

% B  j+ t2 ^) M5 l; s' N; c1 gWho 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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Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?
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( V. W$ x* O( n1 u4 l2 U5 S4 m* s, s24.不忍心not have the heart to do

% a' `1 b+ _8 S8 y- E& D3 U% l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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  P) M$ E7 N% J  M  `If I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.

4 g6 V& }& y, i2 z25.勤快an eager beaver
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  ^9 d% [, v  v# k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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26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing

2 D& N; B3 h  k0 Y" l9 N你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲

1 C! f* Z( J- ^The idea of your calling your mum damned!
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* u+ l+ U+ Y) J27.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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She’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.

  H0 P8 R- O- O: B; t* P! B+ k28.好客 keep open house
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我们的邻居特别好客

Our neighbor keeps open house.

29.待客周到keep a good house.

She keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.

; I  u: E1 D: k5 W30.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。

She’s always been on the up and up and I don’t think she would have done such a thing.

9 c8 l  ~4 [& Q; A31.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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) A% T0 r$ ?1 k& B. |Everyone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.

/ @2 `  ^2 t3 T; e' p32. 与……不合be at odds with

不要把他们两个分在一个组里，他俩不合

) v9 k  A( @, V9 [Don’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.

33.巴结buddy up
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6 H, q) `, G5 h4 `" V她可会巴结当官的了。

  T. A. s7 T0 \4 lShe’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities

34.装傻 play possum

我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已
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/ x% l% {8 d. WI know you were only playing possum.
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35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape
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# h: b: r/ W9 b她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱

She’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.

36. 花言巧语do a snow job
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. z% z0 C! o5 `) p# b' S) f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
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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
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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.
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38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters

$ E1 e: M9 a! e+ z# T# J8 b6 y0 W我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。
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2 k3 ?2 n/ a* G% v6 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.
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& V( z( Q+ E' C8 N! q& e( b6 ^. Q39.吃醋 be jealous

0 E3 a9 z4 @1 O0 x# x, k40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …

/ ^6 O6 m% s/ _" Z' Q, e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

他说到做到，从不食言

- Y) K5 f# P' d# _5 lHe’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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  k3 [& a: h" D) D( q1 T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.

43.贪吃 gluttonous

我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人
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1 b  i: n9 O! W: R2 EI’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.

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。
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& s( e2 u* P2 n- R2 SHis 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

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。

That guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.

$ P  q2 a4 B) b- G. t47.神经过敏thin-skinned

我看这些人都有点神经过敏

In my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.

, P% j# v% |; K8 P( ^* s$ Z, g48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger

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.
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2 I* ^4 g/ m& c. |49.撒娇 play the woman

她可会在男人面前撒娇了。
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( t$ k7 c1 h1 z# {7 [She ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.

50.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
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You’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.
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; i5 K  g- j7 |" Z+ ~51.为自己捞油水 be on the take

/ q' T; E  k8 y* v+ g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!