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。
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9 n% l" W* B; BXiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours.
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2.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
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1 W. P/ x. I7 {% ~8 N) D* BThe 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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即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静
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She can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.

4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

% O0 J; S3 }& _- ~1 s3 ~* B5.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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他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。
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0 i1 x4 f! Z. R" @+ n$ dHe 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

9 J3 J0 v$ z& k; n( m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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0 m# R$ V" t+ h% H9 g* F; Q8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

/ w/ @; ?& I$ `/ O  O  v% }我从来没说过任何人的坏话。
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. g6 a. p! r6 P, W* v$ \, pI’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat

9 }0 \0 y! q' a+ J* T6 @. T她真是个傻帽，时常无缘无故的就傻笑起来。
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. ~  I8 k: C6 c: ^6 I) L: o: eShe’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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4 u. R) i% ]+ @: i2 _10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do

+ e* X2 `2 P& {9 `: z# f) I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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: x$ z6 n+ q( ?( Q! `11.大献殷勤dance attendance
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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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4 O/ n' t) u! z: X; \12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue

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.

, d. h0 E+ i/ k' F13.假惺惺的说speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek
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2 `7 {0 h+ K' ]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.
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; \4 ^8 ~, w+ H14.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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) F8 c% D9 p: _  \% X2 }9 jAlmost 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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8 X+ x, N- P* k0 t# k0 P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.
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7 h' g, W$ d$ |* K7 N16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense

9 W. @8 f7 d4 R8 X* B17.发牢骚 beef
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$ s3 L! o7 ~5 ~5 v; o他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。

; r5 S; U0 \, O0 H: i$ d; A; jI’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.

' R+ t$ ~" ~7 [4 y' m18.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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Let’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.

19.点头哈腰bow and scrape
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% ]) g, I# [- c, c( b. J& f& t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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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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对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。

Don’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

$ d1 y/ Y- C3 B4 T5 r他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。

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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, B1 p8 x& M; [& e谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？

1 A$ \/ k' E  |* f. |Who would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?

) b6 r* Q; d0 V% p% D$ Y$ M23.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？

, C! T4 ~5 m/ } Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?
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6 ^/ K6 W7 g  g) f6 z  G3 h) u24.不忍心not have the heart to do
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4 W: U, e4 v6 k如果我是你，我可不忍心把孩子们就在家里没人照看

  t" |8 ]$ U  I: AIf 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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他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。

, v) H  x/ k) ]" e9 g& {- X  QHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.

26.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

The idea of your calling your mum damned!
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% P7 n% |2 i( `, o( u0 P0 v27.懒透了be bone-idle

她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。
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( y$ w/ ?8 S- n) F( z- I7 dShe’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.

2 m* c' a! l0 k- I5 U" a2 V* p) `28.好客 keep open house
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我们的邻居特别好客
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Our neighbor keeps open house.

29.待客周到keep a good house.

! O" i: w1 a4 @; F0 K% MShe 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

6 y% I0 P# V. B) X" e她是个正直的姑娘，因此我相信她不会干出那种事。

  w5 }( ^) \" i0 N0 AShe’s always been on the up and up and I don’t think she would have done such a thing.
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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
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Everyone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.
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4 k( ~6 {- w# K$ {  {+ F32. 与……不合be at odds with

, |; W, s! r- 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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33.巴结buddy up
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她可会巴结当官的了。
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0 [8 B. }6 q) l8 T6 D% sShe’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities
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  ?/ m2 i4 W) m% y- i34.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.

9 ]2 n% `4 V* \% S7 @/ o8 d* ?35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape

1 H7 ^3 z9 `# c+ ?0 `5 @" b2 Z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.

36. 花言巧语do a snow job

6 S, T, F; c# M9 C& V) B' i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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5 d- ^  j7 j: `/ E* P& bHe did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .

, A6 b! E: E* F2 `' j0 I37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot

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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; Z, P- t7 N  |$ X/ e. T& |8 e# fYou were plain touching the tender spot. She was most sensitive to the topic of “ the third person”, who cut in between a couple.

2 z5 I1 D, d9 T6 |! f3 K! @9 A* {1 \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。

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

40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …
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4 ~7 D: d  n4 b( G+ P. E" ~. W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
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He’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.
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, m% ^0 Z# P3 c- e3 {42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to
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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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* Q0 [: p1 Q  t) W% {" |43.贪吃 gluttonous
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8 v5 X; ~, E% ]& j) y$ M+ z, K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.

, l" y' X- G# y; S2 p# Z44.很乖 as good as gold
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* T# g6 Q/ g/ S% w9 O" c他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。
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His little daughter is as good as gold. She’s never been as rebellious as other children.
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0 @0 v# r6 O" u: _. _45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy

+ o4 ~4 \0 n9 @7 |+ z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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& e' ]8 l/ X: e那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。
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That guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.

1 O& O$ ?: L0 g47.神经过敏thin-skinned

, H/ M3 m2 q2 Q5 `8 U, @我看这些人都有点神经过敏
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' M5 p6 {7 v0 S* _/ TIn my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.
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4 |/ Z5 y  s6 _4 j' i8 _48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger
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9 f' |; G8 G% D: N: L9 q9 g+ O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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49.撒娇 play the woman

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She ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.

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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You’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.

# c5 i( [$ J$ `  v& l4 ], O51.为自己捞油水 be on the take

; \7 N; b! c6 r/ t1 b/ |8 N$ y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？

+ k& t0 _# u. [; T% t8 M" w3 W6 `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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