如何地道表达：脾气和性格[转帖]

connie

1．  偷懒耍滑头 goof-off

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。

XiaoWang’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

( ]. z& ^. E) ]7 c0 f# Q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.

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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She can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.

4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush
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5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind
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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.

6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place

4 p2 u! m9 x* `2 W他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。

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.背后捅刀子 stab in the back
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  n- k2 F' i( s8 ]$ Q我万万没想到张某会在背后捅我一刀。我过去太信任她了。

, q& D5 H" k- g: i" j1 g+ AI was taken aback and didn’t think Zhang would stab me in the back. I placed too much trust in her.

8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody
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) ?/ n7 {7 g0 w, C+ t( G. P我从来没说过任何人的坏话。
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. Y: r) v+ ^& UI’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat

9 ^2 ~# V- a1 H她真是个傻帽，时常无缘无故的就傻笑起来。

$ D6 ]9 ~. M7 q7 ]9 K  L1 x/ UShe’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

1 j0 g- ^. j  N/ o) r6 t你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？

- h8 a: j2 U  J) }+ Q1 rHow can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?
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- I: ?' P; l: a$ l/ b11.大献殷勤dance attendance

' d0 S. o' G! _% ^' [- Y* e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 w9 o$ |& W) r5 ^9 k4 P12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue

1 o. g! l- l6 d* M, Y9 C# r3 K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.

13.假惺惺的说speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek

我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。
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0 A! ~- n, |, `  Q- T9 z! MI 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.

/ q. o  D4 z6 {3 y- _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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; B$ M' ^( q8 N! {# KAlmost 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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4 j8 g2 q. D% Y7 U$ i  T! d15.上瘾get into one’s blood

" z0 ]- o$ K2 z! n说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。
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) D: z$ |* F% @* V  U) vIt’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

* R& R2 c+ X7 a& n17.发牢骚 beef
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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。

Let’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.
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" [3 t$ A# ]1 K; N- A6 _8 `19.点头哈腰bow and scrape

( m6 G5 o' Y& V$ r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.

2 Q3 M: n: \" X/ w9 |9 I+ B% J20.疯疯癫癫go gaga

对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。

" m# [, ~1 X2 [; C" dDon’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.

/ g, t# R3 o4 ~! |+ \" E( r21.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。

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

! P) c7 b  S' z6 R' k5 ^谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？

+ _/ a; ?1 e2 d( ?: }2 yWho would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?
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3 F; U! ~" C* p3 n) T23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one
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4 ]( o& Y: ~6 R6 A 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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24.不忍心not have the heart to do

! C9 W" o) y1 ]+ k. D+ ]# V1 e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.
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4 g! @+ U( j* P" q0 M, O! W, \25.勤快an eager beaver

* e; X8 g0 n: o4 {/ }$ Z7 m& q) H9 V- t他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。

He’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.

* B) H* f# a2 a7 D26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing
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- R6 T9 `- Y3 G) F% J9 Q$ B你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲

; T2 H1 U% w0 G% j9 ~2 bThe idea of your calling your mum damned!

27.懒透了be bone-idle
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她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。

4 p! {1 r7 ^9 a- HShe’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.
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4 ~  V8 L7 d& G! x2 ?/ ?6 |28.好客 keep open house

6 {# B0 e. _% D我们的邻居特别好客
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Our neighbor keeps open house.
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29.待客周到keep a good house.

She keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.
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$ R3 I+ W, S/ N- |3 @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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( V- N2 p% Y2 {She’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
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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.

32. 与……不合be at odds with

8 D; |5 \. t! g不要把他们两个分在一个组里，他俩不合
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1 F9 Q2 X6 ?9 t, _' @Don’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.
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6 k5 `0 D9 B( s+ h6 Q( e33.巴结buddy up

她可会巴结当官的了。

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34.装傻 play possum

我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已
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7 _6 Q/ K3 h: L4 }I know you were only playing possum.
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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

2 F+ @8 l1 J; g, z# j. M% ~0 xShe’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

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 .
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9 z  E5 w& E3 k# l' n37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot
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8 _; L3 @8 a) N* D9 }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

  v( O/ h$ |% [6 NYou 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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) e: ?9 L, z7 M- J% Z38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters

. Q5 Y. v0 C. p我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。

4 l8 r# W6 F9 Z7 Z- tI 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.

, i+ d2 z+ ?; i39.吃醋 be jealous

' p0 e8 @6 Q- z- c! j' N) M40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …

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

1 H! Z* ?& N! v& [: [他说到做到，从不食言

) Z9 W) F. |0 uHe’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.

4 j- C3 k& k$ `; c. M* x* h+ Q42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to

% n4 N9 ^& D3 R9 Z# J7 g, H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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2 g. m2 ^/ g/ h9 [6 G  f43.贪吃 gluttonous

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。

His little daughter is as good as gold. She’s never been as rebellious as other children.
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  n$ U5 Z/ \% U" D  H$ Q0 D" h" I' [9 a# l45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy

& A2 X# y8 ]8 Z9 U* {& i# l王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒
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5 t/ G( P4 H  wMr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.
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* E- I2 w" p5 t& q0 `" R! o, U46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper

2 K. `: b* i" f# ]; c6 N  B5 A/ |那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。

7 e; N* o9 ]: a% r2 iThat guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.
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7 {8 a+ M/ K$ l1 }( h/ Z47.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.

48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger
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- W- h% J! d7 f7 q, L4 W要不是因为你的性子过急，你也不至于失去那笔买卖

; ~4 P. V7 s! g$ m& D' L+ jIf you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.
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. J: |+ v$ m3 Z# ]6 |3 }49.撒娇 play the woman
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她可会在男人面前撒娇了。

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

5 G( z. s5 k% \7 d7 Q; M50.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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) H# c4 ]3 J% z5 lYou’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.
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' f% P+ W  ^1 r! s51.为自己捞油水 be on the take

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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connie

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