如何地道表达：脾气和性格[转帖]

connie

1．  偷懒耍滑头 goof-off

/ d$ y. C- C- O2 x! }5 U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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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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; y9 _$ j& y( zThe boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.

9 t6 ?7 |4 [$ D5 M8 X- Q: `3.保持冷静keep cool

8 V. C2 f# w/ w1 R: `7 ^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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& C* f. D8 r: O+ i# l5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind
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' i" d7 L0 F, A* [她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。

& `2 ?& u( T; A7 r* b: Y! e! w; DShe always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt.
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" V: j$ L& V; |0 _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。

3 K# S& A4 A  ~" D" m: zHe 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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$ {! y) y! O4 y2 Z7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back

5 N- S0 o! Y9 J; G8 a# W; U! L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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. x) H6 @8 A, E- h, H; dI 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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7 g/ n8 s5 s+ E4 U# A! v8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody
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3 C" [, j' y+ q3 S: h/ R0 a我从来没说过任何人的坏话。
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I’ve never badmouthed anyone.

5 z0 ~) [3 O- l- l2 h9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat

4 q* L+ D! m7 Q- }她真是个傻帽，时常无缘无故的就傻笑起来。
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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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% N; O' [( J5 b* E你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？

9 d5 B* G9 I( w4 Y. n" {% h" YHow can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?
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11.大献殷勤dance attendance
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小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。

) c7 g- V+ w( K. vXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.

( U# D$ ]& w" v+ P  f9 E4 C12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue

& N, {  Z) ~6 p8 M6 q千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。
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5 _; C1 y: B% Y: }6 `% s# j) NTake 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

9 O2 N2 M8 Q! N" M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.

  L4 _7 p* S8 r6 x9 ~14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.

% t8 z9 J) z; o9 b5 {  v人都是这山望着那山高，对自己的状况没有满意的时候。

/ f- R) g" s2 b9 b% l* X+ ~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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" z" e1 k' B" W( V0 b6 W15.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
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9 ?# t) B8 }4 p: v17.发牢骚 beef

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

/ M& b5 R0 b3 t4 N+ J18.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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& b' L% X2 v! ^3 h  U" g* BLet’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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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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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。

Don’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.

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.

22.废话连篇beat one’s gums
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) t4 L3 c6 K, p$ ~& |$ D谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？
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; X( n) R$ `( EWho would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?

: ^' V. S1 _. a1 B7 U- C9 p23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one
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( f- v# e! B, j 你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？
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- z) S/ J# t. a. L Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?

$ }6 H" C% V: J/ G24.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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8 y8 J- ^# u- E4 k+ JIf 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
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他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。
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. p2 a. n: t& r2 U1 |# ^; EHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.

26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing
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& G4 _6 D+ ^4 H' K- j# N你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲

$ ?) W0 |) o4 u; d$ M$ PThe idea of your calling your mum damned!
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27.懒透了be bone-idle

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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0 V. l% S" A# M9 ]. v28.好客 keep open house

我们的邻居特别好客
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8 k3 W( w! z# i. B; SOur neighbor keeps open house.
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29.待客周到keep a good house.
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; A% @5 T& @2 NShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.

30.正直be on the up and up

0 x2 h8 j8 C+ y# ], w1 \9 M7 a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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' ?% _3 e3 B7 `3 X1 n6 bShe’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
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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.

. c& O$ ^. k/ N32. 与……不合be at odds with
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/ O- k" W& j) A6 m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。

She’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities
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34.装傻 play possum

我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已

I 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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/ S4 y" U2 w! x1 EShe’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.

% X9 }6 |# v; V6 l36. 花言巧语do a snow job
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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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3 F& }7 g2 l. p9 p7 o; N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.

38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters
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2 i4 N" H* ^' @8 ?我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。
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- h% h  _4 Y5 d9 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.

39.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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) ]) g( X7 r+ k4 D) K: a- cHe 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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% u+ O4 K) [* b# I他说到做到，从不食言

He’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.

42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to

* H$ Q% B; U+ ~0 h你不必对他如此的不依不饶
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You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.

43.贪吃 gluttonous
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$ i/ i- |+ U, {8 @1 y2 t我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人

9 Z2 x- I( G- CI’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.

# z/ ]$ i' T+ f: O44.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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His 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

& Y- b: B+ g2 V( u7 E! v) ?- H那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。

: J2 v1 d/ G2 U; u4 e$ d  ^That guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.

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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48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger

; X3 W2 ~& F) Q  Z* e: O& x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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9 |  Z6 {' m9 T( zIf you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.
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- p) K, K& g9 {! l' F1 K49.撒娇 play the woman

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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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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9 w6 k% x% m5 \3 s6 ?6 c" t) zYou’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.

0 h3 @" s- @7 c$ L2 Z& _# w: m: x: j51.为自己捞油水 be on the take
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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？

( X5 |$ }' R6 _3 ^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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