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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XiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours.

4 n$ G$ X6 r$ p6 W" O& k9 Y" K2.大动肝火  be up in arms

: B9 R4 a, p( q1 P, y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.
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! n9 q9 H4 ]2 H0 k0 f3.保持冷静keep cool
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  V0 S' A- ?* D即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静
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5 P8 L+ [6 _' ?/ oShe can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.
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4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

5.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

0 i( e, I* c3 x3 N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.

7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back

我万万没想到张某会在背后捅我一刀。我过去太信任她了。

I was taken aback and didn’t think Zhang would stab me in the back. I placed too much trust in her.

) T. e( f  w! S& D2 Q8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody
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我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

I’ve never badmouthed anyone.

3 C6 a# C0 d, J( ^( {9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat
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3 [% P0 q8 b9 B% I! k% O! y7 I- T她真是个傻帽，时常无缘无故的就傻笑起来。

+ h/ E" G8 C$ N* _" t/ mShe’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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7 O6 s/ o7 l4 k2 E8 ]0 y10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do

8 Y/ g- |/ a: o# G你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？
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' h* H. s! w% N  SHow 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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: B4 O+ X: n# A3 a3 S/ B' o小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。

Xiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.
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12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue
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, D- T- v7 t5 g, x8 K# o* G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.
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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。

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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! g3 K, m4 m7 i2 L7 a" H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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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。

9 R0 n/ h% e* ]& ]6 J; y, iIt’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

7 w! c$ U- d& ]* 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。
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I’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.
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18.等不及了 champ at the bit

咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。

' G& n6 v; k, V3 g! kLet’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.

: p: x2 H: ?1 R* K$ m: x19.点头哈腰bow and scrape
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: l: L$ N: e1 I! Y1 h+ e& N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.

( t$ F1 @& ~% y4 r1 b4 a20.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。
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! E4 {' I) E1 YDon’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。

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
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谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？

$ i9 [- a  D/ R; v5 c! @Who would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?
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8 f7 P% S- @0 p  S5 q23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one
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( n% B- j* g. i 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?

  k! E" [6 f8 u. L* H$ R24.不忍心not have the heart to do

  A1 I5 p& x4 P" d& d, e$ T6 O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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+ v1 n  v, O) F  `3 O25.勤快an eager beaver
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他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。

# E% o* v  S" D7 d9 UHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.
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8 h& w  s6 N5 Z+ c0 z26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing
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你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲

4 e  `* g, {' C! W# r& UThe idea of your calling your mum damned!

27.懒透了be bone-idle
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& c; c, N" }* @; h2 K6 D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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28.好客 keep open house

& q. Z9 ?' v! p我们的邻居特别好客
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+ @) F3 N1 h, `- G9 l5 |0 [, c/ }Our neighbor keeps open house.
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3 D  @$ {9 }0 r- o' f2 m1 J. c29.待客周到keep a good house.
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She keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.
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8 \* D6 u* i: ?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。

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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" i7 j8 Q! w7 E4 h+ _3 X" x2 nEveryone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.

% k& T( x% n7 r32. 与……不合be at odds with

% j& j& p8 \0 J! V9 q不要把他们两个分在一个组里，他俩不合
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, w  z- M8 D3 gDon’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。

5 ^- v. ]1 t# c* VShe’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities

34.装傻 play possum

. u$ E$ W7 p2 D- j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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& q/ w* d+ ]" C35.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
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She’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.

' }  s; c' @9 v0 N$ ]/ U36. 花言巧语do a snow job
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. \7 {+ P% z, J- m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

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

7 L) S1 E* p6 K" B( FYou 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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3 @  A# b1 R' r0 D% `6 o% p, z! d38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters

$ C! Y" \! O  _" j5 n我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。

. M) l  _) M' UI 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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39.吃醋 be jealous
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4 S1 l2 e8 ]1 ~40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …

8 r: @. K: j6 a" ?" K, r他根本就不把得罪人当回事

- f' E+ {; S1 I3 f$ nHe would just as soon offend other people as look at them.
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2 h* W; R" e5 f& N2 [: y8 C3 v41.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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8 ?$ M8 z6 D; ]" G. U' E/ l$ vHe’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.

' M" ]. L+ e4 o5 r2 o2 ]% d42.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
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% H) I) t& U. |0 t You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.
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43.贪吃 gluttonous
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我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人

I’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.

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。
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9 }" l5 ^3 f1 RHis little daughter is as good as gold. She’s never been as rebellious as other children.

9 [7 ]0 N! q) F8 u4 C* v# S; z/ q45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy
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% D0 Q) v; H- ?, O$ E8 r王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒

+ z: n2 R; r; |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.

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

要不是因为你的性子过急，你也不至于失去那笔买卖

* Q* f. M" {/ @! \  Z1 }4 _If you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.

49.撒娇 play the woman
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, ]! B6 ?9 S) n) ^- A6 X& m  c# J- @她可会在男人面前撒娇了。

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

) z2 x; m; r8 n50.占人便宜 load the dice against

* [* l* |1 t6 h$ |! f, D你最好别和她打交道，她总爱占别人的便宜

/ _9 Z. |- g$ u' PYou’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.
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$ a' N8 \6 |; k! v$ L" i* E51.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？

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!