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。

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
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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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3.保持冷静keep cool

; ]1 _9 X+ D7 a- b, |; c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.
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9 B- u9 d: r2 Y( ~% ^: G4 ^4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind

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# O  E# \5 R& T& R9 p7 s- r2 tShe 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

他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。

- M. ~9 U1 a+ T4 b) |0 t, PHe doesn’t have his heart in the right place. He would find every opportunity to stab in the back of others.

7 z, f3 F& y7 P, M' u5 W7.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。

$ q- X; g' C! Z; UI was taken aback and didn’t think Zhang would stab me in the back. I placed too much trust in her.

% h* j3 x+ @* m2 a$ M& W8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

/ B5 t. Q* b- y) KI’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat
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$ ?, V- }; C" J4 Z0 H+ Z- s7 F她真是个傻帽，时常无缘无故的就傻笑起来。
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& i, x. N' i* N1 y' E9 v' aShe’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

* O. }$ D: {4 [& N你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？

How can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?
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( a( s, [6 P6 @1 Z: D6 z11.大献殷勤dance attendance

小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。

0 h7 c: F& D, o; X4 A( e$ k( [Xiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.
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+ P8 @* _$ v- {12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue

千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。

8 a  y' a+ K5 h# H9 MTake 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
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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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14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.
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0 u) J& m. D4 |* Y' z$ B- @5 N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.
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# r8 r# D2 t2 g. g  b15.上瘾get into one’s blood
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& O& s  m4 w- c) N- |& }说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。

9 k& [6 l3 k8 D  v0 E( A8 [. M$ x- IIt’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.

  M# |1 W6 M) M( o1 x) N7 G1 s0 m16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense

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& @* a& _2 H4 @他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。

$ t- i! @9 L" {* P  m9 k% YI’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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Let’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.

19.点头哈腰bow and scrape

( E( a/ w3 g0 r7 J1 j3 q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.
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2 B; v0 e# o$ B  B20.疯疯癫癫go gaga

对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。

) W3 `4 f+ g* FDon’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.

; e& Z9 c* K7 Y* i21.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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$ N- K2 \6 C4 V/ pWe cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.

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？

Who would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?
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+ f% N3 W! h1 p: _; R* v23.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？

Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?
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' N- K2 k  J: H24.不忍心not have the heart to do
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* g$ n' B$ F( Z# X! V+ {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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25.勤快an eager beaver
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他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。

- p2 p; q/ J! \# P/ k$ u9 [He’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.
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# ~" i9 y& v2 o6 q! p) O* g26.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
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The idea of your calling your mum damned!

! x+ S9 c8 [4 c- u) w7 E27.懒透了be bone-idle

# F6 S+ r6 j7 H. p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.

3 r& S; f. ^5 v4 J' U, p2 p3 d6 n28.好客 keep open house
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我们的邻居特别好客

Our neighbor keeps open house.
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29.待客周到keep a good house.
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+ L+ |. l' J' s$ DShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.

% ^# e- C- }, ^30.正直be on the up and up
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8 y8 b! e! g  o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.
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* U" K0 w* O$ |( w* o31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly
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' \" O3 S7 `# O# `; D" m2 U& H) W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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32. 与……不合be at odds with
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$ j9 v2 R0 D; v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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* ^) _% ~! ~8 W7 B, Y她可会巴结当官的了。
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She’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities

+ H7 N& g* e' h7 G. u2 X34.装傻 play possum
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" V3 C% T& v# x2 o5 {1 _1 o我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已
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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

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

36. 花言巧语do a snow job

3 E6 I1 l8 ?, e  r* S6 ]! {: o他花言巧语的哄骗那个女孩，说自己是某个部长的儿子。

6 W- R0 b$ H& Q6 p( T6 h8 }9 }% GHe did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .

0 ^' t& E& y) g4 q& g37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot
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2 e% a5 G' |9 Z' C. H# 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.

) h5 {* q% c$ a4 h+ h+ M& g38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters

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.

: L8 \; V# l* V: ]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

; F" F8 O, U2 K- }3 S' f+ rHe would just as soon offend other people as look at them.

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.

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
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, w1 e" {7 N/ b2 u8 ^+ F: m2 e You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.

43.贪吃 gluttonous
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+ K2 p+ A' l! w1 Z) W+ j6 v6 H& 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.
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  t( }. W/ t6 s3 k  J; z& M, ?# D44.很乖 as good as gold
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7 y) y, J# P4 z' ]; ?% w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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& V) X* S8 q! J/ `9 b) v45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy
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$ y: [& B3 R$ h# s. k& c. O王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒
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Mr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.

46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper

那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。
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% r8 W% V( Z: g. ^- \, xThat guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.
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# d) _& D3 d: h0 j5 |47.神经过敏thin-skinned
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  e/ X: o/ c4 r5 r, H我看这些人都有点神经过敏
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; B' {) T8 p! h" `7 X/ qIn my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.

48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger
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. \/ e5 I9 ~5 Z( A' W4 W要不是因为你的性子过急，你也不至于失去那笔买卖

If you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.

49.撒娇 play the woman

+ l' s* h  j& k0 h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.

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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# X, K- m3 v2 u7 w- K6 t) _" K# Z" S1 UYou’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.

+ ]" Q1 J: V& U4 @/ y51.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？
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3 o' q1 S0 {& R+ l" dIn 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

Haha,  是我顶帖顶得让你感叹了吧，哈哈哈:D

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hard job!

千斤顶

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