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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% e; N* c1 e! B" H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.

" q) U9 v9 v+ V- P2.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

( _+ C# p# }8 o* fThe boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.

3 w7 [% f' Y+ K5 [! w3.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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+ J9 ?2 A- e/ V7 a9 ZShe can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.
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0 G) J* C) }2 G$ C. r! N- [4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

8 Q$ t$ h. M* I% X3 K" a# F5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind
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2 e5 c; S, d% P1 V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

他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。
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+ y' s! }0 n0 A) \" \0 _+ z6 IHe 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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- i" j7 P: C' T5 ]3 R7 \# |" i7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back
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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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7 G! v" q6 f; H% ~' X9 }$ pI 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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8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

# }) J* Z; o( y0 s+ k! RI’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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( ^9 `+ C6 N0 y4 w9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat
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她真是个傻帽，时常无缘无故的就傻笑起来。

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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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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$ s- E* ~6 v* U% I- T; Y  A11.大献殷勤dance attendance

4 g5 Y( E, L/ v! S4 x4 x+ 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.

, C; p8 A' }; F9 D( k+ f4 \7 N12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue
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千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。

; l. g, O* g* oTake 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

; F4 `! P. @) ]" H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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人都是这山望着那山高，对自己的状况没有满意的时候。

3 n: g0 F: A5 {% y/ w* rAlmost 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

说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。
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- j* t' T7 e6 |- d0 Y. UIt’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.

16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense
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17.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.

0 C# K) u* `9 O. j4 Q# p18.等不及了 champ at the bit

咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。
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& O* @' e$ @4 k) H5 ]6 [( ^( _Let’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.
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19.点头哈腰bow and scrape
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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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$ }9 I  J7 O1 R4 k2 M3 A0 U20.疯疯癫癫go gaga
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8 z/ ^  M* P, Y3 v9 n% `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.

4 r$ ?1 Q6 _3 u3 B! g( v5 G21.说话不算数go back on one’s words

9 d; ?2 m5 r+ J: W8 y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.
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1 ]9 Y* X$ F3 ?& h22.废话连篇beat one’s gums
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' y+ ?1 [/ W4 |: R& Q+ S谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？
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4 H3 y: J/ A' C4 Q# c. uWho would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?

; ]* i9 Q( \. `6 N. F* 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?

24.不忍心not have the heart to do
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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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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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! ], P$ T& ~! _+ q+ m他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。

He’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.
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26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing
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5 }' k7 q$ J2 Y5 Z你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲
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0 l' ?6 r* X; ?# @/ X. C" l* s( P3 tThe 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。
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She’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.
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0 v* v7 |0 p( b7 \' e( U# b28.好客 keep open house

我们的邻居特别好客

( }' W  X! e0 n- zOur neighbor keeps open house.
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7 z* y7 P2 q6 Q29.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.

* v2 H5 U, @$ L! P30.正直be on the up and up
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: U1 {; o1 j; w' e+ T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.

( z% J, n7 @% @. S* n* l31.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

8 i9 `/ z9 }  W% rEveryone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.
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2 V: D2 t) J  e- r5 a32. 与……不合be at odds with
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& j% G: q' o& [) O) ?6 l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.

33.巴结buddy up
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" S" s; P0 `8 F" `8 Z2 G. e她可会巴结当官的了。
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1 m7 q1 e: v; `6 dShe’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities
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34.装傻 play possum

* t! l) f; H2 K1 P, m6 ^& K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.

35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape
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7 r; P6 p7 a) B+ }她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱

8 O; Z" U/ r8 w( u4 ~5 K+ D6 vShe’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.
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8 N- \; J1 M2 `36. 花言巧语do a snow job

/ [( z) L4 N8 {: O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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  m& z1 j* L  ^0 E$ bHe did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .

! R& q4 N# p  }, q3 F' `8 d37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot
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! Z+ k1 J" z* r1 L# M  T6 O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

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

3 a* w! b4 Y. E. k  H8 _  @$ O9 d" W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.
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+ l9 w4 Y; I# G/ Y. T/ R1 _- l9 w8 M- o39.吃醋 be jealous
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- O  j8 p6 U' C8 ]3 T40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …
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0 ^4 _+ M- [9 O1 Z  T# r/ l  |他根本就不把得罪人当回事

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

) `8 S  ^8 D3 D: w! n他说到做到，从不食言
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2 W! p) V- {2 I, i' XHe’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.

9 K) y: z3 D4 R  b& n! x+ l42.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

9 K1 R/ b6 \: g You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.
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* H# F! d6 R7 \! N3 ~43.贪吃 gluttonous

7 w- L* D; ?3 N  m" J$ c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.

0 ]; g: e2 t, _! A' v( P  J44.很乖 as good as gold
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: i6 p! p! C9 U( L  l, h% o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
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王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒

% }6 j  S' G  T# |  hMr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.

& R' \% V: h; `/ d! C( x9 z+ R46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper
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+ h8 c3 z  x% p3 S' l8 W6 J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.

" T, l, {0 h- B47.神经过敏thin-skinned

9 S5 N; p2 q5 z; U4 u6 Y6 F/ R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.

/ M; x$ k# W* g( x# P5 l48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger

7 f# P" X+ K! Q/ \3 k3 ~9 }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.
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49.撒娇 play the woman
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3 `" P* J' h; d9 G  i/ q& y3 {2 y3 B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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: i7 [0 L/ f; r$ @$ }! x" {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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/ @! U0 Q5 @4 P/ A, BYou’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.

51.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？

0 K' W# }% E: NIn 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!