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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" V0 h# i6 b9 O7 A/ q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
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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

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

& {& B- ?3 H- B3 y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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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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" l% H: }6 {  A: L6 d她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。

6 u* P- @9 {3 E2 P/ L: r" NShe always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt.

5 `5 U* t/ p& c: K0 N4 l6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place
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( w! P- N  o$ }" x6 t他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。

) t7 M' I' J4 j  \) |) qHe 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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0 X4 j) l0 B- b& i8 P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.

8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

8 p; q1 l0 I& ?# [4 @2 X) U2 j+ T/ e! f我从来没说过任何人的坏话。
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; ?/ Z& f8 O6 @1 xI’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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/ |' K9 A0 L2 @- L9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat

$ I% I. ?1 X5 D* X/ z0 W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

+ Z: W0 v0 v$ e6 E* f$ M7 Q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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, W5 s5 K6 D1 W( G$ _- x& w11.大献殷勤dance attendance

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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12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue

千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。
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9 C/ m; b0 l3 {9 G: q' m& J* E1 {Take care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue.

6 ?% u' |+ ?6 L' s( G13.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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% J/ v/ S* C1 l3 b, c; S  ^人都是这山望着那山高，对自己的状况没有满意的时候。

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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% x" S. w. ^6 z  ?15.上瘾get into one’s blood
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+ x1 v# y$ k% V+ N( r0 {) ^说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。

It’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.

  u8 C4 _2 B& Z6 E+ \16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense
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17.发牢骚 beef
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: ?+ ]4 S5 X2 f9 U( G! R7 D他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。

. m1 Q7 V+ s% |0 P7 L/ s7 A: eI’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.
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3 W- E" A3 ?: M/ n8 U% w18.等不及了 champ at the bit

9 W4 [9 I4 I; Q3 o3 G- |2 g咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。
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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。
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% E8 r/ S: t3 }0 W/ `& nFrom 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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; j' b. f% _: w/ b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.
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21.说话不算数go back on one’s words

4 b; h+ t3 V2 u/ C9 S$ s5 j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.

22.废话连篇beat one’s gums
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) p& R  F( C: R谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？
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Who would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?

23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one
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你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？
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& W2 {4 A9 x6 @( p+ @ 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
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- P3 l$ l% H4 A& r( X4 k3 |  \- u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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& W6 }' \- E8 f  N" O25.勤快an eager beaver
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他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。

5 k5 `3 i( d8 x: ^5 H7 w- ?He’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.

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你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲
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/ n1 Q$ Q; _1 r5 cThe idea of your calling your mum damned!
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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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! [* m& s7 N9 H, s1 ]# J, OShe’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.

28.好客 keep open house

; {& e1 X1 x* D' h8 {$ {1 Q我们的邻居特别好客
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Our neighbor keeps open house.

29.待客周到keep a good house.
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) R* K7 Q2 P1 @9 ~; NShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.

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。

5 t" X" n/ U/ ~; n: MShe’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

我们这儿的人都知道他是个爱偷鸡摸狗的人
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; k5 C6 F) h- nEveryone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.

: ]8 ?! e8 p, F+ \32. 与……不合be at odds with
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" {6 J8 q, M: b0 H# s& `6 B不要把他们两个分在一个组里，他俩不合
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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

8 z7 D1 y" f5 q, O( G$ o她可会巴结当官的了。
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She’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities
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34.装傻 play possum
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我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已

: c* K! }# d/ L* m6 AI know you were only playing possum.

( k/ w9 B9 P6 r7 }$ G35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape
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" {1 F4 y7 Y( o0 D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.
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" G9 z, j6 G) E" g- z, Z  [36. 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

2 r: u# K+ y+ s5 J' j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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4 W8 A+ {; p' c0 Z* j5 b- v9 lYou 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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) X' s, W* y/ s6 @2 ?; `3 J38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters
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我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。
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7 {: t$ S, Z4 `7 `5 S1 WI 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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# H$ {; v" M, E- k8 u$ o39.吃醋 be jealous
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: E5 T7 U9 U3 Y; n' b" p( H( Q40.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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; V# X. o3 i4 w- kHe would just as soon offend other people as look at them.
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  a( f; N: }) B' P41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words
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3 B2 t# v* K  \& m/ q- U. B0 E7 ]他说到做到，从不食言

4 H& P1 ]4 n1 I8 w1 O) n6 q* VHe’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.

+ l& V9 j6 a! [+ K42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to

; N: B& ^! Q! f+ D' ~4 f# b你不必对他如此的不依不饶
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$ P- r5 K8 r# @  k+ ` You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.
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$ @& x# p" c) b# |/ h; u0 Q43.贪吃 gluttonous

0 e2 I! O, j3 p7 N+ P我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人

$ `9 H3 D* {+ f0 j9 ~: H- CI’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.

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。
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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
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Mr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.

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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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5 ^7 D  v4 {  B/ b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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7 Z# r; k5 j4 U7 W! W! j3 y48.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

( }/ ^, F2 l: K* SIf 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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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
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你最好别和她打交道，她总爱占别人的便宜

You’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.
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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？
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% U8 B1 Y* O1 r4 I! C) SIn recent years many officials are readily on the take .Who would give much heed to the interest of the country?

connie

顶 ~~~  啊 ~~~~    顶！！！

水上村

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社员都是向阳花

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!