如何地道表达：脾气和性格[转帖]

connie

1．  偷懒耍滑头 goof-off

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.

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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$ [8 u- O% h' j5 M7 Q3.保持冷静keep cool
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即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静

She can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.

4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

( S2 t# B# y/ K6 l5.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 。

  [: o, \0 n& P8 }% y- MShe 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
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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

" {. z, G) y* |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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I 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
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# D8 x% X) u% x我从来没说过任何人的坏话。
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I’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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2 E; P6 U9 r. e& R2 z/ i; [. |9.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。
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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

10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do
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. Q( ?# K0 l1 y7 [$ y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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11.大献殷勤dance attendance

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* y" j. ], S: x' v, I# E! x' GXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.
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) S$ h, \% O* N% Z12.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。

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
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5 a% \& l; |% ~! i9 P# ^$ M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.

" [- l1 c- \0 v2 \! l$ M; Z) S14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.

2 Y5 V- Y" F$ Y人都是这山望着那山高，对自己的状况没有满意的时候。

8 P  |7 E5 U( |+ N5 o: `+ q3 tAlmost 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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  c) o0 {- H% M. B% j* Y( C说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。
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# {" _0 q) M4 s+ y0 t2 E" hIt’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.
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* t; P( d$ }) z1 s16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense
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# i0 G- e0 ~! O" U17.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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- K5 k! }( U$ Z18.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。

+ l2 \! \/ u) [- T9 d6 u! ]( pLet’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.
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19.点头哈腰bow and scrape

( q2 J7 H; u# j1 B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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! x9 r& d5 L# X1 M' p3 p$ K2 P( A/ ?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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% G; J8 J; V) M) [! ?$ t. a2 z20.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.
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. P. a# x& P) `% ?1 ^6 n- e7 ~+ E: {21.说话不算数go back on one’s words

, U. [# B& I( E# R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.

9 e$ @( _1 |) ]1 m22.废话连篇beat one’s gums
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# s6 M. Q7 G+ r) Q7 {* O! r7 l- d谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？

! J2 \$ V# @9 i" GWho would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?
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0 g1 Z1 J' y$ l2 y5 y23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one
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9 Y9 P. R0 N( z' ^+ W4 w 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?

2 l9 r7 Z/ w) b4 Q24.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

, G7 Q& i* {1 B$ O1 _# b& }If I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.

25.勤快an eager beaver
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1 N" M7 ~4 A  t0 W3 j( C; B他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。
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He’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.

26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing

你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲

The idea of your calling your mum damned!
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6 k/ B+ s# k. S8 q' X2 C% E( E' a5 A27.懒透了be bone-idle

% P$ I+ o+ I; V1 Y* s- B她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。
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8 j9 \+ `, I% E0 f) C$ c; _She’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.

: h5 s: h8 L0 R4 c3 I4 Z2 R1 S( L/ {28.好客 keep open house

! ]% R' R& F. H& p我们的邻居特别好客
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/ \- N+ e5 j) e( x: ]: }( B4 |1 F$ ]Our neighbor keeps open house.

0 U) K4 R8 m$ y* T29.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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; X1 v; ?- A. Y# a( Y, P: P4 D30.正直be on the up and up
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她是个正直的姑娘，因此我相信她不会干出那种事。

7 D# B- J7 m: l/ a( {1 M2 {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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; c5 I+ d. h' Y  v: Q我们这儿的人都知道他是个爱偷鸡摸狗的人

Everyone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.

2 \/ H, t9 \* i/ q3 S' m32. 与……不合be at odds with
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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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" i( s/ c( w. X3 d$ Y" |* X& `0 ]( {33.巴结buddy up
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她可会巴结当官的了。

8 \4 |* y! j7 }5 V4 AShe’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities

$ _) o* d+ M4 M4 c2 }34.装傻 play possum
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7 w& I3 Q4 _1 b6 k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

1 B* w4 J  e2 n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.

  c1 P2 o' G' R1 K! ]36. 花言巧语do a snow job
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3 g  t: S) ]; Q1 K  V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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5 e; t3 `; W0 @! I& T+ Q37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot

$ A8 C5 ^" f( S: O+ P  z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.

5 l. c# g! ?3 `) O1 p38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters
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; ]. Z% m5 X! M$ d. |我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。
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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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39.吃醋 be jealous
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' ^. N5 K* J* p40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …
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( d. b4 d) c& Q  U8 o# G) |他根本就不把得罪人当回事

4 f9 ?( }; A" C; oHe would just as soon offend other people as look at them.

# J- d9 c, s: a9 N41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words

他说到做到，从不食言

- g2 }/ T( F; p0 ~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

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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$ H0 ^/ S1 A7 t! I3 }+ \4 Y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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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。

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
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* t; M2 Q/ l+ }+ {. ~' vMr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.
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3 l! {5 ]7 M& t4 g. N- [46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper
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$ u) u! i4 g4 g9 x! M# i$ d那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。
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4 B' l3 q# d) y. g9 j5 G$ K9 f$ ]That guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.
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7 z/ n8 ~: j: \. }3 w% u. @3 C/ \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.

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
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4 L  |- @5 ]. S% m) }If you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.
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% E: ~3 n5 t5 x/ R: g/ ^49.撒娇 play the woman

她可会在男人面前撒娇了。
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8 Q+ r9 l8 E0 I0 H3 I6 Y; l50.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.

9 }: {; {; X# G1 B' ~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？

6 x  R6 O0 a$ I" U* q$ X3 rIn 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!