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。
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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

The boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.

( E) |* U/ H( x8 G( H! D3.保持冷静keep cool

即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静

' l/ ~7 D0 X8 JShe can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.

4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush
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' V* W3 O1 j  _/ Q  m. ^5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind

6 n; }3 s3 K) w, _9 Y3 G8 v她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。
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; u* r# Z! V4 K. s3 P) F! R2 ZShe always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt.

8 F' _3 G5 \# x# |: a) Q9 K6.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。
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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
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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。

! n3 y5 y6 z7 jI 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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' ]/ a  R; c8 s, A* x2 L: l3 X8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

I’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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' a  I1 v/ J5 ^5 X3 a3 `% U, H9.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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# G$ [- l2 j5 c' p2 ^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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2 i- d4 P) f! ]; O; ], |( x: V8 k你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？
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6 p( {  W% d7 Q* L$ L4 [* XHow can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?
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7 g7 C# n/ L) w: {! n11.大献殷勤dance attendance

' x1 P0 }9 }6 a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.

5 w) _# ~' u* N& w! ^7 C12.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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Take 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
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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.

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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% s3 c  a/ r; ~: k; `Almost all people see that the grass is greener on the other hill. They never feel satisfied with what they’ve already got.

4 K0 L2 S* J* d15.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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It’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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他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。

I’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.
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1 [) O3 y- R, e+ Q3 W  Y18.等不及了 champ at the bit

! i1 @! C* i# m* f9 |! q咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。

6 d. {+ |; J+ Q! _Let’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.
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2 j2 G' r' M% ?# c4 A$ ^) C1 T0 `0 Z7 C19.点头哈腰bow and scrape

2 }; W0 ^1 Y0 Q1 P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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. Y* L: w5 b" N3 B9 _From the way she’s bowing and scraping in front of the boss, you’ll know what sort of person she is.

20.疯疯癫癫go gaga
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& @& E+ N$ G1 _) c对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。

! \) ]; W. a& C/ P7 G: VDon’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.

" y$ _% x9 x1 q3 ?7 v, a' m: Y21.说话不算数go back on one’s words

0 W! Q  ^7 v+ i) N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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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？

9 Q) Y' d5 r+ S* N. JWho would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?
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: p3 y: A8 E8 p6 X) B) y23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one
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4 T+ W. M+ z$ n+ k8 n7 L3 } 你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？
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4 S% W3 D& @" M2 s! E" h0 T# G Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?

; W6 `* Q6 J& S5 N, R24.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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9 n  b1 F4 E" e- V: rIf I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.

! P& `3 J6 @5 H4 U) M4 k5 f# Y9 c25.勤快an eager beaver
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- `8 C' |* B% g他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。
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+ A) L- y1 T7 o6 oHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.

9 N6 \% G: Q. [: \2 o26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing
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8 i3 C) Y' t4 _3 \你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲
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8 X$ f1 c) U/ a8 }1 @The idea of your calling your mum damned!

- o) p& Q  H8 S5 Y. O5 B27.懒透了be bone-idle

. V0 _+ x6 Z7 p- y她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。

; h5 T2 h4 W8 }# Z. e, uShe’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.
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7 g+ l3 N/ k! e$ {28.好客 keep open house

" K9 Y3 C& F4 F" G, m2 _' O7 ~我们的邻居特别好客

* e; t7 S1 S  _% O* QOur neighbor keeps open house.

" S- d4 d$ s5 J: z29.待客周到keep a good house.

She keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.
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7 T$ R1 |9 I6 j6 u) i2 q; y30.正直be on the up and up
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9 w: W8 l* K/ _* n0 e- O7 n: D她是个正直的姑娘，因此我相信她不会干出那种事。
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, Y$ V6 r  P: X" JShe’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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! k, L' \; m$ y& D* H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.
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32. 与……不合be at odds with

不要把他们两个分在一个组里，他俩不合

1 l+ b# S& C2 x2 N6 ]9 QDon’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

$ X& g( e& j: x. t3 ?8 _她可会巴结当官的了。

. l  p6 G" s; \8 ]1 p* P# xShe’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities

( I) {: j$ `, E3 u/ b34.装傻 play possum
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我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已

# \2 J  @2 C/ j: i! L( u3 J# UI know you were only playing possum.

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

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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He did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .

9 e4 P, Y0 u1 k5 N- P" z37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot
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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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8 o8 g5 |: x+ N* ~5 [You 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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38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters

" [# ]! Z9 Z' w8 k我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。

" x  L+ o* D4 b4 b1 pI 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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% D! k2 _- h: [39.吃醋 be jealous
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40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …

2 ~: M3 t/ \0 Z2 i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
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9 Q/ T$ R' P0 [9 l# d; Z他说到做到，从不食言

  P& S, E4 v, h' vHe’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.
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42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to
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0 q* U" G# c# Z# R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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; D6 {" O6 B0 l  s43.贪吃 gluttonous
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我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人
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' F! D$ V' z* ^& t* w( N# uI’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.
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) H8 H* c# N8 Y0 p! a  |  _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。

9 Z3 s  S) D1 x" {His little daughter is as good as gold. She’s never been as rebellious as other children.
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! p4 G3 U/ n) Y, ~! u! c45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy
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& `+ J4 o" u3 z0 ^王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒
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, t7 H6 x5 y4 g2 k! f1 V; AMr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.
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46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper
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% ?1 g' z# H  }: W: I4 f* L5 V1 Q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.

  }* z6 i0 V0 C6 {6 h47.神经过敏thin-skinned
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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.
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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
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# y5 `# a' c9 U4 ^, ZIf you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.

49.撒娇 play the woman

7 \. b* @) Y) U% X1 R她可会在男人面前撒娇了。
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- e, }2 v2 B% VShe ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.

50.占人便宜 load the dice against

5 {# t; n9 b2 A2 l* U" L2 o9 N你最好别和她打交道，她总爱占别人的便宜
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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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3 B; Q& ?+ ^2 a$ @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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" C7 w/ g! r# ^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!