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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8 G) {" [% `; {4 I5 L: G: k. M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。

: Y- F6 m. f, j) p3 nXiaoWang’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

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.

3.保持冷静keep cool
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* f! H) a: [" I% F9 p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
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5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind
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/ F1 D8 z; K- l  x她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。

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
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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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  }9 U8 E; c/ j1 a) C0 ~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。

/ X, W8 {7 C' M& r) ^0 \I was taken aback and didn’t think Zhang would stab me in the back. I placed too much trust in her.

5 Z9 \0 k/ L5 v8.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.

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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" D3 K( R1 d; Q! O8 g' z7 qShe’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

: L3 t6 k+ A" I5 D2 w10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do

你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？

! `6 N5 X6 ]5 W6 c2 WHow 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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小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。
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- M2 |( ~9 A$ ^$ O6 gXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.
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& Y/ Q# D3 _. b2 C  s9 d1 t9 Q, X4 v4 s6 y12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue
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7 x0 E- N; g1 Y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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( n6 E+ E) L2 u7 U& G! e. z+ Q13.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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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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) C5 S' ]& [0 {Almost all people see that the grass is greener on the other hill. They never feel satisfied with what they’ve already got.

* q, W, `! g: l$ v: j15.上瘾get into one’s blood

% u  [9 n, U( o7 B, U说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。
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2 l& _6 Z7 X: UIt’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.
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3 W% s4 A; G9 o, B$ a# `3 F16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense

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4 b% [% c8 I0 W7 [5 g9 g他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。
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: Y, _6 D# L! C/ P! M2 }7 A# @I’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.
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18.等不及了 champ at the bit
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% `- v0 c4 M. x3 C( d6 ^咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。
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6 ~7 l+ R% e1 d( T- i* |Let’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.
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19.点头哈腰bow and scrape

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。

& {: v# O8 q1 ]$ cFrom 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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" }6 Y# w  V4 r5 G8 V. Q20.疯疯癫癫go gaga
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* \* ?8 @2 Z  K+ k- I, K对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。
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Don’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.

) y+ x5 y7 ?+ [' |21.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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We cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.

" g+ {2 j# Y0 ]1 j22.废话连篇beat one’s gums

3 f: g- }2 l" a) y# y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?
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23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one
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7 z/ e# @0 h, A+ J- s1 z! {4 I 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?

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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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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你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲

! C. j& v4 }! w/ ~The idea of your calling your mum damned!

27.懒透了be bone-idle
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! P0 R4 W; Y4 k) ^' e: q她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。
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* b7 Y; P* j6 `+ B( TShe’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.
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28.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.

She keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.
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0 C, g* o5 I: X- r/ j7 x30.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。
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& X( j' U7 A- Z- J0 _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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6 }- C6 r2 x6 `) B6 g31.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

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

32. 与……不合be at odds with
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  C' w( A' V/ u5 f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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# x0 ^4 ^! X$ a; t33.巴结buddy up
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她可会巴结当官的了。
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: ~, d3 y; Y( n" a# NShe’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities

7 U, J, Y" [! h. T34.装傻 play possum
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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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她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱
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She’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.
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36. 花言巧语do a snow job
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1 s3 ?. t9 A5 Z9 J3 [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 .

37. 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

+ z' B6 V" i& r8 o& I' i% l5 DYou 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

' W5 C" o" K( D2 t- D我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。
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4 p& @& Q6 z" Y; NI 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.

39.吃醋 be jealous

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8 H( `8 S: {* i* s0 a' G他根本就不把得罪人当回事
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He would just as soon offend other people as look at them.
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5 C) k( B. T/ O% W) ^2 j41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words
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他说到做到，从不食言

He’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.

) S- c8 u. L& E; W- y5 h42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to

你不必对他如此的不依不饶

5 S  e. ~! s1 k" k# W& B/ o. ]8 G You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.

43.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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* B5 O, p1 J) w; V: u/ ?/ `! OI’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.
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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.

45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy
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5 T" m: O# @; x5 W& Z王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒
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) S1 t6 D) Q; x$ vMr. 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。
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That guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.
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47.神经过敏thin-skinned
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我看这些人都有点神经过敏

! h: ^0 B8 v; v* R- g* K/ H! ^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

If you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.
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. T' G& H# X4 D% j7 B0 ~1 I49.撒娇 play the woman

她可会在男人面前撒娇了。

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50.占人便宜 load the dice against
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' ^' x" \0 v+ B/ O你最好别和她打交道，她总爱占别人的便宜
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& k' r" b: n; l& u% Z) @You’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.

0 H& M1 Z& \6 M  b0 @3 |4 m51.为自己捞油水 be on the take
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% ~$ Z) h" I' v! k; J8 i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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# v6 _2 y; g3 H5 F1 cIn 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!