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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2 ~/ x2 s; d' b8 e% ]$ ?: O2 i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.

* J$ L5 T; \/ z2.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.

6 c3 ]/ }- H& _2 ^$ S; I3.保持冷静keep cool
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/ B( F& T/ s  n+ O) w即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静

/ H# ?: \# W7 BShe can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.
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4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind

) q+ c9 q1 M! m# j, p5 u$ ]* a) v她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。

: P' t( u) a4 @4 ~3 A% tShe 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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He doesn’t have his heart in the right place. He would find every opportunity to stab in the back of others.

! o. e. q( H' X; p! o  [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。
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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.

8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

* a9 w/ ?% T5 E1 D  K( e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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6 C+ N7 I' f* I2 zShe’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

  C1 ?8 x- d2 f, M10．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？

$ h: [' m) k8 g9 W$ UHow can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?

/ ^3 l( M% r0 D; h11.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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Xiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.

2 a( @; U. J! \% R12.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。
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9 Z/ e. Q' t5 M/ ]( H) Y8 |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

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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( r3 ^- f$ c  H* G3 x14.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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- r4 G- x3 R' |/ t2 u% ?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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15.上瘾get into one’s blood

' R# A4 R. X3 p( O* D说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。

+ y: S. d% S( r4 [' x* ^  |% PIt’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.
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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。

: n1 @( f$ x7 j. DI’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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8 C8 h, K5 l3 x8 H3 T咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。

Let’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.

19.点头哈腰bow and scrape

* a4 s5 t% _+ m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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5 S: w; K+ Z1 x. N& i8 \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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; c( o3 J. {' Y2 E6 q2 |$ A  @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.

21.说话不算数go back on one’s words
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% q& a9 W$ b8 u7 `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.

. \# r& h' Y/ N; K- p! q, ?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？
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, T0 B9 N5 ^# QWho 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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; s& n8 n& Y1 H  V( o Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?
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# l0 U' s/ R( j! }24.不忍心not have the heart to do

# C" d+ a3 K+ V0 N$ C" F, p% Y- y如果我是你，我可不忍心把孩子们就在家里没人照看

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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他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。

He’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.

4 T- p! {- z1 f4 g0 v9 P+ n26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing
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你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲

The idea of your calling your mum damned!

27.懒透了be bone-idle
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; U7 l" [6 s& X她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。

. z- R/ R; N) lShe’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.
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28.好客 keep open house

8 F7 A, l9 d1 Y  m6 p8 g, r我们的邻居特别好客
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) v5 O( W, q4 n) r% UOur neighbor keeps open house.

29.待客周到keep a good house.
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3 D/ N% \  x/ ^$ a" kShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.

8 A. R) Y: j+ V4 }' E30.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。

5 K/ \7 o! |- c' v8 U- K" vShe’s always been on the up and up and I don’t think she would have done such a thing.

9 l0 R$ f2 e! {31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly

) `, ?$ G. O8 S' l- }: j我们这儿的人都知道他是个爱偷鸡摸狗的人

$ n3 O3 Z0 }  oEveryone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.
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32. 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.

33.巴结buddy up
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她可会巴结当官的了。

She’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities
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34.装傻 play possum
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4 [- p4 ]  D  Z9 G! l' _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.
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2 j  Q' U% `8 w35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape
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她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱

5 a2 b/ ~: {) q; @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

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

. k" q' A& w4 Z( c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

7 r  D+ d' Z( E6 E5 a, I; |4 EYou 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

- k/ P! k, l! I/ D9 ?& e! B我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。
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' @. c$ u0 o0 J7 M# n/ bI 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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# R) j' ~1 u1 Q# [39.吃醋 be jealous

3 s2 \+ q* L, M  R7 [! `+ n40.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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$ T( N- Z! z5 S2 d+ rHe would just as soon offend other people as look at them.

41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words

, C, N, [- Y* p$ ]他说到做到，从不食言
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. t7 d' G6 f! z* e6 I3 C4 b( `He’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.

42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to

你不必对他如此的不依不饶

: X( l  u9 F2 o4 z; C: T0 ` 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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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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" Z- p9 n6 d% R( A$ n: }3 }他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。

, [$ ~  g1 r: w8 j8 RHis 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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王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒

8 u; L/ ^+ v  Y" z5 ~1 ~Mr. 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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那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。

9 g( f9 J4 j8 b$ K( k0 hThat guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.

" V1 j: n+ Z0 F  {. i9 @# ?47.神经过敏thin-skinned

$ k& W, i$ l2 b3 {4 L5 s$ l1 V我看这些人都有点神经过敏

In my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.

& i+ @$ `# ]& Y2 a" z+ g8 S48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger

- I, d7 a0 w$ [( ]/ e/ x  I4 @要不是因为你的性子过急，你也不至于失去那笔买卖

0 Z+ p' g, ~0 ^* T: |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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5 e' G) `9 p: d. x' ~% M& t! F+ J她可会在男人面前撒娇了。

; W9 t$ R# W, ]5 RShe ‘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
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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

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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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!