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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9 w2 _0 A6 @* [, PXiaoWang’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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) m9 v  l; A' \  @. S3 u2 r" f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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3.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
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She can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.

4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind
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- j/ d3 t1 b) G9 ]6 F2 }' M% f5 h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.

2 b% U5 J+ b" p& B) M6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place
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- X- ^5 O' ]: w& L  L$ `8 L他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。

1 x8 t$ J6 x5 W' @1 |He doesn’t have his heart in the right place. He would find every opportunity to stab in the back of others.

1 Q& i- Q0 n5 d3 l; Z+ V9 E/ C$ z7.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。

0 ]# `5 X3 |+ {5 s% GI 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

  g/ v. P- M. r) D3 t4 V0 S我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

0 \$ D" y' c* p* N/ Q8 CI’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat
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% Q2 G7 _0 Z6 x- `5 W, i+ Z她真是个傻帽，时常无缘无故的就傻笑起来。
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8 z3 a+ O$ N: \  [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

" r2 J% I: |/ W( N2 E7 f10．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？
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) z; r4 |' E3 L2 D4 {How can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?

' z' K/ j  E. t2 L$ \11.大献殷勤dance attendance

小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。

- }7 i# {% r2 x  g8 q( M$ YXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.

2 h- c5 ~( g* G. [: ~0 x% D12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue

3 f* C2 l' f; h+ q0 [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.

- f0 L1 i* j9 o( Q6 ?, q# J13.假惺惺的说speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek
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+ m1 e3 r2 W# ~. U; a! V我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。

$ y# i' w5 u3 r% i* }6 ?I feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek.

+ [9 M4 X! Y( e0 X14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.
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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。

Almost all people see that the grass is greener on the other hill. They never feel satisfied with what they’ve already got.

2 I+ x! ]( r$ x! ?, ?7 C; ]15.上瘾get into one’s blood

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.

16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense
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17.发牢骚 beef

他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。
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- B8 L- w, k/ t1 r4 {; KI’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.

18.等不及了 champ at the bit

! X- [7 M/ n3 Z% ^+ j* f0 `咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。
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; N. J2 M$ t) p1 JLet’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。
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$ E; U1 f" H) Y; j7 x+ kFrom 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

对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。
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( A, ~# V+ I# k: }Don’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.

; D" ~+ r. `2 ]21.说话不算数go back on one’s words
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) R( e* X/ ~. D  k" N他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。

( D# n" M# p8 l, CWe cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.
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+ z2 x8 r% R  d* S1 _$ ?/ S3 L/ G22.废话连篇beat one’s gums

" W  C) q: G- `8 a5 I8 U谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？

+ L5 {+ z; [4 j+ r+ a5 n0 S7 cWho 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

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

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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25.勤快an eager beaver

& f2 K# A, C5 S0 p$ }0 p- j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.

% `  v$ h# L! ?# c% |26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing

# ?' A4 w  N) Q" A你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲

+ f0 r( y% C+ s; q% I1 |+ m/ ^The idea of your calling your mum damned!

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。

She’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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- L+ p7 s: `% S: F29.待客周到keep a good house.

She keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.

7 X! U" |; m& u- H2 P30.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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1 {8 P+ I) _- U2 T9 p4 u( [' q; LShe’s always been on the up and up and I don’t think she would have done such a thing.
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31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly
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9 B/ }! k5 P$ A2 v5 ^' F1 O我们这儿的人都知道他是个爱偷鸡摸狗的人

) J. D# C) j! Z" v8 vEveryone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.

* X9 {8 s" m( ~2 [32. 与……不合be at odds with

8 G& y8 Q/ a4 d1 P" f# L不要把他们两个分在一个组里，他俩不合
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3 C% k4 K7 b8 c7 f3 P7 U- MDon’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.

+ }$ H! W: \, i33.巴结buddy up

( y5 I/ J0 G7 t( ]# h% G3 P. F  `" o她可会巴结当官的了。
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: |9 H- x% f6 @3 h4 e1 a8 VShe’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities

34.装傻 play possum
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* P) Q/ s. L2 G* J5 P5 t; E2 j) Y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.

8 }' k% ?9 n1 l) D3 P: B, H35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape
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  ?' D6 |- r7 `( s' `* ^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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+ _3 O# K% [& f9 w- l; e+ T5 F36. 花言巧语do a snow job
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He did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .

7 e6 o7 B6 }  Y$ F% L; {37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot
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" k4 N4 E9 U+ m/ t7 w" \* o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.
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, ?' r& @: w1 I+ f7 a2 l! w% Q38.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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* d8 @( e2 j: e' K. [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

40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …

他根本就不把得罪人当回事

He would just as soon offend other people as look at them.

41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words

他说到做到，从不食言
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3 k# B0 x: V+ Y! K7 o; bHe’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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# \5 n+ x" N$ p  l* j% r' D你不必对他如此的不依不饶

9 ?& Q3 a$ z, S 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

I’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.
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& V; K( v: Q. c, v44.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。

3 r  X5 I0 Y" c& gHis 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

' ?$ l$ E2 H) }6 r9 o# E" _9 j4 \王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒

& W0 G2 G/ y, G0 |2 QMr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.
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0 ?0 V4 g0 X: [3 e3 b# f1 }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。

' J; j: p; M/ yThat guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.

47.神经过敏thin-skinned

: g# m* S1 r+ S2 A0 k8 x0 W我看这些人都有点神经过敏

8 ^. J8 G/ B/ H2 tIn my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.
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48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger

# J/ G* I0 `( H  i# ^0 H$ ^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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If you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.
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9 w/ ?' d& J+ k49.撒娇 play the woman

她可会在男人面前撒娇了。

0 n/ k) z9 y6 t+ P: a( ~0 |She ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.

50.占人便宜 load the dice against

你最好别和她打交道，她总爱占别人的便宜

0 f4 V4 K- U1 l1 g( \: e/ D. G% wYou’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？

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

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