如何地道表达：脾气和性格[转帖]

connie

1．  偷懒耍滑头 goof-off

# i2 z4 J+ t2 v+ p' z7 g' J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。

  v; U  K' l" U& IXiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours.

9 Y1 z6 s5 o: d# m+ d! V2.大动肝火  be up in arms
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7 l+ n+ H& s! J0 S! S1 _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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  O. U0 w- F* j! i  o" ?  eThe boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.

3 G. K( e3 |1 W3.保持冷静keep cool
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) x9 ?5 |! f9 |  e- ~即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静
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* }( h. y: `6 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

她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。

: E; T! P( P, Q9 l4 q1 q$ O0 eShe always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt.
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6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place
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9 q7 a6 |* }, w4 B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.
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% c# j' b8 X2 o! k" B8 c8 `# P7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back

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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$ U, D1 h7 ~# u% o; z0 KI 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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5 r- Y( t# c  Y% z6 K8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

我从来没说过任何人的坏话。
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. C* F1 D  p; s2 z5 sI’ve never badmouthed anyone.

  s* n- ^! q& z' K& ]9 N4 G& ~+ I9.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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: V( l2 O: ?" S3 SShe’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
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10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do
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- l/ G& }$ q/ f$ S% D5 S" X7 Q你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？

How can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?

11.大献殷勤dance attendance
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小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。

$ F3 i0 L# v; ]% y% N4 Q& VXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.
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12.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。

: f- ]  _8 Z1 @5 h$ T9 E0 J2 O3 tTake 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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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.
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" m0 K& }# K1 z/ e4 }4 d0 O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.

3 }2 E1 U; s$ k1 I9 z2 N15.上瘾get into one’s blood

说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。

. H2 v7 i, e: d$ z" S- nIt’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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2 {+ e3 B8 y7 J4 g17.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。

I’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.
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  U  b& l% H  Z+ c8 O9 b18.等不及了 champ at the bit
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6 ^( S4 G, H7 @) C- M( G9 X8 y咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。
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Let’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.

19.点头哈腰bow and scrape
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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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/ f' R' n- H9 A2 B' A0 A0 wFrom 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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( C2 N" [$ s8 a) g* h) V: o3 bDon’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.

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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？
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Who would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?
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# N2 M$ e- v( x23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one
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; o+ c$ L! ^6 V7 u8 L4 W 你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？

Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?

2 g! O: t- ~) h6 R5 a9 Z7 L24.不忍心not have the heart to do
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0 _' u4 X8 J, L% o9 s( l" ~如果我是你，我可不忍心把孩子们就在家里没人照看

9 m+ I: C# f# k! mIf I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.

25.勤快an eager beaver

2 w0 |* c( n/ d+ j+ f" y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.
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26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing
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: e8 R3 @, h# \; ~你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲
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1 L2 |* h) H! ]9 g. ]2 _' k* nThe idea of your calling your mum damned!
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9 i( I- s3 ^  L+ x27.懒透了be bone-idle

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.

& F$ h1 O( I# u28.好客 keep open house
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我们的邻居特别好客
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Our neighbor keeps open house.
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29.待客周到keep a good house.

  J9 N; Z! M3 m1 ?* z, YShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.

30.正直be on the up and up
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6 d2 x2 d# n2 M8 K' w1 U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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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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! i1 H  P$ R* X3 T  U% j  m31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly
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我们这儿的人都知道他是个爱偷鸡摸狗的人
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Everyone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.
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( X; u3 s- ^) g8 D* a; q6 {  b32. 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

Don’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.
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2 M# J: J* E% [) n5 C" T/ n" M33.巴结buddy up

3 u9 d- k1 j( x( ~& y) B# I1 O: O她可会巴结当官的了。
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She’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities
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6 K$ ?; v- q4 C+ h! }2 x34.装傻 play possum
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我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已
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/ w) b0 V! a5 U1 ]  Y3 kI know you were only playing possum.

35.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
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She’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.

36. 花言巧语do a snow job
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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
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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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38.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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) _1 X) B$ R$ g$ uI 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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% r1 B; Z& J+ @) I; [) Z/ @39.吃醋 be jealous

40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …
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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.

7 }  Y" j/ o& o* w% @41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words

: M- Y8 ~; z7 F; o他说到做到，从不食言

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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8 ?5 U3 a8 Q" V# h你不必对他如此的不依不饶
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You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.
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; Q& n! A2 L* x43.贪吃 gluttonous

1 V- ~# X& I5 `" U/ }" y我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人
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2 c. w" ^; ?- k" ~. ]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.

# l9 ]( E* s" ~, C/ S0 v2 T45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy

7 e' u- a7 Z0 @7 p9 ]8 r王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒
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; g* s1 _) M- |. LMr. 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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4 E0 x, r* H7 }/ s# EThat guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.

47.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.

48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger
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3 k( M/ F. L* V. I# ?+ `4 J  f8 d要不是因为你的性子过急，你也不至于失去那笔买卖

; [5 e5 @) o# z0 Q" X% v2 H' bIf you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.
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6 z  u: O$ E' ]2 t( F  c9 f& |49.撒娇 play the woman

5 F0 K5 M) k9 V她可会在男人面前撒娇了。
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" D2 ]6 [2 q" l8 sShe ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.

/ L5 y- ]& Z1 w6 W4 j50.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.

51.为自己捞油水 be on the take
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1 E8 a+ |8 {) G6 b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？

7 K4 g& h' h4 H3 B0 X! c! 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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社员都是向阳花

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!