如何地道表达：脾气和性格[转帖]

connie

1．  偷懒耍滑头 goof-off

9 W/ p. T' l7 R/ Q+ N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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8 C' p& e" {$ H0 iXiaoWang’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
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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.
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3.保持冷静keep cool
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" U7 V0 Y5 D) O$ j' p即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静
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# \2 \2 E, _) ?/ {/ Z4 WShe can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.
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! M& A" y) @; g0 b/ M4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush
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5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind

: X, z0 g1 T7 z% `& q  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.
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' o0 h! P+ w% ^  w3 x, L6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place
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( c8 A' V3 @2 {' O/ Z' q他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。

' d( v% L& m/ T+ b( K1 IHe 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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7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back

3 y; U, e( O9 m: s我万万没想到张某会在背后捅我一刀。我过去太信任她了。

7 s; a! @1 C3 n- {+ x4 ]/ Q/ bI was taken aback and didn’t think Zhang would stab me in the back. I placed too much trust in her.

3 E2 g% v" I2 n3 X1 }7 ?8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

! R/ |8 w! I6 G! O7 H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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3 Z- `4 p4 ^) h; x3 m8 KShe’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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! F, w1 B/ O4 |: z/ X+ q! j* b10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do

6 n$ K, y& q5 W# m( {你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？
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% a& k% ?. q, {3 g% {) n! S( rHow can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?

/ j2 ?8 z0 g% j5 s1 w  N11.大献殷勤dance attendance

小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。
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+ F0 F- [, p% K: n' I0 V) l% gXiao 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。

Take care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue.

- m6 e, {( ]6 v3 I/ {5 u13.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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: R, d2 c+ D1 q# R14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.
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+ ~! L/ u- Y7 j$ C! _! [& Y1 k人都是这山望着那山高，对自己的状况没有满意的时候。

! r0 p3 |8 _2 Y7 lAlmost 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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& p$ p; S* ^7 h& S4 u15.上瘾get into one’s blood

; o2 P/ T% e" t- n2 n' k. y3 y说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。

0 C# v0 k9 H  b8 U3 B/ oIt’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

; M! m0 x) }( c" g( x* e" J7 @/ m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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18.等不及了 champ at the bit

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.

1 p* ?$ G0 O6 }$ D19.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。

2 w. f: j, A7 H( J, y3 MFrom the way she’s bowing and scraping in front of the boss, you’ll know what sort of person she is.

: [  U$ x3 U. c# p- \20.疯疯癫癫go gaga

- P+ b5 e) B4 t, A对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。
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" @& ~8 E# a2 [4 F0 u  d6 R/ p5 SDon’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.
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7 ?" k. _0 h0 y$ @8 W21.说话不算数go back on one’s words
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他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。

+ [2 y7 R- H, T& o* w( eWe cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.
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9 P7 X  V; x* O3 P: A& {$ d22.废话连篇beat one’s gums

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

2 A6 l0 I3 R: q9 \, X# r 你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？

8 e; e2 T+ G* Y% d  H3 o+ @8 t Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?

" Q) S' X+ `/ Q! U8 Z24.不忍心not have the heart to do
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( w4 A3 H3 s# d; G" w; ~3 A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.

5 x6 ^6 t' \- u5 b( f) m6 n0 c25.勤快an eager beaver

& H. p/ d, U  Q+ J7 ^% s: m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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26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing
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7 P7 u4 t# N' W你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲

The idea of your calling your mum damned!

. h7 a: d2 n0 P+ N  s* n9 c6 f27.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.
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  V7 j3 s# w8 q1 v  M  [7 F28.好客 keep open house

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.

7 f3 E7 ^% k8 X5 q" {30.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。

  I3 D- ^# |% e1 {She’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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我们这儿的人都知道他是个爱偷鸡摸狗的人
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  F% ?4 @: g, b0 _9 w& W/ CEveryone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.

32. 与……不合be at odds with
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8 {3 U$ d5 O6 k# W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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33.巴结buddy up

% e' u' n( y1 k& C; ^4 B$ E( b她可会巴结当官的了。

  D, j5 G) Z6 w9 uShe’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities
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34.装傻 play possum

" L6 X' _8 P: M+ u, h! }我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已

* e, p1 ~# Y1 X$ J: XI know you were only playing possum.
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1 Y' ]# s: r  f$ P! U35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape

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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6 s0 g* X) I4 u$ p0 |) j7 R+ E7 I. P36. 花言巧语do a snow job
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2 _' l" `2 y/ N他花言巧语的哄骗那个女孩，说自己是某个部长的儿子。

, h% _9 {5 Y2 k+ z3 A5 |5 T0 AHe 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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9 H/ K) M# a; F# \8 B; [1 n& u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

/ ]8 h' i* i  ?9 MYou 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
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* G+ N, b) O& x! K$ h) e我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。

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.

39.吃醋 be jealous
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40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …

他根本就不把得罪人当回事

5 K; q2 G9 b! d' I' jHe would just as soon offend other people as look at them.

6 P2 ?; w5 O) l1 _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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, E  p4 M( y) a* y' X/ E# {He’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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$ g9 p% ?( q5 e: i3 S/ r你不必对他如此的不依不饶
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1 Q/ y, i; s2 }3 S5 o& S  b8 T! b You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.

43.贪吃 gluttonous

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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, B$ e: m4 w% v, a/ m4 y他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。
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  a" K7 b! s8 ]His little daughter is as good as gold. She’s never been as rebellious as other children.
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0 {4 j& _: ?6 i45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy
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5 {5 Q6 ~1 I; J0 k王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒
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# _9 W5 }0 D2 W, @' r7 C6 @Mr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.

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。
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That guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.

1 W# b+ r+ v3 X/ ?% q47.神经过敏thin-skinned

我看这些人都有点神经过敏

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

: E8 D; f; T- [0 }3 |0 ^, v48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger
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要不是因为你的性子过急，你也不至于失去那笔买卖

& m2 l) t6 B" n0 W( O) JIf you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.

4 X3 }7 H: o/ u' a, }+ C49.撒娇 play the woman

+ z. X6 Z7 m3 J8 ~8 ^9 Z她可会在男人面前撒娇了。

She ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.
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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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- X, g2 ]3 O9 O51.为自己捞油水 be on the take
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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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! M/ ~  [8 N' J& h6 {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!