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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XiaoWang’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

( R, H; t$ X0 {7 i1 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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3 W. l8 h) V6 P5 H+ aThe 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

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.

9 h( ~# `9 L, L+ X3 |* j6 T2 \3 g4.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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. C" A) E* R# A- `她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。

4 b  _+ P1 c3 z6 Q- wShe 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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4 V( ]; ?6 m; }5 T& q他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。

% u* S  ?0 r2 v# z0 t4 B+ @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

8 r/ [6 f0 q) R8 y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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+ d) m( e: X' m, F0 YI 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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+ a# ?8 }- r0 H5 P8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

9 a, t; V1 \1 r- x! @% |/ i: P9 EI’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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9 ?) e4 d  q2 ~+ F+ w9 v& I% ?# u9.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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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

: |* z+ j" \! h0 X/ K10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do

! @& A, Z) T# E. L1 z你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？
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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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$ n* y9 Z! p. N* TXiao 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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. `$ k: e5 v* @. [# i( ^7 {$ ]千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。

6 s! s' l' h" ETake care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue.

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。
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I feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek.

14.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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+ ]* w: w) V+ [0 T9 AAlmost all people see that the grass is greener on the other hill. They never feel satisfied with what they’ve already got.

  n6 Z  Q) j6 O) e" i, q) C15.上瘾get into one’s blood

/ e( }- ?8 @$ s; J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.
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5 F* g- ~7 Q; p/ a! N, k# d  d16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense

! h3 w& i  P( b! k" T3 F6 \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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I’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.

) o% ?6 s; o2 c8 p" P% K& {! q18.等不及了 champ at the bit
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  Q7 n1 k* {. G6 e* a咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。
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$ o" B) H* z# }2 o6 J. b, j$ Q& ULet’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.

4 o! ^; ^0 K$ j9 C9 I: K19.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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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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3 Z8 k4 Z3 v8 T0 B3 t& l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.
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21.说话不算数go back on one’s words

4 }/ _1 K; J6 S5 k# H) v) I4 v他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。
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+ N! F% ]( G, D( H% aWe cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.

2 E2 s# n) @1 Q6 |2 R8 s3 d22.废话连篇beat one’s gums
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4 q' Y$ x: L2 Q% v6 z谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？

! Y+ b5 g! ]) j1 KWho would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?

8 C" [0 G0 j5 b23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one

2 B- b2 l2 ^* D, c 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?

* j4 B. D: Y7 x. D; y24.不忍心not have the heart to do

( d' B! U/ L. e% _$ c9 v, }3 E* V如果我是你，我可不忍心把孩子们就在家里没人照看

* N2 O; \) c8 |1 GIf 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
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他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。
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0 q: j; H* v7 S. {& r2 u- ^He’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.
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26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing

你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲
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" X1 `( g% s0 [3 jThe idea of your calling your mum damned!
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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。

( c: v% n  L- C8 I/ w% ^& Y+ CShe’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.

" J6 P1 F; P$ [: L$ X28.好客 keep open house
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/ ^# x, r/ a" \- U# p我们的邻居特别好客

Our neighbor keeps open house.

; d- R! u6 {2 G8 H3 N3 R5 }! n2 j29.待客周到keep a good house.
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, q! h5 `5 d9 Y/ I% vShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.

6 a1 }- T. a% |- a, {7 v9 V30.正直be on the up and up

, G$ g) x6 r& f& S3 J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.

0 H" r# c, {7 o6 G$ X( Z+ ?31.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

4 ~. ]7 l) T( j8 h" z& R. EEveryone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.

2 n- j- p3 [! \6 G  Z32. 与……不合be at odds with
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& C+ m7 `' j4 C# 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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33.巴结buddy up
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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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34.装傻 play possum
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- [$ k. v6 a! q. w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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35.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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& Q" m) Q" d1 @, VShe’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.

6 n1 K' h8 f: ?* b! \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。

, C' s/ B- ?1 F1 Y( r# UHe did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .
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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

You 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

" {5 q' o  g1 g# k/ |2 w  P我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。

" r& S8 `. R. P  J% @% X7 D2 qI 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 …
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5 Z4 F2 L/ P& P+ e7 X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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! _* g9 R8 V" x$ o8 b# e41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words
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# d- s1 r; y8 o- |7 b) [! Y2 `/ I他说到做到，从不食言

' Y+ K; K/ }6 z1 ?' a1 u+ R& XHe’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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0 A; R- s+ H' I4 t0 J0 D你不必对他如此的不依不饶
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1 E) Z4 {* f  j You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.
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& w' J; ~8 l; T0 m43.贪吃 gluttonous
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4 m. J% P" S! Y, z8 t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.

8 F' L" ]! g' |  S3 r) k& B44.很乖 as good as gold
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/ N: h7 d" y# g( x& {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.

45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy
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1 `& }3 g, b; l; I: w4 |- x; }王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒

) ~" p2 v; k) d3 v* G4 `9 QMr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.
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, o, U/ I/ [5 c  _+ Z/ Z46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper
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* {3 p# d# n6 ^; K那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。

9 p$ d( ]' J* N" w4 h1 gThat guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.

47.神经过敏thin-skinned

我看这些人都有点神经过敏

' i3 Q! o8 _8 }9 a9 PIn my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.
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4 F' a% L& c' T) p! y. v& S48.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
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8 V  n8 D- M6 b) X; b7 fIf you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.

5 P, [; I" s: E' z49.撒娇 play the woman
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She ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.

50.占人便宜 load the dice against
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) J5 a4 L1 A( i* Z' Q4 X9 c# c你最好别和她打交道，她总爱占别人的便宜

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
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0 y8 Q, x' v# j9 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？

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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