如何地道表达：脾气和性格[转帖]

connie

1．  偷懒耍滑头 goof-off

3 A/ k6 M$ q) f$ B: K/ r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。

1 X. j5 c! ]9 x" uXiaoWang’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.

/ T5 u# P3 O' v# y, C+ G/ B" N3.保持冷静keep cool
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1 [2 ?- ^5 M, l# p1 n( \) \# Y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.
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! m$ n' i2 L4 @. x( T: s4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush
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" H# j( \( x' |! s, `1 y5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind
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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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6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place

! c' l  F  V" N! e3 L& O. E他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。

) {: t. l! B2 o4 W" ~0 h9 sHe doesn’t have his heart in the right place. He would find every opportunity to stab in the back of others.

6 B3 @! |- y+ T% i7 y# T5 K7.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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7 h, R5 E: W5 f/ SI 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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8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

I’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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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。

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
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10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do
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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?

8 Q- X: @0 P7 i2 A3 ?: H8 f11.大献殷勤dance attendance
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) p1 b5 p  Z9 D9 U5 U; {, c& ^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.
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12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue
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1 W  W- G# ?0 S0 S' L) t, [千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。

" r7 ~' c8 O9 C: t1 F: zTake care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue.
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, p$ u6 E2 t8 e1 p( V13.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。

I feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek.
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) M# S/ y2 |+ t" I6 k! [; B+ Q14.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。
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5 i0 j! J& y# \& Y- OAlmost 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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- M: x0 h0 h$ U* \# \4 z15.上瘾get into one’s blood
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9 B0 @6 r! @" m9 Y说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。

2 [$ |; i3 E( L; W% FIt’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

17.发牢骚 beef

) L! ]6 A. }9 P1 ?& B* ~8 h5 U6 P8 S他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。

% X# D4 ?# g3 ~+ f( DI’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.

' ~+ Y; W8 b9 C' s/ K7 v18.等不及了 champ at the bit
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咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。

( @( m/ H" u) cLet’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.
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19.点头哈腰bow and scrape
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0 R! o7 i3 U$ N, l( B. Q: c7 V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。

" F9 v8 N2 d5 B0 cFrom 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
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1 S5 O0 t) m" n' ^+ `对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。
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) f3 u9 R5 C+ L2 s6 }! C3 [Don’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.

: A) f/ r" F4 M5 l, f21.说话不算数go back on one’s words

' h8 k5 b* Z2 H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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& d. z% ?* V2 v- ?( i9 r9 I( W22.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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: k+ v8 H' t$ p- @# LWho would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?
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' F% D+ ]9 {1 v. c* V23.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？

" s% d  I: n3 A" ~$ s  D4 J Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?
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24.不忍心not have the heart to do

3 _! q/ f$ }8 B1 t8 @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.
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& A2 P8 j" l1 G: i# [25.勤快an eager beaver
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" D% c* S, `# m他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。

; U: E' U) L8 `3 L! I, S3 R% {He’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.

/ r+ T8 X% A5 N# ?$ d2 v$ J26.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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* _* f( |) c2 K# _5 NThe idea of your calling your mum damned!
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% R. D6 ~" u4 q8 V( y5 t- H! K27.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.

  J6 f; s+ v% D% L$ I28.好客 keep open house

我们的邻居特别好客

) ^9 B& R& \6 {8 p- m( N& ?3 w, l6 U2 zOur 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.
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30.正直be on the up and up

* Z* E2 s) r' ~! `她是个正直的姑娘，因此我相信她不会干出那种事。

8 j. j- u  q( }: y2 s: I  a! \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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/ E7 j: r: k6 Q31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly
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( b. B+ A1 O' L) ~我们这儿的人都知道他是个爱偷鸡摸狗的人

) U, X2 r! _/ j/ M9 s% pEveryone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.

32. 与……不合be at odds with

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.

! L; m; y: e$ v7 X0 |; f7 J33.巴结buddy up
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她可会巴结当官的了。

& i4 x; H8 N; P8 {9 }She’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities
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: j; L- b( m8 C/ y. m. K, [3 t34.装傻 play possum

: w* M* H$ l; ]& e9 m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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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.
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1 J- Y( B: {  ]) Y/ L, K' b) I36. 花言巧语do a snow job
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. I- c/ Z2 v  _5 U8 |他花言巧语的哄骗那个女孩，说自己是某个部长的儿子。

1 H1 X, e+ _* r, z0 u, tHe did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .
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+ a! p: A  G8 t2 T/ |' N7 }37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot

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

0 C! i) t% \4 ~; PYou 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。

; y7 s& Z# x% ~( e+ ]8 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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% v! e+ u  B/ h0 Y5 r. b5 Y39.吃醋 be jealous
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40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …

1 Q- V+ [" h0 t+ o他根本就不把得罪人当回事

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

3 p4 v- K! \9 d7 ?5 D41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words

他说到做到，从不食言

6 x: A1 e; e8 _( U' x0 |8 uHe’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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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.

43.贪吃 gluttonous

我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人

+ k. _# X' R' w/ _; u5 c, ^I’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.
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) B3 L. R9 K  z* O6 v44.很乖 as good as gold

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.
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% p& `; e/ v4 e: ]# _- F* ?45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy

王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒

Mr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.

2 Z4 z: L% A6 H( y4 U/ V3 i1 R/ `46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper
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6 T: c9 O; {+ [+ B+ g7 O, A# @+ d0 E$ _那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。

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

- p& z1 T. E# w, D6 `! s0 y6 c47.神经过敏thin-skinned

; k8 n$ d" p4 @( }. _' T5 W我看这些人都有点神经过敏

4 R% |, N: s8 U' s" g. vIn my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.

48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger

  L) I7 b# O9 N2 N( T要不是因为你的性子过急，你也不至于失去那笔买卖

' s5 G0 R' n6 X; P7 m2 d$ L# [If you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.

49.撒娇 play the woman
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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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0 v3 H% S0 b7 }4 Z% m% p! S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.

# ]- |6 V5 q8 M* A# P51.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!