如何地道表达：脾气和性格[转帖]

connie

1．  偷懒耍滑头 goof-off
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5 p, L: i  \5 r6 u) B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。

, i( u8 h, {4 g2 d1 Y# s% QXiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours.

0 r9 t3 d+ d+ S. w: F2.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

; ~4 R# j) o8 {. D& x5 ]4 F5 B3 rThe boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.

' a1 m/ m8 o, b: e3.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

She can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.
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# i( T6 x; M3 L0 ^4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush
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% C: E) M& r1 e" O8 W: \4 L. I5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind
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/ Y  x! ^" [+ _& C/ A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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, ~; f0 k; ]3 Q6 |/ n$ {6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place
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他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。

8 G" J" I4 o0 Z) ^3 i6 @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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7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back
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1 x2 r/ Y1 u9 {# J  z& f% r7 H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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1 p; C$ g) ~7 I" e( x3 @I 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 o' A" I7 E. B1 ]6 Z$ k8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody
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我从来没说过任何人的坏话。
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: T* ]- }/ p$ }& ]3 c  Y! hI’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat
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/ _' J6 ^5 ?5 U+ h( U她真是个傻帽，时常无缘无故的就傻笑起来。

/ L1 G+ D) P2 n$ |0 _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

10．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？

How can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?
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11.大献殷勤dance attendance
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+ [/ \# s  I$ @小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。

Xiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.

- A7 B! w7 Q9 O7 {$ j1 U# }4 o- D% k/ U12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue

7 I. E, B# C7 c' Y( o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.
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, r# T+ i. l/ Q5 S0 s+ B, ]- I13.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。
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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.

3 c  V7 h! I1 U* {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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& B% [2 H$ N  j+ `* ^. AAlmost 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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, [, Y  I+ A) \0 ?. s3 \+ u0 |9 Y15.上瘾get into one’s blood

$ N2 Z% z+ a, `$ O+ Q说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。
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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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  J0 ]2 u! `4 P+ u2 N4 r' c# O17.发牢骚 beef
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9 ^% J- N" u2 ]他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。

0 O4 T, _, F! j/ Y/ w, v, {7 sI’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.

18.等不及了 champ at the bit
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% d- u/ J* }" U2 ]! P/ x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

7 F0 L2 [0 a4 S8 D3 ^9 m, [2 Z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.
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8 f  {2 P  N6 `7 |1 U20.疯疯癫癫go gaga
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对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。

Don’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.

7 b% b, y9 `1 a+ A21.说话不算数go back on one’s words

7 G' s! G& S- Z  c( j他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。

/ h3 t' C' U" [" aWe cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.

. g( C* x7 h* W2 a* B/ p22.废话连篇beat one’s gums

谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？

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
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( l0 x+ t% a5 m; C 你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？

9 z! G# h4 s$ S! H 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

' N7 ^- J& u) F& ~8 [/ [6 v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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25.勤快an eager beaver

% t6 X. m$ n* D* R+ }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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: U( u# r* c9 d9 R你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲
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The idea of your calling your mum damned!

/ Y0 G2 u: G, @# q8 ^: c: N2 G27.懒透了be bone-idle
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她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。
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She’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.

28.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.

6 i# d) S1 T( C# i: ^She keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.

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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。
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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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* G8 W. q& S+ U31.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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0 G# {7 U5 Q: ~& tEveryone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.
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  G: N- |* K: H$ t2 d# |8 W( o32. 与……不合be at odds with
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6 P. A! b: J# F$ Z4 V/ L3 M+ q8 Y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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: }) ]1 p) N" V. Z33.巴结buddy up
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她可会巴结当官的了。

9 `8 M: I) l2 O; R) SShe’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities

34.装傻 play possum
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9 ?& ?4 M9 @# M" x: c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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! J" L. I! k. j& m, `5 R2 X/ D  f) p35.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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- f: a! B3 v/ z% E: R' R# VShe’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.

36. 花言巧语do a snow job

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

1 G& B4 |1 U, H3 lYou 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

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.

5 R1 s9 J9 w0 l( ~- N7 O39.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.

1 F2 f9 o/ p6 b0 j3 u) x5 C2 T41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words
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他说到做到，从不食言
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He’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.
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9 S) o& {" x, X7 B& i42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to

- L! H& D. k4 }( V$ `你不必对他如此的不依不饶
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. B1 \+ d' K0 w/ q: T You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.
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43.贪吃 gluttonous

$ _6 k  w& n1 r2 _; o; h7 n我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人

5 ^5 `% @  l4 ?. D, \I’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.

$ r% l; {7 b9 m: {8 @44.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。
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His 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

+ @% b) p4 K4 O5 F1 y4 H% C王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒
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* o& U1 [3 t7 H* |Mr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.
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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。

! H, A  N5 p; c% P( D- }That guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.

5 i/ g! y3 r) E$ E1 v3 N% P# E2 n47.神经过敏thin-skinned

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.
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6 b4 p" D: g- g: l5 J0 X48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger

要不是因为你的性子过急，你也不至于失去那笔买卖

If you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.

8 G. K' l/ {  a49.撒娇 play the woman

她可会在男人面前撒娇了。

7 ^! o( b& }" S6 c9 u8 Z2 VShe ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.

* V4 A4 ~% f" |8 b0 O50.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

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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: f' l1 Z2 e% h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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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!