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。

XiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours.
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# ?( V# M9 ~  A+ r, i/ i2.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

+ l/ e1 j8 d1 d4 ~) zThe boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.

3.保持冷静keep cool

0 n/ u. B3 M) O! A4 @0 \4 V即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静
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  S- M! U  g% f# _  @$ Q; DShe can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.

8 ^8 m/ r  a+ X9 X! ^4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush
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% A  X) {8 S& ]' q- M- F5 D5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind
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: B( _% d: `* Z) i" l# k0 u8 O她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。
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She always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt.

' ?, X! @6 I- @- u9 b6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place

% A) I0 Q* k) k8 K( v/ N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.

" r# S( d3 ~, I6 c* x) G7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back
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6 l) y2 I; P3 a4 `+ q) t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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' q! G  W) \7 ^9 d. {7 X6 LI was taken aback and didn’t think Zhang would stab me in the back. I placed too much trust in her.

1 P5 q4 C/ C2 a" P4 t4 F8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

1 F. u1 B# Q; [# u我从来没说过任何人的坏话。
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I’ve never badmouthed anyone.

7 f: j: o7 t6 N7 P4 W9.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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6 A, ^/ C3 C9 }) @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

& x( _) |4 v. Z( Y' H4 p你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？

# Z# S4 V( r! u4 w" I* E% b( ZHow can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?
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( E" u  o+ p- ]11.大献殷勤dance attendance

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.

0 S$ z1 D8 Y7 z5 e$ S" H# r/ |12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue
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# g& b0 f# Q6 O( [; o# A: y千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。
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) r4 E. P! x8 t5 _7 B6 ]Take 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

2 w* A, s/ y+ X0 J我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。
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8 s3 d) h% s- H+ d; A" ~I feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek.
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" q& ?0 c8 B$ Y8 }" f14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.

$ L8 U3 ~- V: H* ~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.
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15.上瘾get into one’s blood
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说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。
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9 R; g7 E4 ?/ N4 B1 S2 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

, G5 m6 C1 U% F17.发牢骚 beef
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; c& Z4 s1 i" t: T: v他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。

! Z# X+ }" V  u' L$ v1 n- B, e  I! f% EI’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
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8 h! M$ Y* K. E& T' {4 ]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.
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19.点头哈腰bow and scrape
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# V) A3 U: K, |4 m, n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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" |3 |8 j, k9 s1 }) ~# ?7 CFrom 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

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.

# |2 J& {3 ~7 a+ N$ M+ R21.说话不算数go back on one’s words
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. l& B8 i3 W4 D3 c, a9 ?他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。
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3 W, C% c' J# X$ I' lWe cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.
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9 o7 u# W3 k( S4 ]; j22.废话连篇beat one’s gums
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+ D, W+ c( }' b7 L  D# O! G, t8 Z4 U) w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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1 U% t  a: M  |. C23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one

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?
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4 z. Y& K+ K' q( J; }/ X24.不忍心not have the heart to do

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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( p1 n" E1 n8 oIf I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.

, J- U8 P1 {0 ?4 y' N- ]+ h, I25.勤快an eager beaver

他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。
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# N8 N3 r+ b* V9 @" UHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.

26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing
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你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲
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* v; o) b: p& V; ]1 ?" w" _1 ZThe idea of your calling your mum damned!

9 ~: t3 O0 p8 r, U- H27.懒透了be bone-idle
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. ^6 O) L( N+ W. F' h9 w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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7 S7 }& b7 T$ |# r2 t0 u28.好客 keep open house
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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.
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She keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.

. M4 S* o  Z$ a( l5 Q30.正直be on the up and up

, I, M& i* ^/ I8 s8 c, c9 v" ~她是个正直的姑娘，因此我相信她不会干出那种事。

9 R- S3 R" A6 l6 F' V! |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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5 _, _  m% k! ?31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly
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# Q$ \% }$ F) O! Q6 L% _# n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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/ W( o) Z) G. ?' H: f32. 与……不合be at odds with

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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33.巴结buddy up

她可会巴结当官的了。
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2 i7 e$ l8 r6 e) `6 zShe’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities
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2 K8 r6 @# g% M34.装傻 play possum
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我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已

9 {' O7 t' Z$ R- i. gI know you were only playing possum.

35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape

- T( g3 |# \5 F她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱

9 G. ~) d+ o3 H0 LShe’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.

0 ]& ~6 a- _# r2 A% b4 r36. 花言巧语do a snow job

- c5 ~0 ?1 ]6 C, j- k他花言巧语的哄骗那个女孩，说自己是某个部长的儿子。

He did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .

) ?7 K* t8 ?8 W! v& x" `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

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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# p" c' w! F0 r! T6 _4 V38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters
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! F7 J5 V* S2 Y5 O, v9 z$ v1 v我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。

3 ?" c6 S) R; `8 k, sI 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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39.吃醋 be jealous
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/ o( J- H! Z2 g- K40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …
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6 O8 d3 o5 G- |5 N' y* @7 Q' _6 Y8 J他根本就不把得罪人当回事
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% K' T/ B  b& I% nHe would just as soon offend other people as look at them.
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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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1 [* E1 G, s2 VHe’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

你不必对他如此的不依不饶
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6 t5 W- ?- S4 d. t! J, t* F You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.
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43.贪吃 gluttonous
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& v/ [) `, j: Z% D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

# E2 Q+ Q" N9 l; S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.

: t: v3 ~* x) f: V8 c" d45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy
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王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒
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& D, m0 B" Z# |( @* ?Mr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.

8 e6 A4 D2 F* ^. Y/ A46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper

$ n# c: S  F+ ]  Q那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。

/ a3 {' P) c( H/ Q3 G$ w' h# `- G: hThat 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
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& @; K' o" g) S' y3 \& ]2 \In my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.
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% J- j- @: U( Z" ?% ~% _+ x48.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

8 p# r+ D4 P' H- Y* b2 MIf you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.
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% Q* z6 @4 k4 D# s" z+ x. C2 O49.撒娇 play the woman

  s$ _* U3 G1 m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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6 }6 `# h: w$ B, ~8 a  \50.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

. C5 G' c, q6 \' ]. c* gYou’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.
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7 l1 P2 t) j' i( k  ]51.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？

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!