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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% U2 S2 u" \# Q; x( d( v- ~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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) D) X/ `. y9 P" F# MXiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours.
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! p% ?! U$ Z2 Q; Q2.大动肝火  be up in arms
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. ^4 R' S* @, H, y: P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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The boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.

) i7 W) J$ y( b. W$ {3.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
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She can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.
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1 ~; F8 u; U/ ^, S6 v4.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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She always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt.
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8 v+ Z4 _: z2 S) i/ h+ y( G6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place

他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。
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1 _- }! x" \% x5 x3 x. MHe 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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8 ~( i, A( V- m$ L7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back

- o9 {$ [2 X, c5 _, x: v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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$ ~( v: b) G. |) yI was taken aback and didn’t think Zhang would stab me in the back. I placed too much trust in her.

8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

3 t- ^' o# Z/ s# W% r我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

1 `" u" j" J1 D" e6 p" kI’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat
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" v* s7 [# I/ s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

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？
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How can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?

7 b9 N1 Q8 `4 q( j( x9 S2 r& r11.大献殷勤dance attendance
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小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。

8 @2 j, h! x5 TXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.

$ j- r. q. D' a4 Q9 |: L12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue

) @7 H/ s! i" k' L" v: Q7 x千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。
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Take care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue.
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% z8 D: `& n8 X( Z6 f13.假惺惺的说speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek
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# Q) W' e# X  G8 r/ _# F# y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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8 J* w1 l& x0 [9 f5 i" E" h14.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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5 X) A% |' w" k: O$ a/ dAlmost all people see that the grass is greener on the other hill. They never feel satisfied with what they’ve already got.

15.上瘾get into one’s blood
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3 c0 N) }8 Q" N, H8 [, U! v0 z  U说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。
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2 z  b2 P! F" H: Q) b" a/ r' DIt’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.
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; c  Z: `6 h% w4 ~16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense
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; W* r. i, `7 t3 i: ^$ U17.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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! a" x& Y6 ~! Y6 y/ F4 e6 hI’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.

  l$ s- i' T! k/ r- o& P18.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。

Let’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.

19.点头哈腰bow and scrape

# {% m  ^. _! ?2 G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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7 L, I% C- t3 Q* xFrom the way she’s bowing and scraping in front of the boss, you’ll know what sort of person she is.

$ D  m! p- N2 Y; ?- J# U2 t20.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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1 |, ?) `- ]9 W& jDon’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.

21.说话不算数go back on one’s words

他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。

We cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.
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22.废话连篇beat one’s gums
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谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？
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9 O' o8 k  c5 t1 _Who would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?
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, D% ]! y: J" u( _, s5 T  P5 A  F23.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？
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Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?

) y; j* C) H7 }; J' T24.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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If I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.

6 o& s* |, C+ C' T25.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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  X  v- u1 d9 I& e/ [# r5 v: Z  QHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.
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5 W4 s7 L; W7 F) e0 B" y, I26.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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. g7 L7 N9 c7 T0 `8 a5 ~* MThe idea of your calling your mum damned!

7 g9 V. V% n. r9 |4 L3 g27.懒透了be bone-idle
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! g* k8 _6 z# e+ Q她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。

4 L" |) }5 a$ u) r2 |4 ?( mShe’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.

8 }3 F/ d# y/ \" T! |1 u28.好客 keep open house
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" S( d- q9 r" D# {0 g0 _: D- G我们的邻居特别好客

$ E) d# S; ^' N& N2 ROur neighbor keeps open house.
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29.待客周到keep a good house.
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  w/ s, T9 o5 O( p1 O  lShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.

30.正直be on the up and up

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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2 U, {/ K) w% b6 O" t: t# UShe’s always been on the up and up and I don’t think she would have done such a thing.

0 u" _( @4 o' y7 B+ j31.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
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Everyone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.
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- C$ e& U0 ]5 O, j32. 与……不合be at odds with

& o7 H8 }; b3 j! o7 ^& v  R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.

33.巴结buddy up

她可会巴结当官的了。

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34.装傻 play possum
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) X  e9 J$ p- R3 F" H3 _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

) \$ `6 C- ]! s7 S6 d! m) m! ~& b她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱

7 o0 V: U; Y, z4 TShe’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.
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! z2 T8 q! A/ x4 X36. 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。

% O! |* ]6 }. JHe 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

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
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. m) u9 h  N3 w% T' UYou 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

我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。
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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.
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39.吃醋 be jealous
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0 ]! Y. e2 T, [' D9 K, U40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …
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) w3 W5 o/ q4 R  N5 U, y6 n# Y/ N, x8 I7 F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.

  b4 e; t. w1 p41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words
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' s* i1 s! I0 L" V6 N  w他说到做到，从不食言

He’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.
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% W: f/ K2 i) T" _& I- g) R42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to

你不必对他如此的不依不饶

8 f9 @0 a% b5 Y You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.

5 A# Q* Y+ B, ]0 U4 x43.贪吃 gluttonous

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.
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44.很乖 as good as gold
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他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。

$ Z9 l  Z* }) j5 C8 T6 l0 f6 SHis 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

王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒
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Mr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.

46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper

那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。

, f- u4 ~0 `+ B" I( X4 B1 j# nThat guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.

47.神经过敏thin-skinned

: r& R* H% G9 P# J5 z我看这些人都有点神经过敏

In my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.
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; w- X5 r4 F1 I" b6 \# |3 \7 m48.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

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

49.撒娇 play the woman

3 E3 }9 y2 H4 T1 ^+ o% {她可会在男人面前撒娇了。

: C! g3 Y9 Q, oShe ‘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

You’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.
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* U5 }5 i# h1 j. J8 b7 |( S51.为自己捞油水 be on the take

6 K) S, y- [8 j6 N2 n7 i% K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!