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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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
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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
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The boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.
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4 r/ Z, X" m7 {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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5 d+ Q% P& d0 ~8 [+ P, E: b- WShe can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.
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$ e" ?" T/ ]+ {6 U/ c: o$ H4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush
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, ^' }0 H# N. ?9 u7 Z, P1 b6 f5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind

她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。
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9 e; K! `$ }) C0 [8 OShe always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt.
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" T5 Q8 h& x( a. V8 N6.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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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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5 C8 Y* @6 W* }5 J0 D. @9 B7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back
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5 k5 e& i  O2 E我万万没想到张某会在背后捅我一刀。我过去太信任她了。

0 _9 m0 ?$ [$ k2 cI 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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; X8 n0 \& |8 i) q5 @& X" o8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody
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7 K  q! [5 X7 H! x我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

) }/ N! ]$ F2 ~3 eI’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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7 ?  f8 Z6 Y) Y2 a) P5 N9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat
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" Y( B" M0 Q- U5 A她真是个傻帽，时常无缘无故的就傻笑起来。

9 R( Q* a! ?5 g- `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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  o# k3 K6 @$ {5 K5 M2 @10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do
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* e9 M/ ?1 D/ X3 m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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  e* d2 C# n. K2 T% m( b) G小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。

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

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Take care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue.
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9 F7 U% ]3 f, m# L# A# l/ k13.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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4 r! y8 I4 l% G" K14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.
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8 y! g6 R* X; J' a( u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.

. f' \7 ]0 K- R' X% `$ r# l' B$ R. C15.上瘾get into one’s blood

说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。

) f# m6 G1 A9 @  n! gIt’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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他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。

I’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

- ]0 `5 }& @. e咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。

9 I) Z: v, g4 i* [% J( ALet’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.
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2 u* \" S7 E; k3 @19.点头哈腰bow and scrape
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4 U, c* I8 ]  p9 G: \9 F7 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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. ^2 C  E# P4 w. _1 o% VFrom 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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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.

21.说话不算数go back on one’s words

# S. ]# k, K1 h2 x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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# J4 G" s" q3 G! p8 C谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？

0 [2 Q( k: p& A& nWho would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?

23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one

1 S3 H. J7 m0 h; `) X) D# ] 你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？
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" Z& e" h+ u; Q9 _, J Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?

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+ h+ R- C. K; ]6 A! Q, z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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6 S/ E: q( C/ K, j2 B1 {5 z25.勤快an eager beaver
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他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。

7 ^% H  A8 g" ?1 ~$ A9 {# DHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.

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你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲

( {5 ^- J3 G; Y+ v2 C& l( q- tThe idea of your calling your mum damned!
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" \& N% j% J9 A2 W27.懒透了be bone-idle

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
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Our neighbor keeps open house.
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* F' U8 m1 h6 c; l" G2 P29.待客周到keep a good house.

6 S. n: g* H4 \" g" LShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.

$ b8 J# e% P& O9 h; h30.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。

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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31.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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Everyone 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.
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# g1 Q0 g1 N! X8 k33.巴结buddy up
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- `/ u/ D- E6 N! Z她可会巴结当官的了。

/ |5 _. l2 u  d: dShe’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities
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34.装傻 play possum
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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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她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱

She’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.
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7 E( d0 I% h5 Z0 o9 Q36. 花言巧语do a snow job

9 I" a, s- M) Q1 u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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# A6 I4 [6 f5 z9 i9 zHe 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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4 s. X$ a; p1 I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.

) e  U) w1 x7 ^2 z. y* U38.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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1 u* g0 T7 c* s% kI 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 …

他根本就不把得罪人当回事

He would just as soon offend other people as look at them.
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9 k) y( W  m1 B6 j' _41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words
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2 b$ J* l  V; K9 w3 j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.

9 o+ E+ b" ~0 e" g; e9 h42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to

( j& R$ y$ Z) M! T你不必对他如此的不依不饶

0 Y3 l& Q% z' m# @9 a) Z4 W You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.

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我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人

, d. g8 o$ W0 T* N& W$ qI’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。
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8 j, x# E, X' ?% H. N( vHis little daughter is as good as gold. She’s never been as rebellious as other children.

9 k2 y* D" e5 G) h/ U6 k- r& D. [45.十分嫉妒 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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/ ^% q1 _+ d# ]8 B( `: sMr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.

: C( O2 q% Q; b3 T: L9 V) [, m% F8 M46.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。

That guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.
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47.神经过敏thin-skinned
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我看这些人都有点神经过敏

: p; m1 W; }- I  B( t- ?' \In my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.

48.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
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If you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.
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49.撒娇 play the woman
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" [, A! b/ p! _# }" `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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50.占人便宜 load the dice against

+ L: S3 g$ M6 ?9 m5 S你最好别和她打交道，她总爱占别人的便宜

9 M9 K, u1 }' {" A9 ]* dYou’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.

6 o/ U% c& [# v( F$ O51.为自己捞油水 be on the take
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" ^+ w  x. d: m4 F9 u7 E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？

$ L2 g3 i0 W4 t1 Y+ q* M! ]. u& @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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