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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XiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours.
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0 D& `5 I6 Z. `# Y: n( V, J2.大动肝火  be up in arms

由于公司最近几个月销售业绩不佳，老板正在大动肝火

1 E# V0 R/ o# N3 g5 `The boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.

$ B, \6 ^: X# V  [7 G7 s3.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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She can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.

5 e3 ]! I  ^6 i" q4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush
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$ d0 ]$ ]# w6 f5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind

2 m% [& i8 C/ G% J0 m她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。
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7 e: ~1 ^! r/ gShe 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
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) ?( X6 M2 e. b% F2 P) S! e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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7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back
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* n& t. n( C2 m6 K% z, b! s, d  A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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5 [; V6 n5 Q, n  D' w1 B% D% 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
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8 N1 [0 U2 j! Y- p' O1 c7 |$ E我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

6 z% Z3 o- W8 }- E  N% |, O/ }I’ve never badmouthed anyone.

9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat
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2 q. R8 a, E, c! q& m& f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

10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do

; F' t& o1 m+ Y/ q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?
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11.大献殷勤dance attendance

小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。
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$ W  [, K) o% c3 bXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.
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9 I: b* e: W  f1 V12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue
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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.

13.假惺惺的说speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek
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. i3 Q4 l8 `& }" H6 ]1 c我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。
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& E5 s9 C4 B1 lI 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.

7 U5 x5 U. o: z# X" k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.

0 j8 f8 y( c/ S2 s7 Y# @5 ?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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$ {, H/ J2 R: [$ gIt’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.

( ]8 ^8 }" S- o' C8 d( \3 M16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense
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17.发牢骚 beef
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2 w; Y8 \6 Y) K0 L2 p8 l他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。

" z, h5 K) k" n. MI’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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咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。
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. r  ?) N% i( Y. Q. Q% K4 U' g" \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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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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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.

21.说话不算数go back on one’s words
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7 e$ B0 s1 M; \, V  A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.

! d$ s* F' Z3 p, o22.废话连篇beat one’s gums
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2 b5 A' F- S2 f& Z  G) [  T谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？
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  ?$ q- ~% P! |8 f: t2 k; M5 uWho would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?
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- l# W3 o( N, O23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one

2 S* y% N7 p& i) F# i6 X/ p* P3 j3 q 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?

24.不忍心not have the heart to do
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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
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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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你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲

4 p+ S: a7 k* T' c9 H. oThe idea of your calling your mum damned!
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8 a) D& Z" g/ f4 s* f7 q27.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.

28.好客 keep open house

我们的邻居特别好客

8 B5 _% {- H. ]; s7 L, dOur neighbor keeps open house.

. C3 |$ I5 }* x7 B: i" G6 v29.待客周到keep a good house.
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% v* }1 `# ?$ B! g- PShe 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。

She’s always been on the up and up and I don’t think she would have done such a thing.

31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly

/ e# H+ O. F6 F3 B& C% ^* f/ `我们这儿的人都知道他是个爱偷鸡摸狗的人

& T# I  x( Z) D8 H; [9 L! @Everyone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.
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3 [8 ^$ A, ^' X, u: c3 E7 Q' m, 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
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: G# {* W6 G! s2 pDon’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
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她可会巴结当官的了。
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2 B1 B3 g6 x. x  N( A+ sShe’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities

34.装傻 play possum

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
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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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. Q/ J$ t7 ^" L36. 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。

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

# r" a" z# w& j; a  f- u37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot
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. b" L8 j# ?- X0 W* p  w# l  H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.

4 O) T; h  O, `) G38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters
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4 P& o% h: t4 t  @/ V4 C- |我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。
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( V1 t6 a: I2 ]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.

) N9 d' t* p$ g' Z* h39.吃醋 be jealous
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% t/ A; E3 J3 Q% T' N; E; C40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …

他根本就不把得罪人当回事
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9 v- i( B8 j, s2 NHe would just as soon offend other people as look at them.
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6 ]8 V$ N" J% S+ r) R41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words

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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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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7 i1 G4 R8 D/ b. l: w6 q2 k You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.

43.贪吃 gluttonous
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6 f  L$ I/ t7 k8 k9 H7 t2 a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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$ G- a. Y  g& U  j! f44.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。

. S1 ?5 b1 ?0 ~) GHis little daughter is as good as gold. She’s never been as rebellious as other children.

3 l; f$ \* D0 Y7 R# z45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy

7 u3 S5 I4 P7 t* |( x王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒

! A$ X! }0 o7 W/ Z2 J& S3 YMr. 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

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.

2 R0 n1 y% @! S2 b47.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.

48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger
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3 Y/ A; M3 ?( u9 e; i0 @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.

2 L! i4 r* W/ i8 H$ B# r4 ~/ m( |9 a49.撒娇 play the woman

9 @. P0 m8 x( ]. N! C她可会在男人面前撒娇了。
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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

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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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？

3 \" L0 `0 i4 s) x& 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

let's up together!