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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8 W6 L& Q( Z, ^+ _7 X# m9 m4 A% B2.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
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0 a6 z# |7 }. W) v' m8 d/ EThe boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.
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/ q. O3 p6 W: i* \3.保持冷静keep cool
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  _: h( F- ~; v% M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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4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

1 `% a1 \* M2 w; N5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind
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0 X$ V: s7 f- H! d1 U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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6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place
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6 W7 A- a5 Z4 t, l他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。

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

( v% i. I( }( g8 r我万万没想到张某会在背后捅我一刀。我过去太信任她了。

) n, _1 }4 n% }  I( Q: G5 yI 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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& P9 h2 g, u( B+ T1 Q8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

* r+ y0 z& }* L+ f( b. T! n我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

I’ve never badmouthed anyone.

3 M- b  w: D, i. V' l, [9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat

/ P9 }6 j- h: n1 j- P  L7 {她真是个傻帽，时常无缘无故的就傻笑起来。

5 t# u' y' j0 d  w  C; pShe’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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; `3 q& U* E& D2 @7 \10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do

$ `0 P7 q4 Y7 E/ b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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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 A4 k7 p! Q0 I12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue

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.

5 D5 [9 p/ j) I13.假惺惺的说speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek
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6 M% V6 d5 o# H) t7 I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.

' [2 c/ O- a5 C$ W% |7 v4 m" H$ C14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.

0 n# E0 A  i! `: I2 h! l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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Almost all people see that the grass is greener on the other hill. They never feel satisfied with what they’ve already got.

: _. ]1 e' c$ c* M2 X15.上瘾get into one’s blood
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& N$ }7 x4 O$ U; Z说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。

It’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.
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, R; d- G; R. a5 _& D16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense

17.发牢骚 beef
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他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。
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I’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.

18.等不及了 champ at the bit

咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。
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* M' y& g9 I2 Q/ H: X8 yLet’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.

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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$ I; t8 k6 @' |6 q: \  j5 d# X2 [From 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
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6 V" S" F$ I! A, o对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。
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$ ?3 l0 D; c, v0 Y8 A, Y" IDon’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.
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. b1 u# x' G$ I0 R: D4 ^/ J! R21.说话不算数go back on one’s words
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他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。
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2 ^9 z/ `- U9 r, {* [9 G: qWe cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.

22.废话连篇beat one’s gums
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" R8 \  v- i( e) V( Q; M$ o9 l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?

! P2 |: C) M' \+ s; l23.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?

24.不忍心not have the heart to do

/ ~/ I. Q7 }; s$ {3 Q5 p' @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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! D/ n9 K& f5 T, N: @, y8 XIf 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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2 K" L& u$ U* X) C: @7 ^! U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.

! t. N- i& Y$ [: L3 T. K$ u  ?6 E2 T26.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

The idea of your calling your mum damned!

3 \& v8 N9 e- ]5 z27.懒透了be bone-idle
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* a5 |/ |& \" _5 i. B( s她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。
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, ?: s0 j# q. x9 S# q% Q6 y' |" y- I" OShe’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.

28.好客 keep open house
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我们的邻居特别好客
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Our neighbor keeps open house.
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29.待客周到keep a good house.
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! _* Q+ b- \2 W) \5 HShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.

30.正直be on the up and up
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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。

5 w* {! \: q) r4 [( U! ~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

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Everyone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.

32. 与……不合be at odds with
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不要把他们两个分在一个组里，他俩不合

; J! H) K3 Q5 dDon’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。

0 |6 D2 N6 J, Y% Z4 TShe’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities

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8 t4 K9 X- [, H- A. Q; U我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已

I know you were only playing possum.

35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape

她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱

* L% G  _& S/ A' N1 b* KShe’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.

" m7 ?7 \  \4 }& V+ {7 y36. 花言巧语do a snow job

- f, z# v. t+ D6 I6 t4 K2 W/ A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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. `, g# S/ s- O+ ]5 h, f, ~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
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. S9 b, W# y* o& R! g7 kYou 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
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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

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.

; Q0 T3 J; Q  u. L41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words
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( Y& {% y, Q9 m' ?! s) M5 I8 D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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. F7 B5 d1 }1 o" z2 A) p4 Q42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to
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你不必对他如此的不依不饶
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You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.

43.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。
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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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7 q. X8 t; o" p# [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

+ W! t5 }, [+ A, L" M: K; \$ D/ fMr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.

46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper

  ~0 {' ^4 T( y( @( j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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% F9 m# K! i8 I4 ~- H0 L6 O* g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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48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger

% g+ X( C$ d' X7 M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.

49.撒娇 play the woman

她可会在男人面前撒娇了。
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+ w9 m9 ]+ K- H" J( F2 XShe ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.

- |3 _8 y$ ~# D: N1 y50.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.

51.为自己捞油水 be on the take

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

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