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。

7 M+ ]4 o  k! A" }% nXiaoWang’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

The boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.

& ]1 P/ ~9 s( R3.保持冷静keep cool

即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静

( J7 h: x$ ?8 A5 Q/ }$ \) T! R7 ~% rShe can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.
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4 l# B9 D" [" F, h4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind
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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

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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- l, q5 |1 X+ a* Q3 _" j" ?2 X7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back
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* t- C' s/ }$ i0 l6 o( M, z4 n我万万没想到张某会在背后捅我一刀。我过去太信任她了。

I 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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我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

* o  @9 `: t/ iI’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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2 t4 p" b- Q- n+ |9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat

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
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10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do
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, n; |( X( |3 u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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9 l; h# t* H8 ?. d. g+ x/ b2 D11.大献殷勤dance attendance

小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。

: e9 Q$ @- w/ t' Z$ @8 ]8 G' S* KXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.
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- d2 r2 }5 C, W% R12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue

  ~7 L% y5 N; p$ x千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。

1 A( h3 V' i8 g: b1 I  o1 MTake care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue.

$ J. S  m, p: r; B; A13.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。
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I feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek.

+ V6 O  m9 l6 W6 q& P$ R$ L& P2 }14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.
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' x/ O3 M8 ?$ o: v/ C/ t' g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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- }) ]; {% P7 S8 T15.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。

It’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.
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# `9 s1 d5 V0 B16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense

# G8 s5 }5 p& ]" _17.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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: c( K- ?& X! W: u! R, pI’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。

$ }9 v' \6 O% iLet’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.

& s+ J, S9 b' {) B% k19.点头哈腰bow and scrape
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: F: {% ^( f+ \: s( F) ~$ W" R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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% x- g/ o- C6 c0 E$ W. \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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5 w- M1 X$ l% g6 F) E' U! WDon’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.
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6 q$ S+ |6 x# Q5 E2 H: b% S; I- W21.说话不算数go back on one’s words

9 ]% d/ p4 K" I他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。

  J6 x2 d8 K4 f/ ^0 n: TWe cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.

; n. ?; V  s$ o' A* Q( k: [4 m22.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？

Who would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?
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$ ^# C. S8 H* p, N3 O! _! d. f1 W23.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？

5 D1 t4 y2 i: |* p6 d0 \  V Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?

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0 e2 G  h- V6 |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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& `& T# r6 F! l6 j& m% L' JIf I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.

25.勤快an eager beaver
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6 @7 {3 @4 q! g/ N# m- A他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。

4 }! A) r( f7 N& m5 x4 a) ZHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.
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26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing

+ Y* S0 l' k4 B2 N2 p: Z' g你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲

0 f& d; f+ O# B5 }The idea of your calling your mum damned!

27.懒透了be bone-idle
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  @6 D% Y0 ?# |6 {+ \0 Y8 n8 P$ u她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。

* p3 U& v. `4 U" W8 R& hShe’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.
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28.好客 keep open house
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我们的邻居特别好客

' K" O( M* b  J$ A1 mOur neighbor keeps open house.

4 A& }/ A( A* B3 }- l29.待客周到keep a good house.

) j! i& _7 Y# oShe 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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/ o6 g$ J8 G1 K3 W- Y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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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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" J8 l% P% J1 h  d) v31.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

Everyone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.
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32. 与……不合be at odds with

" u7 `! h0 N1 O( C) o7 V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
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她可会巴结当官的了。
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2 `$ Q6 k; ?7 K9 z: ^She’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities

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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35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape
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, {9 {% Q+ o: Z她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱

- ^4 G  k6 C1 ^. N- @) v; v" qShe’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.

36. 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。
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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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* U, p& o9 C( ]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 S- U, g1 }; c9 I38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters

6 q- p; l" r2 t我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。
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4 o0 w* g, a. e* C' [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.

5 Z0 ?  V. I2 z$ o6 F8 G39.吃醋 be jealous
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40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …

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He 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
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他说到做到，从不食言

He’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.

9 a# [1 t8 }( X$ J. g42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to

& B2 n: ?  R2 O/ P你不必对他如此的不依不饶
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9 N# m+ D/ P, [) B% f9 g: G You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.

43.贪吃 gluttonous
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9 a- o) ]9 Z# B- G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.

3 k. L# {% f) N0 Y3 K44.很乖 as good as gold

9 h# @; q( e2 b2 l8 N; \0 Y' v1 K他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。
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! G8 K6 l. W1 @( C1 C$ RHis 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
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王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒

) r& ~$ y! q$ s7 }& l. i  i$ @Mr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.

46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper

7 U8 s' c: ?, W) [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.

; T. q$ z  @% a5 Z& Z; D8 u47.神经过敏thin-skinned

我看这些人都有点神经过敏

/ H- v8 c2 O9 F) F! eIn my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.
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, G8 {" L. r' ?2 _$ M48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger
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; Z; `' m# h! _2 K. `/ X! f% x5 i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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) s/ E# H- j$ X% z' O( R9 X49.撒娇 play the woman
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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

- M; ?" m+ s% W- F你最好别和她打交道，她总爱占别人的便宜
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# l- Y0 f5 V: N" e0 Z* F) @You’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.

2 R; m6 b# `! c6 v4 H/ E4 F51.为自己捞油水 be on the take

* U) x' k$ Q" v8 R1 ?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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connie

Haha,  是我顶帖顶得让你感叹了吧，哈哈哈:D

xry

hard job!

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