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。
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XiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours.

3 C& }9 y6 X* I" N3 s2.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

8 V2 x; n$ o# V% E$ g8 sThe boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.

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

She can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.
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4 b% d& N" c" U# w' n4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

6 U  {: T. V4 D9 G& |, m5.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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She always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt.

6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place

' Q6 m1 p+ Z; B6 @. H7 y( g- c他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。
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: G0 ^2 B) G' I, O6 p. tHe 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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. ^' g6 o8 l$ _$ j+ [7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back

我万万没想到张某会在背后捅我一刀。我过去太信任她了。

, T: }9 L! }8 TI 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

我从来没说过任何人的坏话。
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I’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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! O& c- Q) K, d9 P/ ?4 }$ G6 r9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat

/ X/ z: V6 F1 @$ x她真是个傻帽，时常无缘无故的就傻笑起来。
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" a5 j0 ~7 o  I) xShe’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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0 |; D! f- S+ K1 s: N0 @+ S10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do
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你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？
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3 g$ ^2 a8 P6 J: b7 C& @How can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?
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7 S$ `+ V) A! a/ g11.大献殷勤dance attendance
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小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。

3 H6 l/ F& x9 U# t9 {8 b! gXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.
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12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue

千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。

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

我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。

5 F( R5 e& o) N9 B6 bI 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.
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4 J6 T5 N( X4 C* Z7 `4 H" I3 h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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" T/ }9 \. |! Z% O; [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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15.上瘾get into one’s blood
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  D2 P/ K: v0 o+ k0 Z7 y说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。

" q- S: z- u2 S" @4 \It’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.
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16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense

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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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。

$ H$ t- K, E4 I5 T& Y) n- ILet’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.

19.点头哈腰bow and scrape
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. G( U, X, l7 b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。

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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对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。

6 `/ k  _8 _1 [! z, h( k9 w8 PDon’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.
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21.说话不算数go back on one’s words

2 Z6 W' L% {2 e& f- ~. E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.

3 K/ s; \5 Y5 s" D. g* A6 b7 y22.废话连篇beat one’s gums

谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？

+ w9 Y, W2 o- hWho would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?

  l/ P' ?# _# e! p4 |& K3 C% e23.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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7 D. f9 R8 v+ W( ^ Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?
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: W$ I$ ?/ H/ m  w8 K24.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
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' U  W, C7 r) `6 |% i  qIf 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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1 y* I3 O. I3 k" {2 I! @+ l他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。

* c8 Q5 l2 b! u& XHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.

  H9 O" Q( N; A" j# ~5 w/ T26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing

你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲
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The idea of your calling your mum damned!

+ M/ m. `$ q' M. C) e27.懒透了be bone-idle

' C9 _+ b3 @" x5 ?' _她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。
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% k, f# O( M' y9 o. U1 w( FShe’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
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3 u1 p+ Y' r( zOur neighbor keeps open house.
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" F& `& i0 R  Y% ]! f29.待客周到keep a good house.
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. I' T$ ?" t4 b  mShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.
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30.正直be on the up and up

& S- C/ h3 C2 h& H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.

1 f6 t6 ~2 O% T+ E9 d31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly

6 b. H# C0 L  W) f* Q: X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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7 R9 O1 d. }- _8 t) F# v32. 与……不合be at odds with
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; T% B* {7 M1 M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.

- T6 \* T6 H1 r1 V; x! A. U: o# i33.巴结buddy up
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她可会巴结当官的了。
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: K  C4 X. E' u# j' A7 L% FShe’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities

# y- b0 v& a7 }7 I, i6 `34.装傻 play possum

我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已
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% P7 s  F9 {! g6 P2 mI know you were only playing possum.

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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9 s& Q1 E# m) u/ B4 V1 `She’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.

# W  T" w5 }  _# r  @0 `: L) E$ I36. 花言巧语do a snow job
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8 l/ _8 @3 c8 d1 b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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+ b+ L- K2 u# A- ]! D& v  ]9 jHe did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .

/ y0 ^# X- Z4 r8 L  g5 O5 R37. 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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6 c% p: G) Y3 RYou were plain touching the tender spot. She was most sensitive to the topic of “ the third person”, who cut in between a couple.

9 S- {$ |5 X) |  Q0 ~& ~38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters
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1 E- `4 M3 J& I8 }, W9 k我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。

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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40.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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: L/ z! z/ R  |& gHe 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

他说到做到，从不食言
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( e5 L" h" [" \7 b0 ?1 ^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
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$ M6 m% z7 K8 x. R* w) W2 x# M你不必对他如此的不依不饶

" ]1 a! f3 |  H2 q1 o1 R+ v! s You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.
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# i4 H( o- D. H43.贪吃 gluttonous
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我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人
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1 J3 ]+ T* ]' w5 O9 j0 Y9 bI’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.

44.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。
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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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. y- c8 J* f8 a. M; C7 B: D45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy

1 G* L( X5 Q  K0 W王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒
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; L3 u: b* Q% HMr. 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.
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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
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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

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.

* ?# k0 {8 {/ W+ d) A% Q6 H49.撒娇 play the woman

她可会在男人面前撒娇了。

/ @8 u) V7 R! W. ?* ?She ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.
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" F% s6 W2 R7 N, \' k50.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
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0 E! f- n. `% J: D3 b* X, ~; OYou’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.
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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？

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!