如何地道表达：脾气和性格[转帖]

connie

1．  偷懒耍滑头 goof-off

7 z& L$ M: G- @, C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。

& P% g7 @; s& \3 E$ V% {; z) rXiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours.
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( {2 ?( \0 t1 Y  j+ o2.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

3 t/ K, h% J+ W% R1 q! Q0 F+ ^# }The boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.

3.保持冷静keep cool
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7 o2 K2 i& N8 E  r1 G( n9 q2 {即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静
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7 f0 ]) C. y, n# mShe can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.

4 b! J" k, ~5 B' ]4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush
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) Q4 Q1 ]9 {/ f! 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 。

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

' A4 K1 H( ?& ]0 G9 X+ P5 Y7 o* f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.

" E' v: k  R$ v8 ?* X8 U+ g" P7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back
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7 i  M& k$ @9 z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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I was taken aback and didn’t think Zhang would stab me in the back. I placed too much trust in her.

  h% A; J9 O$ a/ `/ D% }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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, Z) o/ F" N/ d5 r% U2 }I’ve never badmouthed anyone.

9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat
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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

10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do

你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？

# }; |# u1 v7 u' }, ~* [$ u. n& XHow 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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6 }! ]- p8 j4 h" o5 q小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。
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3 |5 k! @( u$ ]( dXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.

# Z5 G) G8 Z1 R- l8 L) h12.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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7 ]0 b6 P: J  O3 b: V9 R0 t( e; ^Take care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue.
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+ x! W/ X# F7 I& P0 r13.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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- y( B; b9 W) L( M+ a8 H* U14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.

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.
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15.上瘾get into one’s blood
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2 T" y4 O4 `: @, i7 R+ \3 v" f说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。
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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
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# {0 m8 }# t( y( Q17.发牢骚 beef

6 N& ?" ^8 q4 i# \$ }3 k( U, |, J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.

18.等不及了 champ at the bit

咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。

% s6 f4 C3 R# i1 `Let’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.
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19.点头哈腰bow and scrape

- F% k: r! l4 K+ a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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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。
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  z: h" J% q, S, v# v) X  x5 sDon’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
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1 @3 @( ~, O% @% o' _' [他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。

: H5 K  M2 Y# N7 A3 `: R$ [0 C; ?We cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.
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; p) x2 f6 i( c+ i  B; ~22.废话连篇beat one’s gums

, z! C9 `3 J3 f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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- ~1 u1 f: f$ O/ A$ ~% u2 K23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one
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& O- S1 X! Q& _+ z; _. g: b$ ] 你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？
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! ~7 g  W) g( u7 Z 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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) [1 L9 S( |! k9 l6 U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

他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。

) F* [  q' P5 E, M' JHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.
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26.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

The idea of your calling your mum damned!
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27.懒透了be bone-idle

她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。

! k( ]+ m1 c3 E* d. }2 I: oShe’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.

" Y3 w' x6 n$ U" x28.好客 keep open house
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我们的邻居特别好客

Our neighbor keeps open house.

29.待客周到keep a good house.
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0 y: A& L/ e: p6 eShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.

; @: P5 Y; X3 |- B3 L/ l* c8 F, p30.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。
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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.

) W9 C% p9 i6 h+ |, t8 k/ W* J31.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

2 v( ~; a, ?8 Q+ I: hEveryone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.

2 F7 ~# K) a* U! `32. 与……不合be at odds with

0 q9 A/ w  S; m: B. X) W不要把他们两个分在一个组里，他俩不合
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8 a7 i" n5 i2 X& g8 Z5 y" |  JDon’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.

33.巴结buddy up

5 V& E' p6 f/ D# c$ i$ ?% [: _她可会巴结当官的了。
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. G2 {- x. Q5 \  k: sShe’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities

34.装傻 play possum

9 z- a9 A6 L5 ]我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已
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% Z7 P( B  n6 `' M* Z: I4 YI know you were only playing possum.
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# M+ _2 `2 g4 |4 p35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape
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+ B0 y; x$ I* x+ ^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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36. 花言巧语do a snow job

. V6 \: Q: h( E$ x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

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

" E. M4 a$ @3 DYou 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

我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。
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% b8 i6 y4 E7 e8 T" U( e; G2 }1 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.
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: o! F7 O0 D0 K39.吃醋 be jealous

8 X1 u  d$ w) D9 {" t5 h40.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

He would just as soon offend other people as look at them.

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

42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to
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9 V: g( v) U8 N$ T& }- f你不必对他如此的不依不饶

You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.
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43.贪吃 gluttonous
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6 I( O3 j' T+ {' [: h. e0 T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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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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0 `0 N& B) Q, X45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy
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1 G2 w) z/ T; \& d王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒

Mr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.

9 U5 a1 A; {1 ]% _46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper

& H( W4 R. G: j0 o+ j0 f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.

47.神经过敏thin-skinned

我看这些人都有点神经过敏

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

If you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.

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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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/ \0 y% F& v/ z* O3 e50.占人便宜 load the dice against
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' u% G! u; d6 p9 b你最好别和她打交道，她总爱占别人的便宜
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You’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.
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0 K! H( g) @& M" ^' o+ o) ?  r# K51.为自己捞油水 be on the take

- }! A  d- ^# W; d3 b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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& F1 j5 l( W5 `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

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