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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, z" e* c+ q/ @) H. h0 {; _4 s5 aXiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours.

8 [0 E. C; H8 w$ t" N# H  D5 w+ V( Z2.大动肝火  be up in arms
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% E* j3 t6 q  ^2 ]) U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 Q/ O8 C; G0 N' X* a* y$ _) gThe boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.
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. q& H3 Z- E( _3 a; l2 G3.保持冷静keep cool

  e. y7 i5 t2 ~; n即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静
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3 k$ w" R4 S- b) i- G9 F" dShe can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.
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4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

) j! D  u: E7 d1 a) T8 q5.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 。
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& v  u' v; z4 ]4 q4 Q; `$ t: MShe 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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$ _/ w: K1 p: L/ i* w8 }$ X* M1 N他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。

% Q; H% c+ w3 x" U. s' u, H- bHe 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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  \' }1 I8 x7 F  c7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back
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: t& G; f* K3 Q8 w$ C- `2 _7 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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8 _' B1 d7 N: ^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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7 o9 h9 w6 h8 ^5 X$ ^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。
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7 k  ]8 `5 k5 d7 c, vI’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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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。

: E, w2 [5 V$ `! Q0 WShe’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 F2 A" B' r6 u% M10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do
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- E3 C7 J, G$ b! m你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？
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, _, w  [( y" x2 X3 ?How can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?
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! k* O, X, Y8 ^- W; y& F11.大献殷勤dance attendance
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4 n( U8 P& a% s0 `( Z小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。

Xiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.
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. Z* X6 o7 ]9 Z, L/ d7 P  o12.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。

Take care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue.
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13.假惺惺的说speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek

1 e; F8 e2 {+ k2 n$ k1 M2 L. X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.
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' E. u; o- l1 T$ J( {0 J. v; j/ Y14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.
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; A. W- J& M% h5 G  n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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7 ?. u  n, Z, O& d' _- rAlmost 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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/ D; R% I1 ?+ G, S/ z$ d& `: @( F15.上瘾get into one’s blood

" T; G2 w- Y, K" W' N3 ~说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。
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1 w  l5 d1 M) _- i) MIt’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.

16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense
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& c9 Y, m8 ]. U5 i17.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.
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18.等不及了 champ at the bit

咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。

Let’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.
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( D; [9 t% i( E" {+ ^19.点头哈腰bow and scrape

4 D# E3 a0 H+ U5 }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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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

3 G3 o, w, ~1 y& f9 L" i8 @  s他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。

2 O: a2 l1 A" N/ E3 c4 I  gWe cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.
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+ i7 y  x- v4 n1 N. p' k5 L/ h22.废话连篇beat one’s gums
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( a: w' d- ?8 t7 N* s( d2 V  V0 G6 m谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？
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Who would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?

! `6 n4 T3 P* k) ^2 W23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one

( E- a4 b' S6 P- u' y  i: X 你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？
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. Q( h" T! a# [( \" k Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?
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" U, B8 Z* i* B/ T  _- D# M8 S24.不忍心not have the heart to do

如果我是你，我可不忍心把孩子们就在家里没人照看

" @0 \% p$ S: l' q. TIf I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.

25.勤快an eager beaver

3 h. n$ V' F/ G5 N. w; h5 Z% A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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& Y& q3 t: S2 v! `7 t3 f+ |; o26.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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( {; e+ V% {" \The idea of your calling your mum damned!
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; h$ |% @' b  C# e$ W$ V27.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.
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' h9 h+ L% t( M# h1 p" k28.好客 keep open house

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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& K# c7 n5 m8 Y# h+ m$ aShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.
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3 V8 M- U$ ?6 B+ {2 D7 P30.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。
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( D( k3 g, p, s8 V2 ?She’s always been on the up and up and I don’t think she would have done such a thing.

6 N, s/ A$ N$ _0 ^+ x31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly
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! `  V) M0 |: j0 ^" Y我们这儿的人都知道他是个爱偷鸡摸狗的人
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$ q. M1 R2 L, K1 y2 `Everyone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.
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32. 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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5 N- l7 c% e( HDon’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。

6 `/ |1 T/ P& g2 L- EShe’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities
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34.装傻 play possum

# B4 b# e% z& s我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已
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/ G& p+ N% e& J+ A/ L4 m' r# d/ y4 SI know you were only playing possum.

: K$ u, E5 \7 a8 b: W35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape

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
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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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5 B. H3 K4 c7 m! ZHe did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .
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+ E$ Y( D4 X& S& ~37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot

1 ^, Y9 A* L% f( G1 `+ P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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You 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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( D0 V! j: [8 a3 D( u) ~  E, S: k. t38.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。

6 N! t4 G. L8 X# d. J5 MI 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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& `6 ~, t  a2 K7 m39.吃醋 be jealous

40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …
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& ^8 u+ T  Y& G, f8 k5 @他根本就不把得罪人当回事
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; T  c; P( p' l- }+ s5 vHe would just as soon offend other people as look at them.
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, G1 f/ Z' L9 S, e# A  `; M7 u2 u41.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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3 t( a3 @) E: t42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to
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% Z/ ]! g( ], q7 \) y9 X  V你不必对他如此的不依不饶
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- D$ R2 S9 t9 [  r. ` You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.
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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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& n$ l: T5 V8 @) N& Q# k44.很乖 as good as gold
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) R9 J! B* C& R: {9 w; ]他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。
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5 U  S2 b* u% ~/ y: f. Y* K2 UHis little daughter is as good as gold. She’s never been as rebellious as other children.

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

/ V5 A/ W1 a+ m7 t, T, @Mr. 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
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5 m4 r; o/ n! V6 r那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。
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That guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.

47.神经过敏thin-skinned

1 J3 M( c+ F0 W# @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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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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5 _; b8 Q# ?8 t6 FIf you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.

49.撒娇 play the woman
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她可会在男人面前撒娇了。

She ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.

50.占人便宜 load the dice against
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" z9 R5 b$ E3 O8 I) }" ^你最好别和她打交道，她总爱占别人的便宜

0 G$ L7 z8 o5 z4 WYou’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？
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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

let's up together!