如何地道表达：脾气和性格[转帖]

connie

1．  偷懒耍滑头 goof-off
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- F* S0 L4 G) @- w& W, f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。

3 @; n" V5 N3 W6 D4 GXiaoWang’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

' }* _$ C% \; v% g由于公司最近几个月销售业绩不佳，老板正在大动肝火

. i( b. o$ @/ @$ B; D. OThe boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.
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, T$ A0 l) G7 h: s/ W$ u3.保持冷静keep cool
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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.

' D$ c# C2 H( m8 O' t& w1 A! N/ D4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

& m4 Q" b7 K* q- j, z1 @- e- o5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind

$ G2 _0 ?1 H  J& g1 u0 Z她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。

( d1 s# ?* F0 c/ g, CShe always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt.
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5 r$ ]2 ~" n' P4 j6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place
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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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4 Z4 g% o2 z7 \, o/ ^7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back

5 x, t, N1 [" i' r/ R8 u5 y我万万没想到张某会在背后捅我一刀。我过去太信任她了。

7 y# a( h; d/ c4 t+ L, i+ gI was taken aback and didn’t think Zhang would stab me in the back. I placed too much trust in her.

* `6 n- v, e3 p! x$ r8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

7 z; u& h! k! N& D2 e+ U5 F+ mI’ve never badmouthed anyone.

9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat
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) _& L! F% O) ~4 T6 G% V: Y她真是个傻帽，时常无缘无故的就傻笑起来。
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& t7 f/ g$ M% P3 P' z# Y) x, oShe’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

2 X2 t! X3 u  F: w( T你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？
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$ y0 |2 l& _7 l* M6 _How can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?

4 k) ?6 @0 e3 C% C. o11.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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! \/ ]8 S8 _9 V% L* }& v2 NXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.

12.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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% V% Q+ I& ~% D) \4 ?+ @: j* MTake 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

- H+ \. p, Z, P2 N我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。

6 F6 |) ]$ J4 L! G+ u0 c( ^I feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek.
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/ v* k' y8 F# J6 x14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.
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人都是这山望着那山高，对自己的状况没有满意的时候。

: D% D# N! r3 [/ g1 {: P: AAlmost 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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9 H- ^8 q$ h7 c- N: j! K15.上瘾get into one’s blood
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- ^" Z/ b, f6 C, {' ~9 o) c说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。
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/ H6 _' F, B! NIt’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.
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  A# `( c% p2 K2 H16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense

. v* ]2 X* P4 X; H17.发牢骚 beef

: x9 Y- h) f9 n, t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.

9 l+ j3 f$ R1 F3 {8 t5 S- N18.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。
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! S/ r1 d" H# e3 o+ M! Q# JLet’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.
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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。

& h) H/ `3 _, I: [8 IFrom the way she’s bowing and scraping in front of the boss, you’ll know what sort of person she is.

* \3 o0 j5 ]5 r7 k. d! t" k9 l20.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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  K, Q& `1 T9 |2 B: yDon’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.
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. s% M" |- S; j. W8 _5 c21.说话不算数go back on one’s words
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6 R- |% k, B  W2 ~$ {6 h+ ^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.

22.废话连篇beat one’s gums

; K0 {3 k; l0 A; N3 U" ?* e谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？

9 E  ]* q! Z" r6 }Who would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?

23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one
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# j$ p; n0 R, \; I$ J 你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？

9 y0 ~3 I: s  ?$ l) J) L Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?
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24.不忍心not have the heart to do

2 z4 m4 U$ K' [. C2 i0 X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.

25.勤快an eager beaver

他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。

+ C/ z2 x: ^( s$ m; r* o* oHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.

! l* K- ?- t- H9 \7 ?. W7 K26.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

* |) s$ g' b) |The idea of your calling your mum damned!
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27.懒透了be bone-idle

% {8 b) F7 `+ }7 ~9 }3 ~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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  `9 r1 U# Z* Y% k) o! P7 p8 `28.好客 keep open house
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我们的邻居特别好客

4 n' l. Z" h, XOur neighbor keeps open house.

29.待客周到keep a good house.
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( f3 G4 O) k1 b9 y2 FShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.

30.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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! \4 J! C6 n8 O' s8 {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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31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly
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: X# w! H; V: s+ Z# g我们这儿的人都知道他是个爱偷鸡摸狗的人

" D( p6 g" [4 ~' Y! ~Everyone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.

32. 与……不合be at odds with
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$ Z: c/ A. W9 B2 f( G不要把他们两个分在一个组里，他俩不合
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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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She’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities

34.装傻 play possum
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0 S- \+ {, f) p" J+ \1 `我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已
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I know you were only playing possum.
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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

% r: y- {- h- {: J! w: gShe’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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He did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .
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( R) T, V: X; _- S' Z( C37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot

4 m; r; u" z8 E: H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

* c) k8 a6 V3 E5 f5 {0 b, `% \, zYou were plain touching the tender spot. She was most sensitive to the topic of “ the third person”, who cut in between a couple.

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。

  v5 q) F5 h- w+ n0 w+ TI 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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1 a0 x( w' O, \7 C# E39.吃醋 be jealous

40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …

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

! z7 Q  K3 t% D# V3 A& VHe’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

# p5 _, P8 g7 T* F, u$ v, S: A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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& }- s1 ?7 w# l: ~; H1 i43.贪吃 gluttonous
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我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人

, O' e- p3 x, v; o2 T0 D& ZI’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.

44.很乖 as good as gold

0 P# a- s; p  q3 f0 B他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。

His 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

王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒
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Mr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.

6 j  O* z( F/ v% t46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper
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! \5 |2 q; t* v# m- C那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。

' V6 U& P# M( P. \/ a8 HThat guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.
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+ s2 G) D! h0 J& F# U  m. \0 h47.神经过敏thin-skinned

9 @# Q" A6 F! c1 u# @我看这些人都有点神经过敏

In my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.

$ O6 s$ k% s; X, N# }$ `! [48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger
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) C8 }0 S6 A9 k: j- 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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. [& S* J- p0 a6 @  _She ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.
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; F8 f3 g* E2 \( k" O50.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

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
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' }& M( r4 t6 {4 {% ]; `; y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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社员都是向阳花

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!