如何地道表达：脾气和性格[转帖]

connie

1．  偷懒耍滑头 goof-off

1 E- q( y4 l8 R) d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。

+ X, i3 C: ]$ v* }- UXiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours.
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2.大动肝火  be up in arms
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: y. x9 z, b. W3 c& Z. z, L9 d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.
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3.保持冷静keep cool
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  c' [8 q" \9 n7 \( l即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静
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7 }1 B) K3 n; ]- J2 zShe can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.

4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush
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$ j! P6 I. ~2 g. N3 g8 c4 o) q8 r5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind
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9 c& [3 C2 Y3 o* X$ s! x6 Z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.

5 S+ `4 @2 ^8 C) S  F! ]% `' ?- P, k6.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。
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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.

; }( h1 e/ C# ?0 E& l0 q  S# i7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back
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9 k8 Q, v  F3 t1 G1 E5 X8 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。
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2 W' M) ?  v' c4 b. U8 oI 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

. {# `: W2 M" \. T% r, A我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

( }5 Y* S3 h+ a8 @! rI’ve never badmouthed anyone.

! n6 w. ~+ t8 i) e* q! i9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat

8 G" R. T8 [3 ]& z4 |她真是个傻帽，时常无缘无故的就傻笑起来。

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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5 [( H1 R% q# h% m/ r" W10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do

, u' F, Q- h4 \3 G9 e0 [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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11.大献殷勤dance attendance

% @5 m& R' e8 J( C, R小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。
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Xiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.
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1 T! r. W" r3 ~% B' x7 e/ [12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue

2 |: o* N9 O  W/ v- j; n2 r: v千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。
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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

0 p: k" i* G# i8 M8 r6 K# p1 ?我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。

* }/ l  m4 }+ |$ w4 n2 B6 M5 _I feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek.

7 f, }  I1 \+ [. U14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.

$ A4 N0 a# e1 T. K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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/ X/ |7 E( K+ ]# p; ~6 T. WAlmost 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

; v$ k9 R( \0 Z! B- i: u) @说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。
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# e- ]5 f" ?6 n5 T) z1 IIt’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

% E6 j- E& C  J2 j17.发牢骚 beef
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1 B  M2 `6 E4 S1 o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.

4 V+ D7 B* ?" r5 T! q; |8 @. `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。
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1 m. c0 R7 Q; F% ALet’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。

) I' H0 [* K0 C# \From the way she’s bowing and scraping in front of the boss, you’ll know what sort of person she is.

20.疯疯癫癫go gaga

5 h1 k, x! i; x, v8 u8 F. m3 G对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。

# ?& {, U0 Q4 \. n# EDon’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

他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。
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3 N3 X4 E  _9 ~' v6 O0 D0 Q6 |We cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.
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: {* _1 y, e4 C& Y( e( ~22.废话连篇beat one’s gums

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?
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* `7 l2 x5 h( Z23.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？

Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?

4 y6 l1 F7 E6 y  d+ b/ U24.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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# m; M  p, ?9 C2 p$ T6 _If I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.

25.勤快an eager beaver

* h1 `9 N% }! n+ e  x1 Z; l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.

" ^. M5 \) o. U26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing
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+ Z) m& v9 z7 u/ D' O/ s' f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!
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27.懒透了be bone-idle
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4 l( f1 ]- t8 p$ G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.

28.好客 keep open house
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% p' u' z+ J* ?( z6 v我们的邻居特别好客
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' w& _) q# _% S$ i: HOur neighbor keeps open house.
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4 I3 |8 Z* S3 K* }7 E& E' G29.待客周到keep a good house.

She keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.

) r. E0 I* q/ n3 d$ Y6 f% S" j30.正直be on the up and up
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3 M# ?. F4 g" Z" M; C7 {3 u她是个正直的姑娘，因此我相信她不会干出那种事。

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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, I3 m+ u+ p3 `! \. `7 D31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly

# ]+ I% K$ m+ H1 ~1 m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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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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% X" W, A' R3 o9 YDon’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.

33.巴结buddy up
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她可会巴结当官的了。
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- v6 z5 e5 [+ f2 aShe’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities
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0 h( }8 ~! \+ B/ u( v34.装傻 play possum

3 e0 z4 V! w. i. I, `7 c& d我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已

/ F" v* E$ ?) @# r4 YI know you were only playing possum.
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35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape

她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱
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She’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.
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" y8 ?" Y1 o! M0 N36. 花言巧语do a snow job

/ ~  Y  K7 S8 p1 l$ U1 v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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2 ?" ]" a% C6 g* h+ Z; r4 b( `He did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .
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3 z9 \2 H! X( n% v. y; r+ K* i3 r+ s4 _37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot

' `! G! r0 K0 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

$ M+ q+ l  o) y. ~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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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。
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2 [/ b& H+ j+ B; A3 G8 Z) c0 ^2 LI 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.

39.吃醋 be jealous

40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …

9 N  {7 H% I8 K. ?' z他根本就不把得罪人当回事

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

4 k( j8 z4 a( f41.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.
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42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to
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0 ^1 ?/ A$ Y: L9 }- q# B# y你不必对他如此的不依不饶
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You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.

1 V4 w0 h6 J, {( G0 l6 j43.贪吃 gluttonous

我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人
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9 x2 j2 `6 h! s* Q' hI’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.
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4 V+ l; W$ X+ P7 ^5 _6 C& l! d44.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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# H2 g$ E. N3 yHis little daughter is as good as gold. She’s never been as rebellious as other children.
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! Y; ~8 Q/ ?3 i7 P0 h2 ]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

7 t7 H  |( p5 E. j# Q6 b) G4 O6 OMr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.

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。

9 M  Q9 Q$ C1 \That guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.
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2 C5 k& G! ?5 i" L47.神经过敏thin-skinned
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" x+ u. t2 q) j0 E+ e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

* W8 V$ \4 K# \) l& k4 S" }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
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她可会在男人面前撒娇了。

1 \8 M' n6 a9 M" A: ~She ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.
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4 s0 R' X: w  v/ E9 W50.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.

/ W# u2 H0 H. W* q1 J51.为自己捞油水 be on the take
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# A) g4 R7 Y6 Z4 P* k: Q+ S2 O: M# ?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!