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1． 偷懒耍滑头 goof-off/ m8 ?0 D9 J2 e4 i
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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。" }7 D4 ^5 Q5 x4 `
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XiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours.
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- O. w1 b2 K4 K- h' ]: P& j, I s6 [2.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; C+ g" b. f4 }6 N: N: v4 Z
: w* x4 X! D' T* t' nThe boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.$ [2 Q5 T. \; g K
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3.保持冷静keep cool
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5 l) a* p6 D" r0 ~% _' T即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静+ h, r3 X9 e' C) u2 W4 V
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, u3 O2 H; t) X7 Y8 V4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush# H e; P% m0 G A1 |7 L. _
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5.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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& n% L1 W" A: Z" sShe always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt.) }' t6 f8 L. N0 U( _: A" d2 }
$ Y6 w# X' p; t' {6.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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X; \% r0 e$ u/ oHe 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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7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back
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4 q) [" X! P1 q+ g/ L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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. S; N" L8 }, cI 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
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b' B; \6 Y, s# w5 `' R9 I- ZI’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat/ i5 G X1 O8 ~% q0 N \
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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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( L8 K7 X9 B0 L3 l$ |; F4 D: YShe’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
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( B( c# g3 i" HHow can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?
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11.大献殷勤dance attendance) w0 S8 v$ K" G* c* H/ a
, F3 T. n( ]% M, T `1 }. |小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。+ m2 e# s A1 @. ~
+ S+ J$ Q/ j* x8 c$ U2 Q' j" aXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.
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12.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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1 v+ s( L9 M4 f7 d) \: L" `13.假惺惺的说speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek- `, ~8 x$ Z$ h
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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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; N: }- h) M7 R! s14.这山望着那山高 The grass is always greener on the other hill.1 D9 D4 T* X; n$ h2 a
. ]* B2 Y5 T# l& F: c' g1 z9 Y人都是这山望着那山高，对自己的状况没有满意的时候。7 R/ m/ @0 A& W) c6 t6 w* ^; m
$ o1 O0 B7 R. N3 @2 J$ }( o9 c) VAlmost all people see that the grass is greener on the other hill. They never feel satisfied with what they’ve already got.4 C: `* ^& b/ q# z+ |* ]5 X
8 v/ \# d) c+ ~" v% E1 h( K$ I15.上瘾get into one’s blood
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- R1 z- {5 |* m说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。& w T6 J4 {( z7 Q
* P. n# u$ J6 AIt’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.$ c/ w# Y- f+ a( S+ F
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16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense2 L7 F9 {$ C; P, F6 {
, V9 X! ?( H0 Q6 x6 T. y17.发牢骚 beef
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* o. { E; i- A/ k) K3 A他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。' B. a% x1 n9 E) E2 D @3 w$ h8 F
0 R5 `$ s) Z& t9 f$ G* `4 z* C3 FI’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.
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% P" [; G9 d5 p0 p4 i1 H6 x18.等不及了 champ at the bit0 h" U t6 B' b( R8 A
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咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。1 a3 m' K) V- \* T8 K4 z/ [! s0 l
: h& ?" J9 I. [6 ILet’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.1 R- S" a. x" a+ w, C
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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。
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) s9 n* Y& a6 q: p: K/ GFrom the way she’s bowing and scraping in front of the boss, you’ll know what sort of person she is.# F* i; b5 U2 L& l0 [
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20.疯疯癫癫go gaga
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1 ?% a% s& X3 j g+ \# V' P对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。0 P( G; S' O+ m2 }. ]8 }; z
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Don’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.& r) z2 M' C5 s* W- r0 L
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21.说话不算数go back on one’s words, ^; u4 u0 T) [! P! J
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他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。
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3 E, B# J; `3 g. Z1 h) h+ |0 `We cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.
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22.废话连篇beat one’s gums
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谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？
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! U" d* J; O% r9 d8 v i23.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？* ]0 o: C& ?/ W7 x
8 l1 ?+ b& {$ g( m% L* g9 ] 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
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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1 P5 v% u/ e8 M/ B
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If I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.
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/ w0 r2 \5 x0 j" R: X R25.勤快an eager beaver0 f. O8 m% H: g& K0 s/ \6 n
( ^+ E2 h7 K3 ]0 J* q5 U他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。. a# n. I9 s5 A4 l6 R$ J
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He’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.
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; F" w5 c& V/ B! a6 a% u$ }26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing5 p- }, g6 ]9 o- s# w1 D8 Q
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你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲
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1 h( ]6 O6 s7 r+ J- i5 m8 l* _The idea of your calling your mum damned!3 ^, ?! L' R2 {
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27.懒透了be bone-idle J0 B" k" }' N9 I8 P
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She’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.
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. s0 A* _/ k8 _% x28.好客 keep open house
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# t- U+ N: X7 Q- A我们的邻居特别好客 I2 d2 d5 F( a z$ ^
% w/ {. {# K. V) O6 D' @0 HOur neighbor keeps open house.
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" o: _; }6 | ~2 m# c29.待客周到keep a good house.8 M! W4 R' |! P; j1 j
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30.正直be on the up and up
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+ \$ f! _9 ^9 `1 z/ z1 [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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8 k; v0 A- _) K9 b% d0 IShe’s always been on the up and up and I don’t think she would have done such a thing.5 e- R: B- y8 K* L/ c- e" h% M
! }& D1 c) k3 z" g31.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4 n8 V. F" B7 V+ e# g4 A
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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
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& ~- d% i9 y R2 D不要把他们两个分在一个组里，他俩不合
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# Y' j- R" U p i- o6 n+ d. dDon’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.6 y; f5 v$ J2 P. C: j
& d. J. p' J/ h) {' q33.巴结buddy up. f; P! d: n3 p; j' }3 y) |& U
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She’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities
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34.装傻 play possum
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; @, @% W1 f, q8 o. w1 Z& G我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已
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/ f8 h) P0 W* ~5 DI know you were only playing possum.
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1 |% i& o) E! \+ C0 u: w& F35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape! r# X) w* z0 }+ [, X
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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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* i: G0 c. {+ Q" O他花言巧语的哄骗那个女孩，说自己是某个部长的儿子。9 V: m7 J5 U" M& Y1 B p+ c5 Z
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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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' F+ j# Q6 w w7 N# ]37. 哪壶不开提哪壶 touch the tender spot
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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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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。3 j( G5 h" k% A1 S$ A- \
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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.4 z% U3 H4 B0 t( c0 R
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39.吃醋 be jealous( `3 [: F; ?3 z& O, ]! m
; l. ^6 a% m5 b; ` q$ B4 o40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …3 ~! t- y2 G* p" C2 o) `, K; x
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41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words# c0 l: Z) N# r
. h5 i- n |2 y; l7 j( ^5 O他说到做到，从不食言
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2 J0 ?7 e/ Z" {: iHe’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.
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( {; z2 a ]( ~- v, A8 d, n42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to 7 v) U4 @+ D7 F9 i! u
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You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.
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43.贪吃 gluttonous- E* Z3 b6 @9 ?( q. [# |8 n2 O8 C
$ T3 L1 d; Z' r$ ^$ R7 L5 m我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人
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5 N' Q2 T, v S2 y' F# s) u44.很乖 as good as gold+ {8 S& n) r2 ]. L1 x
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45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy
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3 g: Z7 K/ H8 |$ W. d: p0 k& c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.
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46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper7 s4 ?7 q( f$ o5 |* G* Q
0 I: y# S; e) }, N" v1 s0 |$ O! Y那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。
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47.神经过敏thin-skinned
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" P5 s" H& s& V' B7 Z b+ p2 a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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If you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.
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49.撒娇 play the woman4 q v8 Q7 x4 |4 H! C
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She ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.' u; ]2 k' T( O+ u
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50.占人便宜 load the dice against9 x$ l" \) U) D: L( u. A' b
$ d: U6 K1 G" j8 F' \你最好别和她打交道，她总爱占别人的便宜
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# Q8 \4 A& O1 [0 [51.为自己捞油水 be on the take
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5 L- J6 }) k1 A1 E5 N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？/ M( Q8 z/ i9 b7 X; J
$ \/ K0 l) `4 q+ s) nIn recent years many officials are readily on the take .Who would give much heed to the interest of the country? |
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