如何地道表达：脾气和性格[转帖]

connie

1．  偷懒耍滑头 goof-off

: U8 ?9 ^: o$ U( M' H; b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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* ^& O: [& ~$ C+ \0 G  MXiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours.

5 D' N: }' K2 B5 I: g, O2.大动肝火  be up in arms

8 e8 W' G0 j# J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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The boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.

. i+ u( i7 g% v& J0 c" _4 A3.保持冷静keep cool
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; C+ F4 X9 g# K  e$ ]! b9 Z即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静

She can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.

4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

# Q- S6 F& N' F: _+ q1 o5.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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She 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

  x& K) t3 Q" E2 X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.

7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back
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, U( m# I: m+ ?' e# I我万万没想到张某会在背后捅我一刀。我过去太信任她了。

2 j/ m1 G5 X- fI was taken aback and didn’t think Zhang would stab me in the back. I placed too much trust in her.

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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9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat

+ c3 a2 v/ f- [0 s' o8 G她真是个傻帽，时常无缘无故的就傻笑起来。
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# t$ j0 ^$ {; U6 Z# jShe’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？
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* w+ q; G' I; z; P; vHow can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?

11.大献殷勤dance attendance
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: F) A( O' @3 p: \! a小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。
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. q/ }. q; C; n8 n5 yXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.

+ S! ?% k9 t. Y3 x5 C$ ~( j12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue

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.

) ]. ?8 \! V) C/ W) J3 x13.假惺惺的说speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek
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我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。

4 d  ?& s$ H& n( y# p& ~I feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek.
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14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.
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8 x: d$ Y) m) F2 e: }' 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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* E3 i# u: H' M2 K/ M  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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+ C1 W& w1 T* J% \7 P4 Z15.上瘾get into one’s blood
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说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。
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! c% b4 S. E- uIt’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.

0 K0 W+ p$ o. V( w16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense

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5 H: m, ^6 @$ Q+ S1 ~9 N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.
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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。

Let’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.

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。

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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2 g* E5 ?$ Z' l7 @5 `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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8 L+ Q$ _& ]) a5 CDon’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.

21.说话不算数go back on one’s words

! c+ M* K4 a& c" F! ^0 ~他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。
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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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2 {! [' {. D/ p9 Z; f  d  ?Who would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?
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23.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？
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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
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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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2 j+ }( Y  X$ M' G& T, W  T25.勤快an eager beaver
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( ^( S8 c# E. z1 J( s- P# d' k- C4 _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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, L/ X) n/ d* w0 _% }, ~26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing

  E7 R( v0 |  P( N% M你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲

The idea of your calling your mum damned!

27.懒透了be bone-idle

+ r% z" i8 ]& B+ k5 O她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。

. k* \: b+ f! b' L! |6 n% y8 h7 g2 yShe’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.
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28.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.

She keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.
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; h, Z+ o& C- Q7 h, a" b3 ?30.正直be on the up and up
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: W' n! K! q7 |: P0 Y2 j" r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.

% Z% i1 y4 e6 w" a2 G/ e; D; q. e0 |31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly

我们这儿的人都知道他是个爱偷鸡摸狗的人

9 X' g1 F2 x- p; {# X, X8 OEveryone 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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* z7 m; A: N8 D4 e0 ]; MDon’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.
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8 ?) H8 {8 M1 ~; D* ?/ z33.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
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34.装傻 play possum

. _; q3 }8 W' X5 G* A* S$ v9 |- u我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已
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) d5 c4 q7 u8 y# N5 _+ v4 UI know you were only playing possum.
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35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape
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, V  F9 D, m/ w6 b' S; y; I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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: x& g, \. F' Z* o2 s/ \2 o36. 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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8 |: J& i8 M* p* e: V# s8 lHe did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .
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& n6 J2 M+ k8 Y; k; F37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot
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: M, w0 o8 m- |" f3 B9 @* t: ?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

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

0 l! y, l; h5 a$ z& s我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。

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.
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9 X1 |7 s4 N  g/ g! S& P3 Y39.吃醋 be jealous
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40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …

' b4 ?9 g! F" Y' X# `( e+ u/ X4 q他根本就不把得罪人当回事

He would just as soon offend other people as look at them.
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41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words
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他说到做到，从不食言

2 J; {+ E9 J) Y8 R% o$ XHe’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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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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: A( n+ H+ C* T# D" z1 u- A- ^2 Z43.贪吃 gluttonous

# v- y: m% {: i" A, g我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人
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1 z8 o6 Z4 H. p" @4 w: SI’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.

44.很乖 as good as gold

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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, g$ L8 [4 Q3 w% @45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy

" i( K. z  K: Z% \0 F8 \+ Q9 ]$ c王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒

( a$ \+ m% {' W" u) P6 dMr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.

' P; s7 Z) D( Z46.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。

That guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.
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& O8 C+ d) F$ D4 \1 A% P8 ~* T4 S47.神经过敏thin-skinned
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我看这些人都有点神经过敏

" H9 r) N" M& F# Q' ~, UIn my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.
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48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger
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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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* p( a0 z8 R( O% Z7 s" hIf you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.
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: \! i4 {; l& r3 J$ z' U' n/ z49.撒娇 play the woman

6 l% }  V! k: v% t/ B5 b5 m她可会在男人面前撒娇了。

3 V0 h2 s# s& Y* o9 H1 h9 lShe ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.

50.占人便宜 load the dice against
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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.
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51.为自己捞油水 be on the take
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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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9 r3 L* G0 ^- y4 d4 o" fIn 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

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