如何地道表达：脾气和性格[转帖]

connie

1．  偷懒耍滑头 goof-off

* H& f) l, v+ Z9 A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。

6 y% V$ ?; ^, t, @XiaoWang’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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. s- {% C- u$ m; G& ^由于公司最近几个月销售业绩不佳，老板正在大动肝火

( \3 r# U; S* C' n; M$ iThe boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.
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: i4 z7 A( @8 l( C3.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

She can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.

4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

0 Z5 s$ {5 m' C( y5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind

6 I" ?& d& D+ I+ P9 o! F她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。

She always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt.
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( z' a0 d7 b0 \. t6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place

8 R( J9 T$ C6 k8 M; `" t% a0 T" `他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。
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# L1 z$ g! ]  b' X; s; u) iHe doesn’t have his heart in the right place. He would find every opportunity to stab in the back of others.

$ X) z7 d" t0 b8 Y' X& m7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back
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6 h7 z8 R2 f$ t2 X8 }我万万没想到张某会在背后捅我一刀。我过去太信任她了。

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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8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

I’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat
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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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3 _; \/ {' C1 `8 a+ HShe’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

你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？
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5 M& B, U7 E0 W% wHow can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?

( G4 e% x# D: m11.大献殷勤dance attendance

小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。
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* W$ ~; \- v* D" r% |% BXiao 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。

Take care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue.
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* ^, c" S9 j& f13.假惺惺的说speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek

' t5 V2 ]7 M8 d( e0 G) Q+ |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.

14.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。
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Almost all people see that the grass is greener on the other hill. They never feel satisfied with what they’ve already got.

15.上瘾get into one’s blood

说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。

9 w+ i0 q1 M+ D; e% Q% u0 TIt’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

17.发牢骚 beef

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+ f" I! s5 U& q' UI’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.

% C( Z! Y3 Z  j% X0 l* {18.等不及了 champ at the bit

7 \  p5 T) S0 C$ r. }3 B  }咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。

" Y# G' ]2 [6 Q$ LLet’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.

3 C5 u5 R  |1 J- U$ x19.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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: M+ I! E3 L* C  x+ g* s: _From the way she’s bowing and scraping in front of the boss, you’ll know what sort of person she is.

" z& f# k' O6 _0 ], ~; C0 W20.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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5 M8 }: f, V2 O7 ]9 WDon’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.

2 p- w% Q7 X3 e9 ~% z  [' w) D4 z* M21.说话不算数go back on one’s words
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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.

4 o' o1 q8 i* W  _# i22.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？

Who would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?
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) \) T: N) w* ~- g  l) Z* J23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one

, @% Z- M  t2 R  ]( w1 H: g 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?

24.不忍心not have the heart to do

9 u/ p, e+ q5 H3 O3 O) Q/ ]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.
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6 C: ~1 ~# t) c4 O0 _$ L0 A25.勤快an eager beaver
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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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" j3 K' R/ O, g( d# f4 E; B( x5 }8 a26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing

6 k0 r9 @3 y7 C; l你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲

The idea of your calling your mum damned!
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27.懒透了be bone-idle

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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28.好客 keep open house
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- O) {6 D; r; B! |我们的邻居特别好客

0 n0 a! Q% b/ Q5 {Our neighbor keeps open house.
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29.待客周到keep a good house.
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( v# ^3 X! `' H; c, X# OShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.
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30.正直be on the up and up
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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.
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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
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Everyone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.
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, u9 z" S) }+ X' F, }  a1 e" N32. 与……不合be at odds with

不要把他们两个分在一个组里，他俩不合

Don’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.
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- }0 z! v  {' M33.巴结buddy up
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  N% O6 `# s9 r9 L4 c2 [+ m她可会巴结当官的了。

5 h* W2 [0 g1 y9 r) L# v/ EShe’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities
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8 w: g% a8 [, f9 K" d9 b34.装傻 play possum

, L, m) f7 k; }0 Y我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已
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: `. C: u  x  n( h2 qI know you were only playing possum.
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35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape

6 K" j& S% ?4 p+ U, O( z4 r# U她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱

$ v9 D; s$ y4 WShe’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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. b5 G8 I9 q6 D他花言巧语的哄骗那个女孩，说自己是某个部长的儿子。

He did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .

* ^* h4 e: N5 F3 y37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot

9 l  e! U, }& a/ s9 o+ K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
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- `- D8 K' e4 i0 z: d我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。
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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.
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/ \8 Q6 a& s2 z$ r39.吃醋 be jealous
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40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …
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他根本就不把得罪人当回事
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He would just as soon offend other people as look at them.

41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words
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, G6 f* s5 T  ^( l他说到做到，从不食言
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/ {  d, _6 o9 W- s( u, q3 T. gHe’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.

8 b/ g. |3 l7 {' q1 v( g42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to

你不必对他如此的不依不饶

: ]8 u; T/ f2 j/ N( H You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.
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" s& j% V- X* \# F- q  J5 E43.贪吃 gluttonous
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9 l6 b) ^% g9 B8 }: Q我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人
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I’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.
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44.很乖 as good as gold

( s/ X5 D2 N! y" Q% ?' [% j* F9 C他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。

1 E* F! F8 Z0 c/ e2 t  THis 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
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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 trooper

那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。
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; w4 F2 j# I. I. r6 q" aThat guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.

47.神经过敏thin-skinned

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
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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

; o) r$ p4 l- @1 c# N3 \: Y  S8 tIf you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.

6 T+ L8 j4 c5 [6 |49.撒娇 play the woman
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+ r1 {5 e) t% [2 n) K她可会在男人面前撒娇了。

% d/ y' T9 r" j& W0 Q+ JShe ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.

50.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
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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？

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

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