如何地道表达：脾气和性格[转帖]

connie

1．  偷懒耍滑头 goof-off

9 Z6 H: m7 O+ @3 z& [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。

; y" O9 y/ K& M) @* }7 Y2 eXiaoWang’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

0 d7 P' |( n) R4 ^由于公司最近几个月销售业绩不佳，老板正在大动肝火

$ `4 E' ?& p/ M  aThe boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.
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$ t, H& N. Z$ K# U) r, l5 I5 |3.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.
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( J- K+ e. g* _9 \% j4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

0 d# A" X. q8 E' \# ^) k) I; l5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind

3 S. @4 a- d! }  `- L- P- P: q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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) y- t+ P4 H3 B+ m9 D$ G- L& ?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。

- m2 }/ E, @3 ~; A8 BHe 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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8 v! r0 r, s/ ?: X, s+ w. o7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back

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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I 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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" G6 ?) R  B. p$ E, \+ G0 _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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2 S' V$ L: j/ Q2 |% L. j& N: z她真是个傻帽，时常无缘无故的就傻笑起来。

  t4 E% Y# Z+ H. a# n/ `- lShe’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

" ?  B8 ^3 O$ h# E  v3 \" \10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do

# W  x  F  q1 B8 }+ X3 q! t  W% L你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？

5 b$ E/ s% ?- t3 P1 T4 g3 Z4 D# fHow can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?

. c# ^$ L+ I/ P7 I3 [# 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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4 Z6 Y' ^7 Z% F8 J! qXiao 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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" W: o1 ^- T; r5 Z) i3 a& b0 [千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。
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- E! [  [6 E$ M3 ]: A' u6 Q) X( T  W  ITake care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue.

- H: \. b, X6 b& k2 f" d) O) J13.假惺惺的说speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek
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$ S7 N6 [6 C' x我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。

1 N1 n3 }! O; C  W9 sI 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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& g% k- l/ W! w. @0 W5 p6 W人都是这山望着那山高，对自己的状况没有满意的时候。

; f0 }) J" ]( }0 e% ~' n8 _' {* ]/ mAlmost all people see that the grass is greener on the other hill. They never feel satisfied with what they’ve already got.

/ N9 k. l9 m& d) G15.上瘾get into one’s blood
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+ A* x* Q. R8 Y' w7 b; n说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。
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It’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.

5 ?/ ?6 N9 I$ W16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense
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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。

4 `' n5 e; \+ S  U6 x- CI’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.

, b$ m! I5 i7 ]6 n+ n0 J7 X18.等不及了 champ at the bit

咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。

& z! s1 J: Y! Q  ZLet’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.
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! V* s/ ?5 s6 Q( e- X19.点头哈腰bow and scrape

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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9 B4 J1 A4 o1 |8 NFrom the way she’s bowing and scraping in front of the boss, you’ll know what sort of person she is.

' L! }( c9 J6 k+ F* O& y) ?20.疯疯癫癫go gaga

# E, P' R& m! w! a. H# Z对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。

+ k1 o  R! P# ]Don’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.
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! p; ?6 G* \) K2 n% u3 m) _21.说话不算数go back on one’s words

) Z0 \: v5 P# U- A9 }他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。
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& x) i" r  ?3 |7 i. WWe cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.
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+ N/ v4 w1 W3 `! Y6 ?22.废话连篇beat one’s gums
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/ P+ O% K) m- }# ?( R  i5 ^! |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?

4 S6 M  b/ ]( {. j: o# J8 t( v23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one
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0 M8 h, n3 f. l/ |7 M$ n( y 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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" Y0 I1 d3 Y3 y: L0 S6 e24.不忍心not have the heart to do
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& S' F& q2 ~0 ~1 c( q2 {6 b如果我是你，我可不忍心把孩子们就在家里没人照看

0 O, Q6 w& i* c8 B( k0 j- J$ YIf I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.

. C8 A% n8 v2 e) W6 J2 i; w1 @! b25.勤快an eager beaver

& U. X9 ?8 j. Z他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。
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9 ]6 o1 F# x7 ~! DHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.

26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing
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3 h% v) v, o" n1 f, T9 A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!

+ l* f# B4 [* S( g% Z# `% Z9 N27.懒透了be bone-idle

! y/ }) e: a( _# |) h& h. h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.

2 a- d7 o" d* g) r  ]28.好客 keep open house

我们的邻居特别好客

& Q! j3 r8 |6 ]$ T/ i1 u" }Our neighbor keeps open house.
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/ F5 _1 F6 R: e5 _$ H- @0 M; i29.待客周到keep a good house.
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9 e9 q# `6 p0 g9 E4 FShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.

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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7 e& c  q: A5 N7 |+ h$ ^3 iShe’s always been on the up and up and I don’t think she would have done such a thing.

9 I+ U* b* M8 ~2 U! G8 J$ V& e31.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

& i4 D% i9 u! \) |& A9 i1 q$ f% BEveryone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.

32. 与……不合be at odds with
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, K# N' T# O: Y; @+ K2 G不要把他们两个分在一个组里，他俩不合
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* V4 S% c; a) r$ F9 x  yDon’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。

She’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities

34.装傻 play possum
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我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已
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: e4 q; S8 h" Z3 pI 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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, z6 b8 P6 o- z2 x36. 花言巧语do a snow job

- ~. a1 k6 V/ r他花言巧语的哄骗那个女孩，说自己是某个部长的儿子。

) Q  y( g, o8 ~  d% H' hHe did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .
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37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot

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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4 \3 v# Y& I! L( p38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters

  T$ E( ~5 ?% _# l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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39.吃醋 be jealous
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" U. L+ n; [! l. u40.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.

( B# z# C8 ]& o$ z" m4 |41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words

1 }( F+ p! s% m$ V+ Q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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8 [" j. f- }8 e9 W42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to

你不必对他如此的不依不饶
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) s% e$ W: L6 w5 ^! l You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.
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1 ^, m! |/ Y% l" R/ b43.贪吃 gluttonous

0 ]+ `5 \1 l2 S  U. e我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人

" {: {8 W9 e6 g( lI’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.

$ O* R! Y( P) G" h" _; g$ r44.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。

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

, y& z7 d' J1 k- Q4 ~4 i王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒

" P) m3 s1 q$ u5 H! Q. J# z( WMr. 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

) `: h" g& H  U% h. y# E; b, L那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。
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That 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

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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+ X( q! x5 c, w* Z- |" _. C- h$ r' UIf you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.
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4 E! E: O6 v, J+ d49.撒娇 play the woman

她可会在男人面前撒娇了。
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She ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.

8 N7 W4 [* D# H& c/ t+ Z50.占人便宜 load the dice against
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( X6 Q& E$ r2 p% N1 J你最好别和她打交道，她总爱占别人的便宜

  u, ^! B7 }3 x( h5 X! p3 `! y- jYou’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.

7 n8 @" Q- B# H8 [7 X51.为自己捞油水 be on the take

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!