如何地道表达：脾气和性格[转帖]

connie

1．  偷懒耍滑头 goof-off

' {% h; @* q1 K8 c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 S* U) }* ~' j4 I$ a  YXiaoWang’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

6 d" ]$ d7 _6 o! p& w由于公司最近几个月销售业绩不佳，老板正在大动肝火

* h- I3 K( z2 n; ?4 s* F7 ?* r; WThe boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.

: [( c# @. q* A6 N+ V3 h5 a6 R3.保持冷静keep cool
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1 T, x' z, m$ {; \/ z- u即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静
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/ L8 m/ k$ M' j  z2 FShe can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.

4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush
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) S- ?4 l' Q) F9 F. a# Y  I6 E+ \5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind

; U$ E3 Q! |/ L8 J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.

6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place

他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。

# T" |. l! R+ |' k1 R( mHe 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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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.

8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

6 }8 ~8 a( Q+ i我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

I’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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' O7 s& ]5 W$ g8 S% ^& l2 ^. F6 x; n9.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。

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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10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do
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4 ]0 m8 h5 K# F: a& Y4 z2 V9 ]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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5 n% x$ K. Y: ^7 h+ c6 c8 U/ O% G11.大献殷勤dance attendance

小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。

6 B6 t4 G- }0 v) {Xiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.
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  Q# p" F3 a8 Y7 S12.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。

) _1 [1 p- P7 tTake care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue.

13.假惺惺的说speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek

8 `# K  I7 Q* ]) c我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。
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9 ?; h& p2 {1 a8 u# a5 RI 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.

9 X" h9 v$ ]( ^) K( s15.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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0 E5 A$ q0 Y5 [; e+ lIt’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.
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* [% i; d- ~- z- v) @16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense
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17.发牢骚 beef
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' b) ^; z9 l8 ]+ N他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。

+ e* j/ t* r2 Q% k1 U2 w' x3 }. VI’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.
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& \; b- Q( S( Q4 P' v18.等不及了 champ at the bit

& ^" q  m+ x& J0 _# }+ Q1 a$ G咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。

) E  a( E9 }4 i. m# `Let’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.
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# V/ w4 _3 S5 I& L19.点头哈腰bow and scrape
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* F/ p& k0 F' O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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5 r% @. n3 D2 i& p, n* |% ?From the way she’s bowing and scraping in front of the boss, you’ll know what sort of person she is.

  w0 ^2 ?; \( E$ ?2 S5 j20.疯疯癫癫go gaga

对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。

Don’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.

21.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。

( ^3 G9 G7 `1 w' l# j% LWe cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.

2 u, s" s$ M5 r) X22.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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, ]: X. ]- C$ f* }; x+ |, B- ~Who would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?
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$ b6 `+ k. i+ M! b# |23.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？
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Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?

# W1 A: v1 u% w0 n, ]8 Q24.不忍心not have the heart to do
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- ?8 q) r; r0 A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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4 y) N" y$ i9 v1 M. aIf I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.

. e/ z9 J7 k9 C$ Y; z5 x$ ]# m25.勤快an eager beaver
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& K! H; H8 B- r4 n; A+ h0 h5 g# f; w他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。

: z' i) z% w1 s4 iHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.

: i2 c* U8 J. Y5 B$ P6 z26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing

: o# Y. d1 a7 T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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4 ~( ^& A; X& C27.懒透了be bone-idle
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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.

' r& U- Z( m6 P. X28.好客 keep open house
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我们的邻居特别好客
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3 @) ^- P2 q3 x$ A, Y% iOur neighbor keeps open house.
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29.待客周到keep a good house.

She 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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  N9 o2 j6 H  `  n' p* x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 ?) \$ u0 y5 p0 O1 w, p) gShe’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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32. 与……不合be at odds with
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不要把他们两个分在一个组里，他俩不合
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Don’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.
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4 ]  `: u' n" _& T33.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

/ x1 F" K% {& m1 q9 a- G+ [. {我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已

I know you were only playing possum.

35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape
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* J9 n9 M. L( L/ P4 w" m. O她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱

She’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.

: C: N: J: L6 Y, `) {" m: L  p$ ?36. 花言巧语do a snow job

( P9 x* M% \' l& k5 l" z- P( M他花言巧语的哄骗那个女孩，说自己是某个部长的儿子。

4 V  h7 r8 G$ U) {2 q! v9 l5 J. mHe did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .

37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot

* z; d2 ]0 a0 _5 X( H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
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0 E0 W- x8 V  w9 }; H8 i- `( HYou were plain touching the tender spot. She was most sensitive to the topic of “ the third person”, who cut in between a couple.

( u8 @; d3 e' R+ q38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters

我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。

/ G% C7 z( W) }9 V9 K3 a' P+ oI 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

40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …

% p8 b- n, R: u* f" f- K. b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

, C8 ^* s( I4 L" V2 F: Y. r8 mHe’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.

5 _- J* d2 v& L" M5 W) u. }9 ~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

2 V4 w6 U$ u8 b4 Q% |# i You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.
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2 p( h6 P) l- i; y; x3 v$ h+ n43.贪吃 gluttonous

+ [4 I6 I" A+ ~+ V我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人

I’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.
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44.很乖 as good as gold
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- o/ @, H9 m" t8 }  j2 ?6 L( w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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1 p- I4 Y' B) Y" c4 D$ ?# M+ @45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy
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, w; u9 Q" I( G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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6 ]9 F4 E5 Z: I! w( G9 y$ X6 }46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper
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- O+ u, B2 Y; T1 o7 P! I" C$ d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.

47.神经过敏thin-skinned

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.

5 W: V7 I$ g5 V48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger

8 H! _& D* v0 `0 L. R3 ]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.

" K( W' o- t: [' d/ ^- U49.撒娇 play the woman
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, @0 Q# N9 p" Z) G" I, K* n/ `她可会在男人面前撒娇了。

8 d1 P* L$ b% ]8 m, I# OShe ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.

50.占人便宜 load the dice against

3 j. {: V6 }% a3 {$ Q$ K9 T% v你最好别和她打交道，她总爱占别人的便宜
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! c, U; {& i$ S( w/ hYou’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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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!