如何地道表达：脾气和性格[转帖]

connie

1．  偷懒耍滑头 goof-off

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。

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

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.
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" l( S1 _7 ]8 m3.保持冷静keep cool

" l7 F$ e$ F1 |7 Y7 y即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静
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# ]& ~3 A8 l7 I; _; j9 jShe can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.

' C7 `3 j6 @: `( M; P% V4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush
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$ ~2 x- i" y5 I  K5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind

$ s" d6 \8 @) J+ N: O. K' h8 z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

/ r. d+ f* U' _4 S, @# K' W他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。

He doesn’t have his heart in the right place. He would find every opportunity to stab in the back of others.

' O; u1 |; z8 f2 {# c7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back
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* B* Y5 x/ J! h6 K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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# d9 o7 E+ u, _( V8 S. k3 J, |, h4 i0 T, EI 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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# ~& `3 {& _9 M9 N4 R- R6 c1 @8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody
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5 f. ^: V. f! R7 K我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

  Z4 n7 V# x! ^* A0 zI’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。

: |, S8 s2 e9 t) 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
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" m3 J+ C$ T$ K( l  v8 F( E你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？
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How can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?

' j; O! Z9 C) c, N; ~; i11.大献殷勤dance attendance
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8 ~4 [8 s$ `4 ^  U小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。

, U& K2 Q! X8 `( L8 d, dXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.

1 H' L- Y  |* z; i1 r( h% j12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue

千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。

8 n3 _8 |' O: s9 ~2 }Take 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
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, I& L4 ]- b# w+ H我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。

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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# K3 R& Y. Q* Y5 y. O/ l0 a人都是这山望着那山高，对自己的状况没有满意的时候。

9 O+ ^+ D9 Z! UAlmost 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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0 {, v0 _6 p) A4 g1 v7 C15.上瘾get into one’s blood

说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。

+ ~5 ~1 r2 L& a3 `It’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.

16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense
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1 U# o7 c" b5 S1 @  N! c$ M17.发牢骚 beef

& |' O+ g( W9 G他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。

, l3 a1 {( C7 a( t. EI’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.

18.等不及了 champ at the bit

咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。
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# G: ^4 I. T# J0 S$ o9 l- sLet’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.
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19.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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From the way she’s bowing and scraping in front of the boss, you’ll know what sort of person she is.

20.疯疯癫癫go gaga

# T9 U/ Q# N% D$ _对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。
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Don’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.
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# L; W6 J; b: `! ]21.说话不算数go back on one’s words

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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谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？
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Who would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?
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+ F4 y7 r6 o' Q/ H+ F23.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？

6 ~2 }$ H+ p2 v Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?
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4 A6 Q6 K! m& D3 ]% B* H24.不忍心not have the heart to do
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& `+ {. _* ?$ |; Y  D  @如果我是你，我可不忍心把孩子们就在家里没人照看

7 _7 S# r# F( f, T6 @) |: |9 {3 HIf I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.
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: Y+ l7 r. o$ H# i25.勤快an eager beaver

7 n( c2 J& V+ i, e& ?+ `( K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.

* t* @' Q- k; ^1 O0 E26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing
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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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/ S* z! W6 a! }2 V  A8 }& l& Z27.懒透了be bone-idle

她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。
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* v" d# D3 E# k+ y9 bShe’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.
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/ }5 V' ~9 A/ b! A" _28.好客 keep open house
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) D7 v0 A+ J' F1 R3 R+ B3 r  h& n* s我们的邻居特别好客
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" I6 J& h; k# c* @3 OOur neighbor keeps open house.

3 i( g' q. s8 y  X1 ^29.待客周到keep a good house.
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( e; m* v" q* ^She 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。

7 t& B9 i: S7 z) s. }1 o* ?8 S& _She’s always been on the up and up and I don’t think she would have done such a thing.

31.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
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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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! k( ]9 l9 r# q: dDon’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

) b  G7 u, ]0 c3 V1 L; B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
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* F) N. m' @* b我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已
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. K3 \2 T7 w, h& [' M9 r2 EI know you were only playing possum.
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35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape

! M4 x5 b4 p4 |$ d& \/ G- T她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱

2 d% p4 Q) x0 x6 \, zShe’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.

36. 花言巧语do a snow job

# P5 J2 B( z; z- e, ^4 E: V+ m& C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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7 Q* v7 A0 k! jHe did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .

9 Z4 W5 \4 E( M. r37. 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
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% X# q* H: K7 BYou 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

$ f6 B9 T: ~2 B* b$ A( J# p. x2 ^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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2 o( O2 D8 }4 X/ ]7 s7 Z- v39.吃醋 be jealous

8 C, N1 N8 C  v& _40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …

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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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他说到做到，从不食言
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- Z, @8 k  n. S' i3 P& r; J! mHe’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

' ~' E9 }; [4 [- i9 f0 w你不必对他如此的不依不饶
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You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.

2 e; R6 u; E' q9 p" A43.贪吃 gluttonous

& t, \, R' I  S* m5 d0 j5 d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.

44.很乖 as good as gold
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6 ], f0 h% P7 q9 L0 T他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。

. w; a- j) @% o$ {; T$ B+ tHis 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
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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
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5 y$ t! k  t7 d6 \% }; N3 E% c那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。

! G1 g/ V; y+ j4 w" b. @: }That guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.

$ Q1 z+ y$ y5 t5 W47.神经过敏thin-skinned
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6 d! s0 ~5 C  m. q* N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.

7 [1 n8 @  l# D( u9 j7 o48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger
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5 X# w: \3 j* b% e要不是因为你的性子过急，你也不至于失去那笔买卖

If you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.

4 Z  u) Y& M% \: q8 ]5 c: }49.撒娇 play the woman
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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.
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; |9 E" q. p4 u6 e: ~+ v$ z" A+ H50.占人便宜 load the dice against
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9 G! N; G: _  n, @你最好别和她打交道，她总爱占别人的便宜

  u& ~( A1 N4 B  G$ ~7 j/ \1 zYou’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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1 [7 W6 P- J9 z3 I: W1 ?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!