如何地道表达：脾气和性格[转帖]

connie

1．  偷懒耍滑头 goof-off
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* z9 a" g2 q4 d: n0 G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
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" e3 p5 E; L% R由于公司最近几个月销售业绩不佳，老板正在大动肝火

* Y& Y, b: }8 {2 P" eThe boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.

8 E  l# d, r( M- M# d7 p3.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
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5.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 。

1 S5 f/ \% N" ]5 D6 `' t  hShe always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt.
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1 ]) @( V% m. g  G! j9 G( r6.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。
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/ ]4 H( R0 ?  k0 W& I7 |% EHe 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

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
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7 ~8 y; E) s/ r  B我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

: b9 h' h/ Z0 MI’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat
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$ D0 A5 p0 [9 U9 b她真是个傻帽，时常无缘无故的就傻笑起来。
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5 w2 l* r$ p  y+ k' e+ nShe’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？

How can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?

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3 C. x7 h' u; y. x& \! m! j小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。
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Xiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.

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。
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Take care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue.
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13.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。

I feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek.

  P& |/ m5 u# E& u  b4 \- Y1 U14.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。

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

0 H/ J8 P4 v  f9 b) ~% H9 I, v15.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。

1 T  q3 D) T$ h+ g; M5 B5 r8 I2 [% P' ^8 wIt’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.
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% `) e4 A6 u. H( s# ]4 _2 [16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense

- A- r8 T0 C+ j5 p17.发牢骚 beef
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' x4 E  N  |) x他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。
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# _* n: w+ ~2 Z: cI’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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4 G  \% ?: E# gLet’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.

5 _0 X  N1 y: O* {3 R3 p2 P& m3 p19.点头哈腰bow and scrape

9 ?0 }) K2 ^) J  ?) v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.
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20.疯疯癫癫go gaga
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5 c, w" d9 w( ^* q$ X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.
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7 f7 D9 z9 `" g4 e' M21.说话不算数go back on one’s words
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' W" C: r4 l$ J, U$ ?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.

; N& w! O1 ^4 b22.废话连篇beat one’s gums

) _1 i0 m& r# ^  m) p# i- T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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! W; x( E$ h' |! c23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one
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5 K0 W4 i! U0 M& a8 J0 U% j 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

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.

25.勤快an eager beaver

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, H6 Q( C/ y6 I8 t5 }& n- OHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.

26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing

你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲
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2 _2 b/ r7 `; V7 _0 V! n. ], iThe idea of your calling your mum damned!
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: h3 q% H" ?, t, q% p3 M; A27.懒透了be bone-idle

她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。

0 X& V# D& O: QShe’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.
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) u% s2 X9 w, b( k! G28.好客 keep open house
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我们的邻居特别好客
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" B* j# p5 c2 V7 W. _" h( R% _" P' HOur neighbor keeps open house.

$ R1 O. g0 t4 ?29.待客周到keep a good house.
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She keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.
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. w5 W) r( j5 M3 ]- h" b30.正直be on the up and up

+ q, y  l3 t4 y$ S9 R9 k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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/ n& _/ Z5 X: |9 d* [1 [! fShe’s always been on the up and up and I don’t think she would have done such a thing.
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$ G! b" |. P; O3 m31.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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( d* p( `8 E& g; O$ IEveryone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.

: e# E, Q" n4 `' p9 D32. 与……不合be at odds with
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( W7 V: `- r/ |( y- F, \9 F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.

33.巴结buddy up
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她可会巴结当官的了。

8 }! l8 Y; D3 }' b& g$ O+ DShe’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities

8 l& L7 _$ T+ O: i34.装傻 play possum
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$ s& U8 l) b& J( ?+ H5 U& U6 J我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已

I know you were only playing possum.

& e/ X% {1 x8 j6 j35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape
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& f1 B1 J) |4 h: b- t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.
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8 T1 ?% g  A( f4 r36. 花言巧语do a snow job

( G0 z0 ]8 n$ ~. M# e% ^' J他花言巧语的哄骗那个女孩，说自己是某个部长的儿子。

( [8 D5 P  D' |* JHe did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .
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9 F+ ?" x& t; F" N% z! c; c37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot

7 m- M2 a3 ?! k1 G  n) G+ w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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You were plain touching the tender spot. She was most sensitive to the topic of “ the third person”, who cut in between a couple.

) w# Q: O; L" ^- F$ F+ c: z38.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。

, L6 D* l9 ^: c9 i5 f: h- bI 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.

4 a. W3 v3 u6 h$ J39.吃醋 be jealous
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40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …

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' ]- j* R7 h5 Z! J3 E; Q, c2 d1 dHe would just as soon offend other people as look at them.

- a" {7 y! ]$ m7 i! @41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words

  S( e& {9 P" Z3 V他说到做到，从不食言
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He’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.

* }7 {: i# u0 I' @/ Y; [$ E# Q42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to

" X2 r2 P* j6 a; l5 m+ ~# {* S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.
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; e. f) r0 ~# |4 A: }43.贪吃 gluttonous

7 @+ o3 |/ X9 U" y9 l$ {5 g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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' [; U- O! X; K$ M44.很乖 as good as gold

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4 J/ k: ]/ q" C" r/ v& KHis 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

& {% s% x' u/ j. S- G; b王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒

8 L0 x* e+ o2 b9 PMr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.
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% k9 E& v/ j9 u% |46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper
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1 M& U% w# I; Z/ H. K7 X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.

1 l( e1 ^3 ~; o2 R9 X# U: y/ b47.神经过敏thin-skinned
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9 C/ G3 S0 {% `2 ]1 _我看这些人都有点神经过敏

# ?3 a  q* K& eIn 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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If you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.
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) X7 q$ I8 l/ [9 m49.撒娇 play the woman

她可会在男人面前撒娇了。

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50.占人便宜 load the dice against

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( G* N$ Z' Y5 B' Z  o" i# Y0 KYou’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.

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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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!