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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( c4 q9 p" q- `' r3 V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.

2.大动肝火  be up in arms
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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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. R+ N0 W: Z1 _% ]; kThe boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.
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9 D* @7 g2 K; K3 c4 v* J! u/ v3.保持冷静keep cool

- H- ?! [/ J* h* Q8 l即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静
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9 k4 l  h7 I+ [' t& I% ^She can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.
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0 t6 Z# b0 K& m! J* x7 g2 U4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

# d5 \3 g# j. T: L, ~- ^* r5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind
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# n) K" b5 ?& U; P. a, i0 e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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6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place
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  j) Y% C0 `4 [' g% I他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。
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He 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
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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。
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; N  Z) |' @5 g6 q: \. |2 o" CI was taken aback and didn’t think Zhang would stab me in the back. I placed too much trust in her.

2 o' j+ Y4 Q+ }1 c8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody
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我从来没说过任何人的坏话。
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% I$ Y5 ]% M0 E) i8 ?1 B! MI’ve never badmouthed anyone.

9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat
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& P) }) ^7 A' ?. F9 l0 m: L  p她真是个傻帽，时常无缘无故的就傻笑起来。
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2 ]5 Y7 l( G* u# z' j4 TShe’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

4 e' L+ D! i# ^/ E) h! G; O10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do

4 m! W7 d$ q) J+ 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?

. ~6 R4 ~! A0 O1 g11.大献殷勤dance attendance
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2 J* f! l: o" j- v! b3 _小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。

& O2 B4 @$ h) p2 W7 f2 l( m' UXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.
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  [% o* m, w* e$ B5 \* `12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue
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7 z: |4 z) Y5 I2 ?千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。

3 }3 w2 L, H' Y+ JTake care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue.
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1 @+ E. E0 ^" Z' c* ?13.假惺惺的说speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek
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5 B! \2 N! ?4 X+ ~- g7 ]7 g我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。
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4 r* h- r. B& J" |I feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek.
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2 Q" C& C2 C. T4 ]/ e+ y: q0 L14.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.
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) X: S/ L) i0 a7 I6 M7 l7 R( }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。

& d- T& B  |: P# M: zIt’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.
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. h0 R6 o) h/ }$ E16.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。

% S" B; L1 Y/ j7 M$ GI’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.
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18.等不及了 champ at the bit
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咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。
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Let’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.

19.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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9 q+ b5 K/ K& }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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. i2 n/ j0 u9 W# R4 P* w% q20.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

! s1 f1 L3 m5 O' |) ]& g; x+ D% U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.

22.废话连篇beat one’s gums

& o) ?/ q8 _, J9 n6 ]: D/ L5 z% K7 H谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？
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* C5 V' v& L& [$ r" r. p. PWho would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?
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& P7 ~5 T2 `) n6 b3 n23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one
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' l8 p# P9 F1 I- `7 O% W! I 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?

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如果我是你，我可不忍心把孩子们就在家里没人照看

. c6 a4 r7 @1 k: |- m& zIf I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.
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6 Z4 [4 i3 l( N# R1 m% {, X25.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.

26.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

The idea of your calling your mum damned!

# }) {0 x2 v; y: z27.懒透了be bone-idle
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她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。
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She’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.
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/ U2 ?# H4 i' S" W) N" a9 s$ ^7 U28.好客 keep open house
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我们的邻居特别好客

2 i4 m$ m) N' ]: `2 P+ WOur neighbor keeps open house.

29.待客周到keep a good house.

& H+ K) Q# e1 R) e# n1 PShe 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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+ ]% p! A/ D, K4 {3 s! R0 }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.

7 h9 l  a/ a' T' w6 o31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly
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4 Y# }  [2 |) K2 U5 o% u3 Q我们这儿的人都知道他是个爱偷鸡摸狗的人

; }4 X; z% B! B" zEveryone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.

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

- \2 B' z2 E% O* {Don’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

+ O, M3 b! @; @5 ?" s她可会巴结当官的了。

$ y1 M8 H# @: k$ o) P5 [! p6 IShe’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities

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# d9 L5 ?, d# H: \9 V我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已
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. f! C; s; D4 \3 ]I know you were only playing possum.

35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape
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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.

8 ^  N1 |2 x! v& v36. 花言巧语do a snow job

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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He 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
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9 i! b3 S$ ~- ^, I# N3 E1 _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

  k( g1 c6 e4 F: u1 k! c1 {8 k" fYou were plain touching the tender spot. She was most sensitive to the topic of “ the third person”, who cut in between a couple.

38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters
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我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。
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: ^* |1 C/ b: X8 A' `9 ~' VI 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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3 Z7 T/ q1 x" _, O' |% j40.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

He would just as soon offend other people as look at them.

9 A1 f( f; A( F41.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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He’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

, I- A0 Z, t! q你不必对他如此的不依不饶
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" w9 L) @& K) l2 Q You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.

( e9 \5 w: t( X" W! H: o6 F43.贪吃 gluttonous

7 p* b& A  Q. `7 a  T( T( j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.

9 o! J& Z  g+ T  r44.很乖 as good as gold

他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。

: N; c) D: }: ~( }4 p" U7 t8 }1 eHis 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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% i; p$ t, i7 O4 f46.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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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

7 Z  l: y4 a. R/ A' ^( B* W& k+ d0 ZIn my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.

48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger

4 \7 u1 r" t6 I. |5 z要不是因为你的性子过急，你也不至于失去那笔买卖

' x' t: m$ [5 x5 ~If you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.
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49.撒娇 play the woman
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5 a. A% ]+ U* b$ q% @6 G她可会在男人面前撒娇了。

4 ?3 K# l, R) W" vShe ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.
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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

! v; E' }- [: l  {3 a8 SYou’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.
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$ v% O* Z9 X, O; ]0 y51.为自己捞油水 be on the take

3 @, [+ D+ h3 J3 x$ }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？

/ ~( o. P6 u8 t- l' L+ W& b- P8 _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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