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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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。
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/ m# C/ V5 K) A6 d/ m. aXiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours.

) {3 D! G$ [0 X) G) j  `! b0 j: v2.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

, l! t8 G3 [2 ]; }2 v6 `" ]The boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.
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: @1 Z+ R0 A$ b) y3.保持冷静keep cool

: i$ C2 G9 Z9 B1 _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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4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind
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% h5 \1 Z3 i3 K2 \$ V- S她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。
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: w' a$ t# i8 ?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。
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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.
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7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back
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3 ^1 j) i  ?- G* R! t& E# V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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: w2 m: O5 F; a# k8 DI 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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我从来没说过任何人的坏话。
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0 L/ D$ j% R2 J2 U( MI’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat
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# X2 w) S) s/ b她真是个傻帽，时常无缘无故的就傻笑起来。
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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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你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？

( U9 F$ i2 v0 O7 R; d* oHow can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?
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小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。

Xiao 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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: ]) G8 j/ U; f! L* h$ ~% S千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。

4 s0 F; F4 T) d+ uTake 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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2 g' V6 W- V4 G" i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.

: z) y7 p: `9 F; N14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.
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* }* n" E& G! j. E3 h7 S6 s* t! i, F: Z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.

$ _& Z4 V' B5 j& X* _5 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。
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It’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.
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" f1 [5 S0 c' s1 u" L16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense

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。

. b0 G4 _; B, ?: P' n/ t% R9 a6 xI’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.
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+ U5 A5 f4 Y* N- r18.等不及了 champ at the bit
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+ m/ r7 G$ \+ W# g/ ^- V9 ^; ^咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。
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2 Q5 S% D& K8 k" ?Let’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.

7 f9 |7 z! u3 |" z8 k9 R19.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.

, z0 n. {6 Y( ?' ~; b$ E4 g20.疯疯癫癫go gaga

8 h8 `; y2 t2 ~% Q! R对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。
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8 x: Y7 `% L# ^$ w- T# g% S2 C, ?) }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

9 o5 p  G* {4 }4 ^+ K' C% I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

谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？
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; ]# w+ \) C; b! D: @8 s& K; NWho would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?
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23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one

+ A# q5 ]0 D( H- o* f' ]- @ 你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？
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1 z1 G4 `, Z$ B: T6 ~! t' L% O 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

: L# a# w$ Y. h8 p  \If I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.
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25.勤快an eager beaver
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他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。

8 x6 }/ E8 r; fHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.
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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
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The idea of your calling your mum damned!

27.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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! C* ?5 _3 h5 v% z$ [* ^$ B6 E28.好客 keep open house
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我们的邻居特别好客

) z: M" W1 ^; LOur neighbor keeps open house.
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29.待客周到keep a good house.
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/ l2 L( d( e% ?/ i* R' RShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.

0 F$ o  J1 g+ h0 h30.正直be on the up and up

9 M' F% {* }! b7 U9 {: t0 n她是个正直的姑娘，因此我相信她不会干出那种事。

9 p4 F; c: u( g4 e! ]* z/ bShe’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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" p5 [0 n5 L* d7 m32. 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

Don’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.
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$ S: C4 C& U. s$ o8 l33.巴结buddy up

# D( X4 J& C( S/ f& F/ @; D" B# W) C* l她可会巴结当官的了。

* v' S! Q$ A) u/ v$ _/ H/ h# WShe’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities
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8 m) z% M' z4 G, Q( d0 W# B& x  u6 j34.装傻 play possum

我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已

I know you were only playing possum.
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% b- G; S( k5 L35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape

9 ?6 H( t* `. @' W4 C* Y/ T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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36. 花言巧语do a snow job
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# D  v, m  G- S7 h8 h他花言巧语的哄骗那个女孩，说自己是某个部长的儿子。

+ k% t: F  T- }$ B; D+ RHe 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

" O: B' y0 q  w+ N6 w3 j5 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

) h6 C/ _/ x! e1 GYou were plain touching the tender spot. She was most sensitive to the topic of “ the third person”, who cut in between a couple.

7 J, X4 {0 G9 V+ z3 B" h, 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。
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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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6 O3 W* T3 z. u. C2 [39.吃醋 be jealous
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40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …

! u5 T) G( D; X# J0 d$ b8 M他根本就不把得罪人当回事

0 J' x& I- Q6 z2 f  ^6 IHe 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
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He’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.
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8 y2 L! S  P# C" \- A  W/ t3 K42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to

! o/ t4 w/ {1 ~. {# N0 T2 C你不必对他如此的不依不饶

You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.
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9 v$ k8 L- E0 K* E2 v6 D43.贪吃 gluttonous

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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' W$ ~' J; `& J: y( f: m' @# h44.很乖 as good as gold

$ r; K/ _' w- C8 ^( c; K他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。
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6 h; |& }* q+ y# dHis 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

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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2 U0 D" Q! X6 j2 J& l3 m# n  m9 B46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper

% l! z# s. C. Y; r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
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1 C6 w3 g' ^, n3 H; y6 z3 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.
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48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger

2 T8 c$ n# `- R  q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.
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4 `+ F6 l- z  t* \. k6 w1 E49.撒娇 play the woman
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她可会在男人面前撒娇了。
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' C  Y4 K. t( ~She ‘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

4 [3 ^$ o$ T  SYou’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.

- j; m# b6 E  P7 h51.为自己捞油水 be on the take

6 P$ x9 I, C  n0 U; R8 @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

顶 ~~~  啊 ~~~~    顶！！！

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!