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.

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

5 \, _) ^4 _( c3 T, O, KThe boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.

3.保持冷静keep cool

5 \: q& p, S/ e, V即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静
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  ^* r: D: B4 K# O- bShe can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.

4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind

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9 a4 g, V2 d4 e/ {/ LShe 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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+ \/ \0 Z$ J( I( dHe 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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1 L5 L* F4 u8 R) Z" J8 E7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back
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" P) B: x3 X+ j5 F+ H$ J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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I was taken aback and didn’t think Zhang would stab me in the back. I placed too much trust in her.

% d/ J! ?" w( q8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

我从来没说过任何人的坏话。
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7 @) I# x$ _* f! hI’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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& \) e( f1 p& ~1 h9 F% W( j! P# g9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat

/ \- ]4 ]4 j7 {1 E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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# f! v% C" R. o3 j/ ^10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do

# M  ?7 Z* z" t. {你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？
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! N, G3 `  V/ t6 h( L8 |; P3 qHow can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?

# g; T' Q6 _/ p, ^11.大献殷勤dance attendance

小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。
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: u: h- x/ V5 U7 X* B" g3 x# F, KXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.

12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue

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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1 Y7 Y# C# V4 N' b  v13.假惺惺的说speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek
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  W& \  N7 ~2 N我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。
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' _- L  R" d; z0 ]6 dI feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek.
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9 O) `7 x  F9 l0 x  M! c' E14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.
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- G: k9 C  N$ L" g) d$ Z7 _人都是这山望着那山高，对自己的状况没有满意的时候。

& H  c4 C: Y3 `0 ^* c1 {Almost all people see that the grass is greener on the other hill. They never feel satisfied with what they’ve already got.

5 Y4 Y8 i% \0 h) g15.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。

It’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.
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. a- K5 V$ e4 n) U16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense

3 S+ Q2 A1 `4 s) r4 h. Y17.发牢骚 beef
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( `. V6 a+ g" n- U, e. g+ I他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。
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I’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

咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。
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; I% B8 p' \5 p0 @7 W! RLet’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.
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2 X+ w+ l( I# S/ \" P2 v19.点头哈腰bow and scrape

* O! |# H+ P2 e9 [0 C8 |$ A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。

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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对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。
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' z/ p, W" K' Q" e/ y  l/ V# J& b* TDon’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.
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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。

We cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.

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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Who would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?

* O: j4 @2 ]0 w( ]  ?( n' Z/ p& i3 f23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one
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8 A- ?% [$ H9 N 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?

24.不忍心not have the heart to do

: t7 y4 B) p$ R) y) T! w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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If I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.
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1 {6 k: t4 O4 n7 H25.勤快an eager beaver

他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。
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  @/ j: _" Y* S2 k4 g1 jHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.
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7 }# i7 A* z1 O7 z% D26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing

& Z9 w8 Q# h9 {, U- G' i( h+ P* j. _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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2 J5 c* p' v9 s) \27.懒透了be bone-idle

7 W8 R! w! J+ `& O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.
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# v" r1 d) d0 R$ Z" D28.好客 keep open house
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我们的邻居特别好客
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+ P- b" L! h+ B: u( X4 ~1 `Our neighbor keeps open house.
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29.待客周到keep a good house.
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3 Y5 q: i$ b* s  e' L7 xShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.

30.正直be on the up and up

她是个正直的姑娘，因此我相信她不会干出那种事。

" ?) F% i3 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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5 }8 v/ h  r1 M1 ^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

/ D) [, {) i/ g- a  G9 oEveryone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.
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# T* q* v  \/ }3 {8 R32. 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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2 t$ G) F9 R9 g1 o6 N33.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
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9 V4 b+ F4 m; R+ D0 Q0 ~( R5 `34.装傻 play possum

我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已
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I know you were only playing possum.
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  U7 n1 I1 F5 f) ?+ [7 Z$ E2 l35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape

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.

# j1 e# `; g6 v8 w36. 花言巧语do a snow job
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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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& P! j4 ]. W; lHe did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .

; Y1 A3 j' ]1 w: k$ u. e37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot

  \2 E$ d/ y) J- J4 l  n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

You 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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. U# {$ t2 I+ w/ B7 u3 g% V$ M38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters
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" Z: L4 \! r8 T& n+ u) y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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& u1 J- L' R+ P! v39.吃醋 be jealous
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% v! v* ~5 p, ]3 t) V# G. K40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …

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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+ m# ~, s; Z& G; h/ V他说到做到，从不食言

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
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+ U% J; Z: q, x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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* r* k8 x  P' O% k3 d43.贪吃 gluttonous

我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人

- R) d2 j& x8 U, OI’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.

44.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。
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His little daughter is as good as gold. She’s never been as rebellious as other children.

$ o6 O6 I1 N* t! n, i( T. a) `45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy

. ]: ?- F5 }! E$ ]" E% T& `王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒

Mr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.

9 L8 Q  ~3 A% |7 _9 S( C  e46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper
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3 K1 {% V1 _2 p! D那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。

; k; b6 W% v; O3 h& _8 pThat guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.

47.神经过敏thin-skinned
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) N/ g& z/ j& e5 V- M/ @) u& t4 f我看这些人都有点神经过敏

In my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.

48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger

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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1 {# ], h6 v7 [+ aIf you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.

1 J( W. v! `" A( k* A49.撒娇 play the woman
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) v+ N6 X) j9 A0 A8 x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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& |- Q+ M) a9 A+ B50.占人便宜 load the dice against

* m) z4 n( A' u& l, s# p9 l你最好别和她打交道，她总爱占别人的便宜
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4 a; f: t. G+ D1 TYou’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

) f2 y4 u3 E( K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

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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