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。

: ~! o9 U- A5 _+ ^  WXiaoWang’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

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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4 ~; h* E2 L( X3 T( N, ]* M+ Y. `The boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.
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3.保持冷静keep cool
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& W! ]: N) s3 l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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, O( w! J! f4 k6 v+ w5 Z$ V/ E4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

, N7 Y9 Y: n0 o8 \/ Q5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind

她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。

3 d* I' \* |/ y3 r' VShe always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt.
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! l3 z9 A; {" c. p6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place

( @  m7 s. Q# 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.

* E+ Q$ ~% R9 _" v' Y) \7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back

! ]2 j3 W7 Q% X# X我万万没想到张某会在背后捅我一刀。我过去太信任她了。

  E0 e# ?, R5 w3 X1 L+ f( vI was taken aback and didn’t think Zhang would stab me in the back. I placed too much trust in her.

  K9 ~/ t# X" Q: o0 w, z0 v6 D8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody
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- d" k4 T$ U: }( p  s2 T- ~, L我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

- `8 B) H4 f- n8 v, z' @I’ve never badmouthed anyone.

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。
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; f1 u2 U. h7 J/ i& d9 P2 [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

. E: f1 U7 _+ Y$ ?# k% {10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do
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+ C8 m: D- p+ s# @/ _0 h% B3 Y你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？

2 j) ^# b8 h( a3 d) R; IHow can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?

11.大献殷勤dance attendance
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% b4 b( h  ^- K- m7 a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.

& B& g$ ?$ n9 m8 U8 ^1 j. d& l12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue

千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。

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

1 i7 I) F7 Q8 |1 @: S# K: a13.假惺惺的说speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek

' c# A4 S3 M6 D我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。
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& i( I: ^* A1 j% o7 ?3 y8 FI feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek.
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& P3 X  X# r' {14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.

" {( S4 @6 p2 {. r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.

+ x, I9 Y7 v& g  T( M$ f% o$ S, o15.上瘾get into one’s blood

说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。
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" w0 P0 Z$ t. N7 jIt’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.

5 Y8 N/ u1 t% i9 j16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense

" r5 X; p6 j7 o' V' `17.发牢骚 beef
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他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。

I’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.

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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.

. h, k1 A( v: `# u* E3 ~9 S19.点头哈腰bow and scrape

. m& }/ |. S0 y$ H2 v) G' P/ p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。

' P& x: i$ H; D5 E5 i9 ?3 ]8 ~% y/ bFrom 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

对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。
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& Y" A5 Z/ r4 e7 d6 {4 A5 E7 f9 }Don’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.
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8 I+ E+ H. I0 B$ o# D21.说话不算数go back on one’s words

9 D: d* H/ S7 l1 G- s他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。
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3 C' _$ B3 N) c  N" S/ ]6 cWe cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.
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- z( x! w# ^1 h& A+ b22.废话连篇beat one’s gums

* }- {8 q/ ^# I4 m5 a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?

23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one

) }) w" B) s( Q$ M4 i( N) D6 f1 X 你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？

+ D: M& P9 U  p- T3 w Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?

* W1 ^" |5 X1 G* t' a24.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
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If I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.

5 k( @& i# L. Z( E& t$ R. r9 B9 ^25.勤快an eager beaver

! r& C" d& Y& m* Y" z3 o/ i他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。

% L5 ?' x$ v& S5 S3 @. V, y0 OHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.
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9 H2 ?4 _3 t, z# l26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing

9 p' E, G- ]* x) Z$ E9 Y" p你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲
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! m2 |- M; g: G+ g6 qThe idea of your calling your mum damned!

5 m  x: _0 r* d1 ~0 N27.懒透了be bone-idle

, v7 e) z, B) B0 @( d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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+ U6 @3 a* H4 l( i( i+ G28.好客 keep open house

  m8 L! U' q" b我们的邻居特别好客

Our neighbor keeps open house.

29.待客周到keep a good house.
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$ ^$ d& y' i; [# U  d9 m; j$ hShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.
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' \* @$ n) L! i! g; R30.正直be on the up and up

+ _4 e, z: f3 n8 ^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.
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" j3 W  `4 \7 |2 U31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly

& D9 F7 S; S) w. c; p我们这儿的人都知道他是个爱偷鸡摸狗的人
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% M& _5 h/ b& ~" j9 t0 }2 dEveryone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.
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  J0 x6 ?2 ^2 Q$ X9 N/ r32. 与……不合be at odds with

' O& P" p  c- ~9 j# b2 q9 m  b不要把他们两个分在一个组里，他俩不合

: S9 {3 T( n3 R1 q$ \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
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$ j. U, b7 O4 n( f她可会巴结当官的了。

' k" ^2 A4 a0 y) oShe’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities
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34.装傻 play possum
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我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已

I know you were only playing possum.

+ O( ]8 N0 ?* E% @1 \2 m2 p& B35.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.
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36. 花言巧语do a snow job
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) \& g& m) Z+ a$ `, n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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' X  w4 D! i, w1 lHe did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .

4 _: x7 B8 u: s( j; q# \37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot
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7 Y) B3 g3 y7 ]5 z, A) h! Y! J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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1 p& m8 V  }, }0 hYou 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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8 k* \5 ], j' f6 g; r6 [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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' j% S3 p( |" ~7 dI 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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: P. r  N2 t* d- _39.吃醋 be jealous
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40.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.
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41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words

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

你不必对他如此的不依不饶

0 z% q7 Q$ G( L- U' j You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.
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43.贪吃 gluttonous
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我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人

) z( _7 V, n1 WI’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.
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" P$ `' O% y/ `- o7 h) |7 ~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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7 Q/ F  u* X, e( V: JHis 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.

7 H6 e) d/ Y4 R: c46.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。

That guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.

47.神经过敏thin-skinned

9 i& g  ~4 j9 Q- y我看这些人都有点神经过敏
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( a/ c# W( o! w  ~7 Y: c0 |In my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.

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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49.撒娇 play the woman
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她可会在男人面前撒娇了。

She ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.

50.占人便宜 load the dice against
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6 C: n( M; `' [5 I& x你最好别和她打交道，她总爱占别人的便宜

5 z1 F; f( ?3 v6 J' s3 lYou’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

! q9 \6 i7 U1 p  ]8 d" r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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6 t7 W. O, Z* W- MIn 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

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hard job!

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