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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- Y6 Z0 ?4 g" I# F5 vXiaoWang’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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/ l* s6 f5 M4 V: U6 d由于公司最近几个月销售业绩不佳，老板正在大动肝火

The boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.

! A- l# P7 p. ?  ^  [6 T3.保持冷静keep cool
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; ?$ N4 X* P6 q6 K6 j4 f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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, p/ q( E% q( r% D4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush
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5.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 。
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9 h# O. {) [7 S* T' D: q- SShe 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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7 |6 ]' P# _. P他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。

+ d2 m' |2 l7 r1 kHe 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。
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- E& H- f/ V& ?) hI 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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. y% a& m& g9 u+ @& r8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

2 h2 F, ~; [3 ^* `, H% l  [' a1 k我从来没说过任何人的坏话。
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I’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat
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. {4 S) M* z, W* [; M# k# w她真是个傻帽，时常无缘无故的就傻笑起来。

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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10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do
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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?
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- y/ |. b: I( i5 [( i11.大献殷勤dance attendance

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

千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。
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3 Z, h4 B& q. V  c+ z$ t$ j8 zTake care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue.

13.假惺惺的说speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek

, K" C( `7 v) S; H; g我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。
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9 L) r( e1 D8 A$ rI feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek.

14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.

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.

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。

, Y8 @! r3 g) F$ e# V- V( MIt’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.
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16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense

17.发牢骚 beef

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

' \$ T5 h7 J* ]18.等不及了 champ at the bit

# y: a! T* [+ f% h$ f7 E咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。

" C0 r8 Q/ x, y2 v8 D8 n5 j, ELet’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.
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$ g- k/ H, P& p( H1 ^19.点头哈腰bow and scrape
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3 X5 j# G; C1 L- u- l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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. r( @/ ^; O9 K. f8 s4 o5 y20.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。

Don’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.

) ^+ R& a0 R4 R6 |; ]21.说话不算数go back on one’s words
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8 w! }/ D# q7 s' j" N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
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谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？
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. x  ^, |& |3 \/ m( `" ?2 ZWho would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?
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9 w) z' p9 K3 {1 G' k2 d7 F23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one
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8 P. S" J2 F1 @6 @6 j0 Y 你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？

9 y9 A6 q" X3 N( F Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?

0 k, X. G* E& Z3 a, Q3 X24.不忍心not have the heart to do

/ T/ F) M. x: z. ^6 Y; T$ ?9 j0 b9 b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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' C4 m& U# r6 bIf I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.

1 J& a4 K, F8 @25.勤快an eager beaver

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+ r6 M* A, q- `# b4 wHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.

26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing

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. I6 X" F% S0 a" fThe 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。

6 G, D0 ^, U( {3 e; N0 c0 j+ p9 ^8 dShe’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.
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% z+ k7 t0 h- B8 r0 }28.好客 keep open house

我们的邻居特别好客
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Our neighbor keeps open house.
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29.待客周到keep a good house.

: w8 b; D, \" _* cShe 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。

: k* o' C0 J8 ?% _She’s always been on the up and up and I don’t think she would have done such a thing.

31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly

! F1 f: {9 m' G, d6 y我们这儿的人都知道他是个爱偷鸡摸狗的人
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) O" q- w5 g4 M& Z# ]- rEveryone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.
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32. 与……不合be at odds with

不要把他们两个分在一个组里，他俩不合
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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。
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She’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities

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我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已
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$ Q$ w5 N+ @. s; R& [# S5 MI 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.
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36. 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

  G, i  ^9 x$ r7 G8 M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.
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38.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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39.吃醋 be jealous

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他根本就不把得罪人当回事

0 r( s8 F, a- r5 _- PHe 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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' ?2 @7 K$ @  E7 g7 x' O" Y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.

  d5 j/ R& M* ~4 S7 A4 o42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to

" g3 k2 c1 H  A1 X& l) _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.

# m" S( W  I" `1 F4 J$ P43.贪吃 gluttonous

我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人
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I’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.
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44.很乖 as good as gold
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他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。

% q, e3 k( w  v2 M+ }# G' cHis 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
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1 r' \: e( f: \- k1 U5 s王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒

+ k# I- c" L) M: s/ Y) PMr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.

46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper
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那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。
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/ q9 |/ ]: W9 MThat guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.
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3 y; y7 K' S/ N2 Q  U- `47.神经过敏thin-skinned

我看这些人都有点神经过敏
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) D/ C: j1 E# v/ l$ ^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

  k0 B9 J# w' l* Q8 M/ D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.

5 U2 z: s# h6 f% f8 C) u2 L# ^$ A49.撒娇 play the woman

她可会在男人面前撒娇了。

! U, {* S; D( l/ y5 D( D- E; Y' PShe ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.
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: H6 W  z: ]0 e. {! |50.占人便宜 load the dice against
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& w/ g& ]! r6 p, \& g) ]你最好别和她打交道，她总爱占别人的便宜

You’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.
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0 D1 j: W) F+ ?" Z51.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

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