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。

5 g, ^4 n" J+ ZXiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours.
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1 E$ i4 W. E9 W! i* M# T2.大动肝火  be up in arms

6 W% F( p) a0 s% K* v由于公司最近几个月销售业绩不佳，老板正在大动肝火

! b, `) E( w: ~. }0 ]The boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.

3.保持冷静keep cool
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# C- z" X5 x  P* ^! `7 c$ Z$ _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.

4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

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 。

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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& U1 k& k$ }5 Z- ~他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。
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! A( H; h4 U  Y, m: d, YHe doesn’t have his heart in the right place. He would find every opportunity to stab in the back of others.

! M& U$ n8 X8 V( x. u* w7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back
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# p& M6 L- Q+ [1 j0 w9 ~, e9 y我万万没想到张某会在背后捅我一刀。我过去太信任她了。

4 Y, i) O- X1 Z; ^9 ZI 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

) z; E, U9 K8 `9 }  v1 X9 z我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

I’ve never badmouthed anyone.

9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat

( n- M' {6 W- V7 C( u, r: W) p# E1 y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

! g2 I1 t; [& J2 e# ?0 A8 [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？

7 a# c) ^; d3 z; y4 CHow can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?
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11.大献殷勤dance attendance
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小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。

2 T' E+ N. t% r6 X/ K! i. B" [$ e' M& aXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.

12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue
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8 L  S3 Q; t( p0 n8 M; V+ N8 {千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。

3 j) a8 ~6 R% xTake care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue.
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0 ]3 ^2 y' U; y( r3 ^13.假惺惺的说speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek
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) Z6 H6 c) R: X- T& e我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。
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- p# V. D7 v; t& K- v# SI feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek.
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14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.
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( F( p. F" ~+ v# K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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15.上瘾get into one’s blood

7 e6 t# y6 @& x! I; D8 X- q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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16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense

# ~, V! P, J" X1 L17.发牢骚 beef

0 ^: F$ F7 l; ]) F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.

( f0 Y$ l% Y9 W& M' `18.等不及了 champ at the bit

咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。

. I! s1 u1 H' u3 x. i4 TLet’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.
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4 G0 [/ `# O: }& y( g6 }( o19.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.
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20.疯疯癫癫go gaga

* k: G' x$ c( M3 I对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。

( {2 y9 B7 s- \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
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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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& n" j7 u4 z: _) U22.废话连篇beat one’s gums
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" _5 q' x' N: E$ d$ k' a谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？

9 G  Q3 j; S0 c* ?, m  EWho would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?

0 a, Z: R, F" k7 X" c$ _+ a23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one

+ e. ^0 ?$ w3 ]7 I8 X+ k 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?
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: r6 W/ v8 n( @  w6 n. A+ M24.不忍心not have the heart to do
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$ f' D7 P. ]8 |1 W* ~0 {如果我是你，我可不忍心把孩子们就在家里没人照看

* F! J2 d6 Z' ?8 [: ?  D7 b) l" \: oIf I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.

25.勤快an eager beaver
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  l' v6 }+ g$ y( R他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。
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/ L# n- x) N/ c' w4 W9 DHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.

5 R7 F+ O5 `+ ^9 a& M6 s26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing
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- d5 m+ s) s/ ~3 T/ n你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲

+ Z6 C" [% L2 Z4 TThe idea of your calling your mum damned!
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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。

She’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.
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28.好客 keep open house

9 |) ~8 C$ y4 V0 H* S2 H7 C我们的邻居特别好客
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& M  A8 c- I. N  f/ ~Our neighbor keeps open house.
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; T' i' @! y. p8 F2 L29.待客周到keep a good house.

6 {7 \8 K) s# U# oShe 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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0 a1 r' Q) ~' I3 e她是个正直的姑娘，因此我相信她不会干出那种事。

% S) j" D/ i' }' S7 h8 x" KShe’s always been on the up and up and I don’t think she would have done such a thing.
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8 d0 B1 O0 I8 {31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly
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  s8 v  v5 h4 m- n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.

; [# j* d) v" P4 R$ v32. 与……不合be at odds with
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5 q, }; X2 l5 b6 `$ C# I不要把他们两个分在一个组里，他俩不合
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- U2 J; H# @5 t( m5 D, M- NDon’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.
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. b# \% p, S: _) r& i  B! Z33.巴结buddy up

4 d4 O& D9 U0 P# A她可会巴结当官的了。
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6 c, a  u# H8 LShe’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities

34.装傻 play possum
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/ Z* P0 V8 J/ g; \% U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.

35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape

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.

% n& }, ]; S4 O) g, U36. 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。

# Q/ I' [0 o- v- t$ A- ~6 _7 ?$ ~He did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .

( R/ ~- i' ^5 z+ A: u5 ?# _37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot

+ D) K! y6 {# Y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

/ v' D1 U# l; }  n7 rYou were plain touching the tender spot. She was most sensitive to the topic of “ the third person”, who cut in between a couple.

6 }' K/ O% z5 _2 V$ V. y6 ^6 U* A38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters
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0 b% r& O7 L6 U( w; h5 u( z4 I" [我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。

- M# G  M7 H' B: r/ B& II 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

40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …

6 D$ z. f* W3 b5 [$ Q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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2 E/ n! V3 W8 {1 C# C0 k6 ~他说到做到，从不食言
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# l& }5 w& Q+ k0 S. ]  }; QHe’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.

- A/ |% X3 `$ p9 g9 I5 ]- y6 l: a42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to

$ I& t3 i7 f% R) s% u' I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.

43.贪吃 gluttonous
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% n: W$ R' w3 C6 {+ ?9 e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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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。

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

$ O" W0 I! @9 D) V/ H45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy

6 \0 h$ r% u/ X9 y王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒

- x. \* R3 @5 I8 D0 y' xMr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.
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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。

That guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.
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47.神经过敏thin-skinned
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我看这些人都有点神经过敏

* h: h+ [6 ~! R/ @5 [% r# E/ ]In my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.

' n0 R0 n3 l% U7 A48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger

' u0 f* A& r) {2 o+ I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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/ n) v: @+ f! ]% z! C1 A5 v* F7 l- mIf 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。
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& ~4 V+ S+ M/ r& C5 }2 DShe ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.

50.占人便宜 load the dice against
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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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51.为自己捞油水 be on the take

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" [, h* o3 A1 tIn 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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