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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) H  g$ B4 N- ~, g- m' QXiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours.
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2.大动肝火  be up in arms
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4 w% `% I; J( `5 S; k2 l5 ?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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The boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.

3 T4 @( R/ A/ q" }3.保持冷静keep cool

! D5 Y. b( Z$ S/ N# I* Z& @6 O即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静

* \; N  @& i" t+ L% }& ^2 n5 ]( HShe 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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" e) }% \. @, u+ ^" wShe always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt.

% j! S/ x  O6 Z( |8 v5 p6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place

9 @: N6 l4 [6 Z1 E/ n0 r他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。
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  T) ]& H& j! e3 r% V. ]0 RHe doesn’t have his heart in the right place. He would find every opportunity to stab in the back of others.

. C! b3 |0 U0 d8 M5 d7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back
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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.
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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。

I’ve never badmouthed anyone.

/ d8 |! e7 }9 l# w, Y. I4 x- y4 V9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat

7 l) C% I6 q% _8 ~% O3 R. X8 N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

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？

  Q/ V/ T1 a6 i) [6 FHow can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?

11.大献殷勤dance attendance
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: c8 @- y# k8 ]' }小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。

9 A, R  \8 _9 E" A; D8 L; rXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.

12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue
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& k$ i2 `( h" s! \千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。

4 Q5 X# {: B5 O5 I. NTake 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

7 R' ?. _) w; A: n( `1 }我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。
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I 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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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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* ^! f) l& F; [$ k$ h. IAlmost 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
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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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: g8 B# C1 D( `; w16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense
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17.发牢骚 beef
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2 ^  `7 l- M0 V( R$ D3 K, t. a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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) u4 V5 G5 @1 n1 Q9 ]/ s+ c+ \18.等不及了 champ at the bit
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; C/ M9 L% c/ H. F2 [# M" Z  b$ G咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。

" a: W& w1 m% d' ^6 M- JLet’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.

19.点头哈腰bow and scrape
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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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0 ^& ~0 \5 D, x$ p# UFrom the way she’s bowing and scraping in front of the boss, you’ll know what sort of person she is.

2 H% r; {3 G% @20.疯疯癫癫go gaga

: e+ S) e, X# b4 i  _# R对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。

( J' A: k! p+ E/ [Don’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
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他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。

$ [( N/ t& I: R) o$ q. ~3 k7 fWe cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.
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" v" i9 j5 J6 d/ g& w2 R% U22.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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Who would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?

; y- L8 \7 j: o9 I23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one

) m" W; D/ H5 `4 }8 L6 J 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
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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
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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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25.勤快an eager beaver
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$ C% [# O  N5 {' O他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。

5 y6 L: F) _+ k, [3 K8 T7 EHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.

' ]1 V" g( S  n. m$ G% E5 j26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing
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2 t# H3 \/ R2 U+ t. _. c1 ?. ^" t5 K: x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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7 Q# b/ X9 U' O7 |/ W. N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

我们的邻居特别好客
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Our neighbor keeps open house.

29.待客周到keep a good house.
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% V8 J' u( y8 ^+ [( B# uShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.

* W7 E( a& H$ t30.正直be on the up and up
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她是个正直的姑娘，因此我相信她不会干出那种事。

4 @, ^: a# p9 X2 m" B: ]- E8 G( p4 ]: nShe’s always been on the up and up and I don’t think she would have done such a thing.

: V" ~2 l* N5 t+ s" Y6 G! }31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly

, \: }5 I/ D' n; r# P# |  W我们这儿的人都知道他是个爱偷鸡摸狗的人

Everyone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.

32. 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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33.巴结buddy up
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) W. M7 |; ?: M  J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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' b9 ]7 z$ O# U/ d0 U34.装傻 play possum
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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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35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape
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' l4 |- a! x9 n2 ~5 b3 j) G她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱
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7 Q( H6 p2 l3 ]+ ~- iShe’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

4 P% ~# m& e# h5 m他花言巧语的哄骗那个女孩，说自己是某个部长的儿子。

; Z% ^0 X) l1 g2 Q: B; `) HHe did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .

3 T7 U# _$ ^$ f# X) A/ B) L37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot

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

$ T) v7 P+ U' B. U" f/ B  i. KYou 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
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1 A( U" c. g# v  G) u" f我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。

( M* x* r6 f" @- YI 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.

39.吃醋 be jealous

40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …

1 \' p$ D2 O8 ?/ R3 q' r* e; Q他根本就不把得罪人当回事
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He would just as soon offend other people as look at them.

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.

* {3 L; ?5 Q0 j% U42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to
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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.
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- I. u. Q; W: l43.贪吃 gluttonous
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3 Z( k: o5 I8 I0 p我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人
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/ e5 }2 l0 s! p1 v! H# M& dI’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.
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; l2 r5 i) o1 W' o8 U5 Z3 n6 J: u5 x44.很乖 as good as gold
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) ~! Q9 A8 d' W: U+ }7 ^- J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.
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45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy

4 p! Z5 ]: p$ s& N3 r* o- i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.

' T5 K( c4 S- s) n  _  O46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper
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8 L5 M9 t# w5 v, y" g8 h  M( M, J3 V那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。
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That guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.

: Y' _: T! m1 Q# u# s  Y# J47.神经过敏thin-skinned
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+ ^: C. ?8 o) ~我看这些人都有点神经过敏

In my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.
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: ~/ Q2 Q. t2 ?3 N48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger

. P. ?9 a6 G0 `5 }2 O" ?* ?. k要不是因为你的性子过急，你也不至于失去那笔买卖

, U& P! i: T! IIf you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.

8 {$ P# q% Q! D7 M0 c( N' M49.撒娇 play the woman
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她可会在男人面前撒娇了。
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$ B2 m5 n+ \3 Y  |% h; q$ YShe ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.
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50.占人便宜 load the dice against

! T( L! m% O5 X- A你最好别和她打交道，她总爱占别人的便宜
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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

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7 @) d! p+ f4 N0 [4 qIn 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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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!