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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: I# u% r2 S% l( ]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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XiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours.

4 U' N5 }' X2 C. U) Q2.大动肝火  be up in arms

- h" }) q9 y$ i1 f* p% h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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1 Y3 O; C* T2 H5 Z$ W/ O1 XThe boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.
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/ _) h- E3 B2 U& h$ b+ [3.保持冷静keep cool

9 B( M  x! e8 w& R4 D即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静
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0 @+ u6 E- M! o. R; q1 h' N' _She can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.

5 R) G; l2 I. f4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind
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8 O7 c- x6 b) m4 i她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。
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5 X0 x/ m' V5 Q6 p7 ?$ [! aShe 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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+ A5 j% N- h# z! H  m& N2 Z, ~他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。

He 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

! W9 A, v0 b, r% E! ]2 g1 k& Q我万万没想到张某会在背后捅我一刀。我过去太信任她了。

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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" V7 [7 Z; \, B( k8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

# k+ {$ W$ Y* ?# a) [2 _I’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat

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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! Z( p1 n$ [/ F; \; D" F4 K- t10．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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- D  M6 ^1 P9 x' h11.大献殷勤dance attendance

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Xiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.

12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue
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* S0 r( ^6 X5 Q! P千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。

3 y. A; @/ P+ T" k8 S  ^$ B5 QTake care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue.
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# T6 E( R. w7 Y13.假惺惺的说speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek

8 ^" F; y  S# v* z我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。

I 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.

2 P/ \2 N' o7 V8 s" ~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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/ U9 r  ?' F8 X, N# v6 E+ z; yAlmost 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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& l7 |8 m+ L% z" s2 L0 V15.上瘾get into one’s blood

4 Z9 M, B/ X+ R$ S$ F说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。
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3 }$ Q0 U. y% ~# Q: SIt’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.
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& ^3 @1 i4 V. L8 _" U16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense
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17.发牢骚 beef

# [7 V' w1 c" _- o& {' s他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。

+ M: p/ x0 _  BI’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.

# W9 F0 g4 A+ ~5 |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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Let’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.

' V! M: U7 _+ p1 `6 K2 b19.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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) _- N: `0 ]; h+ r- x0 x% WFrom 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
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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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  e% C+ z2 v4 ~; g9 |Don’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.
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' ~% m( e* T# Y  ^% S' }' f21.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。

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

" w! d: f: ], x. o2 a  V22.废话连篇beat one’s gums
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& B- p: M7 K8 A9 c* |$ G' V谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？
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  d- L. C4 f: f+ L  b, wWho would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?
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23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one

% i3 d6 [2 b0 O( D- X* ^ 你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？

Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?

+ K: a3 O( U" m  e24.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

4 m+ n& G8 F# I- E- f他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。
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He’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.

$ h( \, D! k7 K) r6 b! P0 X  E26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing
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你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲

The idea of your calling your mum damned!
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; N; C7 @( i- g- f27.懒透了be bone-idle

她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。
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+ G( U) w! t4 I$ N) ]She’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.

* I( i7 y, ]; A! k28.好客 keep open house
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+ U+ b* y  e! B5 g$ f我们的邻居特别好客
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( r' a% f- Y- r3 y7 oOur neighbor keeps open house.

; |4 d$ h# ?. X  c9 H6 O9 X29.待客周到keep a good house.

& j! y  }: ~+ o9 d& d0 ]She 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

  }- Q$ e0 P1 w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.

31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly
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# e0 ^& o. w/ Z* c) l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.

32. 与……不合be at odds with
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$ h9 ]3 F& Q- s8 z, `0 H不要把他们两个分在一个组里，他俩不合

& I0 U; h1 l9 K+ {Don’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.
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+ i0 p- Z! v+ r% f$ i6 @33.巴结buddy up

1 Y9 @) c# v; \0 E8 ~* ~她可会巴结当官的了。
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She’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities

, E1 X% y+ n4 e4 Z34.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.

35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape
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+ H% g* R5 [7 e: |/ ]: }% f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.
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36. 花言巧语do a snow job

) t% T; C- x* h他花言巧语的哄骗那个女孩，说自己是某个部长的儿子。

8 N! Z8 F0 g, a# t; R8 RHe 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
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+ Q2 a* n$ x) e8 q: G9 r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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/ l" G4 F- r; T- BYou were plain touching the tender spot. She was most sensitive to the topic of “ the third person”, who cut in between a couple.

5 R4 E* i. |8 B" L+ {! S4 Y38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters

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/ L, W/ j& [: lI 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
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0 C  K5 L( H9 L3 u; b7 o- X4 Y. w4 w- {) G$ z40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …
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& c7 r) r* h% c& U' W4 A5 n9 H他根本就不把得罪人当回事

$ ^2 T- K5 e: P3 ^He would just as soon offend other people as look at them.
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9 j  \, F; m# u8 }0 [) ]41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words

3 R0 [' k3 [* A( }他说到做到，从不食言

2 w) L) I3 j) W3 Z4 MHe’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.

42.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

You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.
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4 F9 @, D/ q2 ?* M  u43.贪吃 gluttonous
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% P+ P# `! e5 |7 o1 l& {/ P我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人

6 B, i% v( y8 Y1 A! Y6 K) Y. L" OI’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.
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8 k6 F% G' E+ ]$ i% p44.很乖 as good as gold

. r$ |$ }) J7 Q8 E/ Z6 q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.

/ x/ W' s( f2 f( r45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy

) b. e: T6 F8 ?9 K) ~王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒
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- A( l! _3 M! }4 gMr. 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

* M: w* D% B! [- H1 r) j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.
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, B9 {# o. e6 b! U- q9 M5 j47.神经过敏thin-skinned
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2 s; v* o% }5 [3 s我看这些人都有点神经过敏
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9 O! O( `% U: @  z. d6 IIn my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.

8 w# y; Y3 v" E7 p: r48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger
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2 }: K0 X) S, P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 g" H  i5 H7 P; }0 f( CIf you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.

49.撒娇 play the woman

3 O. w; B% @- k  C5 x9 L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.

50.占人便宜 load the dice against
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- l* }/ e  x  a- ?" L& }/ s8 t0 W0 w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？

In recent years many officials are readily on the take .Who would give much heed to the interest of the country?

connie

顶 ~~~  啊 ~~~~    顶！！！

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!