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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6 [9 ~! J  N- U) j) Q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.
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2.大动肝火  be up in arms
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# Q; |5 h- O4 e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.

/ f' k3 ?9 b1 o3.保持冷静keep cool
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即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静

1 F- k4 Z% _3 _5 ZShe can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.
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9 B/ B' v% t3 D4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush
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+ o1 Z$ B8 x- e5 h5.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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3 U, F+ F+ d% e$ \+ B2 k  k, e% a- u6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place
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$ P6 a* m5 Q! ^* U2 u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.

+ }) T* u  q3 S2 r! R7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back
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9 d' l1 c! u6 w# h( R8 T我万万没想到张某会在背后捅我一刀。我过去太信任她了。

* `8 q8 F: |/ K8 oI 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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! I  ^! N! }. `& y$ M7 V8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

3 J0 k7 N1 _, G9 ~! w+ E) Z我从来没说过任何人的坏话。
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. l7 W) ]7 c! g% ?9 i9 [4 x: \, fI’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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0 M6 ^3 @! D2 E; Q+ C* ~% I4 AShe’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

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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11.大献殷勤dance attendance
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( d5 a8 U9 M# O5 q1 B小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。
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5 A, W, y' {3 F( uXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.
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' q, v8 v5 V# x0 t+ K12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue
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千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。
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Take 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

) m- |! s6 N) \" ^  J我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。
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. z/ Q  l; Z9 m, HI 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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9 d  K# S& l: @3 Q8 A4 G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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, l$ T* b0 T9 |( O7 C9 Q6 E3 z4 lAlmost 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。
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It’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.

16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense

8 d9 V. P: @. e17.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。

( D2 B3 F* M8 I9 G. X4 sI’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.
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! c0 b  z1 @$ }8 V2 X, _18.等不及了 champ at the bit

5 v4 D5 @, J0 f8 a咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。
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  C3 r4 }: }5 \) L: u' O9 gLet’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.
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" X+ _! C6 \. l5 R2 a: _19.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。

From the way she’s bowing and scraping in front of the boss, you’ll know what sort of person she is.

0 w% A6 e$ h( Y+ c" V  M20.疯疯癫癫go gaga
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, \, A; A' o; C4 N1 W2 Y; Y对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。

* H: n" P( M; @' ^/ X' qDon’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

% x+ g8 v: \* t9 S. H% Q3 R他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。
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  `* t9 Y# S1 {  _/ fWe cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.

4 K$ l2 S3 x5 r- L2 N9 q22.废话连篇beat one’s gums

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?

+ S! k) ^# d+ e9 m) m23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one

9 |- T' V0 {% b8 [5 Z4 H 你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？

8 [+ W6 `8 o* b8 Q' K Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?

  K. {% `- t# a5 Y/ m+ b/ }( M24.不忍心not have the heart to do
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4 l6 U1 z* Q4 N9 g% ?3 |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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! V% X9 l0 E. B, E2 w0 p1 AIf I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.
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: O7 E- m6 Z' X* e. |0 k25.勤快an eager beaver
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他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。
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& W% S, U4 `$ O# O. Z$ _. IHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.
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26.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
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The idea of your calling your mum damned!

27.懒透了be bone-idle

9 B# p: [* j+ L% X6 h$ {她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。

& R# ]2 l* C$ I( ]She’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.
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) l4 ~# ?- l4 v% v# P4 T$ ^) O9 f28.好客 keep open house
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我们的邻居特别好客

& I. Z* v- U% r( KOur neighbor keeps open house.

0 ^* Y+ }" }% N. n29.待客周到keep a good house.
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She keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.
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  q  Q) {& b+ ]" T" n30.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。
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) s4 A9 R( ~& D+ ZShe’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

  m8 {& U1 A: r8 t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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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.

/ t7 }! U* t" x/ C" W33.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

/ v# \4 R) X4 P8 y7 q  {7 q: z& X34.装傻 play possum
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* \4 q; K8 j2 O) o0 H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

, A8 A; d  q, U% c- {$ i她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱

: `* c6 }: d: v+ R" E( JShe’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.

36. 花言巧语do a snow job

2 \9 Z& G4 N$ @0 T4 w他花言巧语的哄骗那个女孩，说自己是某个部长的儿子。

' q$ k6 L% o' lHe 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

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( C7 H% v4 d' z/ Z8 lYou 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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; O4 k/ ]/ u, j+ s  `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。

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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: o  a) _7 v* Z0 N+ G- m8 E9 j& |40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …
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$ Z) s5 M6 y1 O! i他根本就不把得罪人当回事

He would just as soon offend other people as look at them.

. [: g4 X4 u: V3 a41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words
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' d* u/ G  X+ ^8 F3 h6 k, M* n他说到做到，从不食言

6 y) x/ ?2 z/ HHe’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.

8 H8 e0 A" D) V42.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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$ G0 o3 F* a+ N; S( z You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.
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5 a  |- v/ n' t2 ]0 R* f$ [5 [* y43.贪吃 gluttonous
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2 e) R) I" m8 K& y6 V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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0 d7 f3 d) r" ~9 B: m: H& Y6 q9 }44.很乖 as good as gold
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9 C% F' D3 r, X9 e他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。
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/ [. `- ]7 p% m/ L5 L& {: U, DHis 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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Mr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.

: P& I) H) S0 ]* {46.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。
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) a  w3 M+ U$ _: U" V8 }2 w: \1 CThat guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.

47.神经过敏thin-skinned
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我看这些人都有点神经过敏
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In my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.

: G. F, `4 j8 a% r3 l' W+ C4 z/ Z48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger
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! j: h- r, R2 A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.

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.

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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

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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: `7 N3 }1 l& q, cIn 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!