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。

XiaoWang’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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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.
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" v) v$ s; |9 C: n3.保持冷静keep cool

1 x' }1 d9 Z1 K  ^' M7 |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.

% K  s) U8 j' p  v5 Y, ]4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush
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3 t* D: O; H& c: u, j" j5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind
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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.

6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place

他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。
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He doesn’t have his heart in the right place. He would find every opportunity to stab in the back of others.
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3 O4 p" l: L# G" }' Z7.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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- ^7 J+ V# D# s8 J& ]% PI 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

我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

* D) A0 h6 S9 r, }I’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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- T% l& h7 |% A- Y+ }$ |. R9.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。
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: D+ k; ~3 A- z' M3 U6 ZShe’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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11.大献殷勤dance attendance
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小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。
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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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千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。
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9 `, I' D. f2 L9 n3 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

我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。

+ u+ [* F, X1 i$ H  z  FI feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek.
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( [; V" N9 L$ i4 E14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.
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# K6 V. R+ H3 i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.

; k8 I$ d8 X! l2 h' N15.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。

0 t& L4 ]. H! @1 y9 O( O+ ZIt’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.

16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense
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17.发牢骚 beef

* c1 r/ O% _! R( J+ C2 M, ?  I8 O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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  N% }% \$ R8 b. q7 Y' {: W7 n- ^18.等不及了 champ at the bit
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& K# W2 V5 H8 f5 ]: s咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。

2 j( K* X% r' ILet’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.

19.点头哈腰bow and scrape
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8 Y8 g' \! M8 \. U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。

* G* e) ?0 K5 s. |6 b/ Y- u, lFrom 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
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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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2 |% h0 G+ z) m9 _' C% [. \/ Q& tDon’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。

! E/ y6 b# Z, ?! Y$ e4 tWe cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.

22.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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23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one
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/ P1 X% j, K2 w& [ 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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如果我是你，我可不忍心把孩子们就在家里没人照看

* k* ?. W3 @. I3 wIf 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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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.

26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing

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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27.懒透了be bone-idle

她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。
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8 o: L, P2 m$ ]9 H9 q: h8 @She’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.

2 E( ]$ h' t0 U7 \$ k% j1 q28.好客 keep open house

1 w1 B' W. |) d. }3 i我们的邻居特别好客

Our neighbor keeps open house.

; `. o$ g+ X& Q, b# T* w' O$ P29.待客周到keep a good house.
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; d1 h5 O2 Y7 o, |. xShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.

3 g. }  j' m7 u: Z7 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。

She’s always been on the up and up and I don’t think she would have done such a thing.

" T; D) n6 h% `31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly

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Everyone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.
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6 S' k! ~% e/ Y: K0 n32. 与……不合be at odds with

# I# X& ?+ ^' y5 m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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# i* F1 O) ]% X+ ^  _33.巴结buddy up

她可会巴结当官的了。

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6 t, U5 u8 D$ U$ s5 ?我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已

I know you were only playing possum.
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# T$ H8 Q- Y1 B5 r* y% ], K35.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
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, O/ A! Y1 |3 d; J5 ~She’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.

36. 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。
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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

  H3 j6 V9 [0 N0 I2 [" J( u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.

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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7 s; q+ F' j7 b% A9 D* sI 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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4 K2 y/ n$ w- k39.吃醋 be jealous

- `& X3 g$ z8 H( L% n3 |8 t40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …
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$ l$ ?; O: I( H5 h2 J$ X5 D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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他说到做到，从不食言

1 y8 A1 J2 G( iHe’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.
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42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to
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, }, ^/ V* x3 b1 ^/ H$ |6 f: A你不必对他如此的不依不饶

& ^0 ]9 ]2 g5 f You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.

43.贪吃 gluttonous
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1 N2 ?, X" @6 O/ |- o( {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

# ]; P# `5 m& O/ u8 X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.

45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy
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+ C; w" C( s' {$ O: E+ |9 v* s; B王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒
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! F7 g9 j- J' k: @3 U& jMr. 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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- H/ e* X/ U. w( f/ P那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。
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2 {  q- w6 L/ Z) A; q/ n# r. mThat guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.
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- K* t" g" q9 A+ Z9 M47.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.

48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger

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.
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: I. U% _! z: G49.撒娇 play the woman

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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7 o5 o# j9 s) `  M' W50.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

- |0 U9 v% l" H9 Y% B6 mYou’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.

( \3 ~0 _/ m/ X4 A3 O/ `51.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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$ ?4 E1 Q. C1 ?0 ^( JIn 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!

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