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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# k+ c' {4 C- ^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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8 J' e9 ]4 O8 F( Z/ c4 z( C2.大动肝火  be up in arms

) c+ x$ Q; G3 C8 N  J% m5 s0 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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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

, f7 [$ z3 V6 W- d; b即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静
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$ ]5 o- U" P3 D0 }' b  J" vShe can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.
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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 。

' Z6 N( d" D6 f6 j( l1 |* A9 o. p1 UShe always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt.
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' q. t* a1 e0 P! q5 P- D' n2 s/ r( g6.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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7.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.

8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

; K% {$ f8 Q  \0 k3 u4 I我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

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

10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do

& ?8 x) U+ H6 B9 c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?

11.大献殷勤dance attendance

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.
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, W" J' t- |) y12.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。

* S1 R: {0 ]  ?! S2 B) ZTake care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue.
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) y6 r* g: Q5 f' l8 j& Z! ^13.假惺惺的说speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek
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3 O' c+ _- A) e1 x* m+ ^我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。

% m' k+ G% Y; f- c) @: [* E6 zI feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek.

+ O' A5 c/ H7 k4 S: f- S& `14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.
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6 B6 E  l, d& |% g; n. b" ^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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9 O$ Q8 s1 Y& p* j15.上瘾get into one’s blood

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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3 H4 K2 g4 }( N/ C16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense
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17.发牢骚 beef

他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。

$ r+ r; v3 d5 _& {" A3 e9 i, G; r& @. GI’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.

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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.

, p  x& D9 M" \. M19.点头哈腰bow and scrape

0 w8 A$ q4 X: `7 Q6 s2 q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( H# b+ T' Q( L- @5 g( w4 zFrom the way she’s bowing and scraping in front of the boss, you’ll know what sort of person she is.

. p+ ^! m, B8 x! l; g20.疯疯癫癫go gaga

: o7 Y0 n' c6 V( r1 I对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。

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

7 h+ r5 @: m& }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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22.废话连篇beat one’s gums

0 I, a% N1 h& y& `' ?谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？

' L& S& k: _) k2 V: \; ]0 C( JWho would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?
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2 o) S' F6 D8 W; s6 y( J23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one

你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？

- K  U# t3 j- C. J Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?

8 f/ n* M5 V8 r) l  c( f9 a24.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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8 r$ R% R# |! t5 G4 p* kIf 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

他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。

He’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.
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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!

. \0 W5 Y2 I* V2 ~1 R27.懒透了be bone-idle
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她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。

5 W' H, e; R7 V( gShe’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.

28.好客 keep open house

我们的邻居特别好客

Our neighbor keeps open house.
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29.待客周到keep a good house.

She keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.

1 l$ d# Q7 }3 J* ?2 V30.正直be on the up and up

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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.
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31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly

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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7 u# x( n, X! F4 K# N. v; F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.

33.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

34.装傻 play possum

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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35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape

她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱

She’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.

& ~* X' d. y" p/ h' \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。

' x/ N5 b; G; u% D8 pHe did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .

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

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

5 I' o, r  m+ U" r# o* Z7 m9 N% ~, F我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。

  J  g/ s, i2 e/ i' I& ?: \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.

39.吃醋 be jealous
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40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …

他根本就不把得罪人当回事

) P" x) p7 p4 Q( f! ]9 YHe would just as soon offend other people as look at them.
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( m" X+ Y8 P! P+ ]# ^1 j( L: u+ u41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words
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他说到做到，从不食言

' y4 L7 s6 w8 @; fHe’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.

42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to

你不必对他如此的不依不饶
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* j0 r: \' T% M- b* R You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.

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+ v% W* H/ C1 X# F+ \& b3 J我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人

. G2 s1 H0 m* O' C0 V! T" ?I’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.

, I" A" H0 w# e% r5 d/ X44.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.

45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy

王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒
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0 Z% U7 e3 T2 hMr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.

46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper
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' H- V. a; q( D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.

47.神经过敏thin-skinned
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/ e/ R$ M7 h. ?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.

0 r; y  ?* i5 f$ d' L48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger
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7 ?1 S: b8 c9 P) K5 Z% J要不是因为你的性子过急，你也不至于失去那笔买卖

If you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.
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' X3 S. a! {$ l6 G- d49.撒娇 play the woman

她可会在男人面前撒娇了。
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* Q" U* t! O1 U% _0 D% p& cShe ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.
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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.

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？

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!