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1． 偷懒耍滑头 goof-off
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5 {! J! O: w* V6 a; z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。! }/ f1 C, b0 r: Z: m4 z& p
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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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The boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.
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1 i9 @/ D7 N0 P! b2 G& G/ D3.保持冷静keep cool
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She can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.
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) `0 \" F' K: ~0 n! d) \1 s& n# V4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush
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+ f0 z1 }8 J3 y+ ?! ?2 C" B5 T5.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 。5 \" o: Q6 }/ Y2 s6 Y" @
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She always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt.+ X! {: ]+ ]8 v6 _. D; T& N
" e" |+ J* K/ N5 g4 X3 Z, F6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place
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他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。. M% S. R; |- a2 k7 m( S) g
* J. w6 N' Q- R7 IHe 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. M) x" Q8 K o6 H% @1 z6 F
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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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8 s2 H8 v) W8 j8 UI was taken aback and didn’t think Zhang would stab me in the back. I placed too much trust in her.; J7 [$ e1 E0 A, h) v. h
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8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody
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8 ?. d" J9 z* h1 n" z我从来没说过任何人的坏话。" H4 l7 ]) d7 \$ l
! C" L4 P' I* R/ _" VI’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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6 g/ r. o7 Y- ^2 f% @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。9 @) P M2 H, h4 U0 {$ X
0 j" |* p5 G8 O$ I; QShe’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 b8 S; }5 E& U1 f
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10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do ( z* N( p+ m) y
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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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11.大献殷勤dance attendance, K+ B, n: f8 a! B" C/ {
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小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。& e/ a" o' a( D3 U3 U# |+ K A
; U- U" Q4 F& G3 rXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.
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12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue
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Take care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue.4 ?, I- J( B0 m/ y5 q1 X
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13.假惺惺的说speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek5 v3 D0 w. d9 @
$ I( u; G2 e0 Y6 ^2 V% O+ ?# X我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。9 j* s9 u/ b$ @# j/ Q" m2 I% C
5 N; j8 d; @9 {. UI feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek.. O! Z! J% `# {: I6 {2 U6 E+ s+ C& T# Y
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14.这山望着那山高 The grass is always greener on the other hill.0 N5 M7 m' m1 d8 r
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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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( ^& N6 x6 n$ h) EAlmost 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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3 Q3 h- @/ e' A' L z" M15.上瘾get into one’s blood + M# [2 T4 J+ n) a
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说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。" A |! p7 O* N2 P7 _9 K2 V5 S% O6 _
8 I+ l" L/ N% p+ CIt’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.
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2 T$ A, Y# s# y16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense! P8 n9 J1 O' m) g
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9 k/ f B+ a6 r, M- H9 V8 ]) g他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。
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8 w& q. q, q' h3 z( e9 V7 Z' v+ qI’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.% Q( Q) G3 T: x" s
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18.等不及了 champ at the bit
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8 q1 P- N& q1 K% G8 [+ U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.
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19.点头哈腰bow and scrape
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$ `6 Z6 r a7 A' @& k+ ]- S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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9 r9 j7 U; S7 ~) W. B& VFrom 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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, m, t) d7 I9 o8 l1 @ J1 t. Q对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。 R( N g" x. U" N B
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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/ t/ T; }7 q% Q
: X) d) {% }2 X5 H3 @7 H8 S. I他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。
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% D2 p, K) x0 j/ `" K! DWe cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.8 Z% \& F3 f6 H8 t$ P2 w
, u# o, H# q, C+ F0 v3 L22.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?
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23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one
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你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？+ s7 [8 p2 c0 p/ t% T5 R/ L
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Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?
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24.不忍心not have the heart to do
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If I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for." P7 t! t7 V; b9 o
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25.勤快an eager beaver) w0 Q9 Y- a8 g3 m) b" d& @7 @
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他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。+ R- p ^2 L9 C) }3 i+ A* G
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He’s an eager beaver, never staying idle./ i0 k" u" u1 W# G% a: O8 e
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26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing6 [3 G2 U: t6 D7 H' T
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你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲, ~# o& \& c" x9 q. @
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The idea of your calling your mum damned!4 {, b3 X0 }8 @3 p
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27.懒透了be bone-idle) W4 B4 t' P" G) E; m- A; h; K
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她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。
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She’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.
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9 d2 b' R- e0 z! i28.好客 keep open house& G0 [0 \- M5 U% D I
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Our neighbor keeps open house.
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7 f; Z# O/ Y: r" o' F$ v29.待客周到keep a good house.2 Z( \# F& c, d; A
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$ ^' ]' y7 U$ ]; C( z30.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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& f6 q7 s2 j, L8 EShe’s always been on the up and up and I don’t think she would have done such a thing.3 L2 T' Q" p. @ b$ ?
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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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32. 与……不合be at odds with
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* C! W, O4 f- c, K# a4 I不要把他们两个分在一个组里，他俩不合# L9 O) K' r# ?0 W
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Don’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.
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1 X4 Z3 _" f5 b( t33.巴结buddy up
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# B; Y' u: G% u8 T! v8 U34.装傻 play possum
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我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已9 k4 [6 M5 E( R" v% T& A) |# ^9 }
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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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! S+ F- G0 s$ O8 w她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱
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5 V% l H- k6 b- qShe’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.
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36. 花言巧语do a snow job8 }7 W: h1 l q; k; p3 H; ?/ p
7 N3 d# a x+ l9 H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 .0 ~3 |" l2 O1 f2 F6 e
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37. 哪壶不开提哪壶 touch the tender spot! e& Z! `7 V5 k2 ]9 q! Z1 C A
9 }, w. P3 a/ R4 \6 d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6 J) F: H! p* {- \2 J
7 g, ~5 G* I* N: e- u, qYou 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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# ~3 R4 A$ C) v: b38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters
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5 I4 n9 ]4 u$ E; T) g, }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.- L7 l/ ~' i9 v
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39.吃醋 be jealous
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40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …
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他根本就不把得罪人当回事0 |( ^& _$ i8 U1 u' i
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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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He’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.9 x, h( x+ U& Z, |; }# b
$ P+ n ?$ E$ s* V |42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to - }8 r8 M$ j7 y+ y8 s8 b
6 T) S0 z' ~ k( N, c你不必对他如此的不依不饶
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. \* L) O# m" T9 I" }. m) b( U You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.5 e) B! _( o0 ?7 d
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! L/ y# h+ p2 P$ {, j2 d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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5 K2 p) }0 A" E$ _6 c0 {( i44.很乖 as good as gold2 @6 T1 X4 {* g2 F/ P6 ]" l/ k
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45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy% o) _; u0 ~! p9 I6 _
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王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒
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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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47.神经过敏thin-skinned% v. R" `- n' O; F+ x0 x3 ]
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In my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.
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48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger
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/ ?0 J& [. S) y% h% ?. r9 M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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3 R% ]/ k) J+ ?! \ kIf you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.
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49.撒娇 play the woman
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她可会在男人面前撒娇了。
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. e9 a$ V( {2 G8 l/ o2 H! VShe ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.
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50.占人便宜 load the dice against: B) C- R+ F# z( A
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You’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.% k- e8 l, t$ @6 t; a5 M
9 _* b7 k, [% g' n: C51.为自己捞油水 be on the take 1 v1 Q" w R K, h; |7 o
! d3 ^. z0 b; n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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( ~+ O6 ~ U' x8 b9 o) tIn recent years many officials are readily on the take .Who would give much heed to the interest of the country? |
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