如何地道表达：脾气和性格[转帖]

connie

1．  偷懒耍滑头 goof-off

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.

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

The boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.

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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.
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# J; {' [  s& C: B5 A0 o" L3 d) ]1 `4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

5.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.
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6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place

* Y7 Z" m" ]5 d1 _4 e5 |+ R3 y他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。
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' H* m- s# j$ j3 B! 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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4 N% R) D4 _0 b7.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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4 o1 ~3 g0 w; E! p3 G- `5 bI was taken aback and didn’t think Zhang would stab me in the back. I placed too much trust in her.

% h" J  m* Q% I! D8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

我从来没说过任何人的坏话。
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/ c  N: ?. o: c( x0 B& D, B$ S0 {& JI’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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8 c9 ~9 u  z2 t0 t5 m) b9.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$ i7 R: V# MShe’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?

11.大献殷勤dance attendance

  x( J9 {  N+ J9 V/ ^" x3 Z" N小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。

) i5 ~# I) @3 N% ~1 @  U) J- u  |  ]Xiao 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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1 N5 \, v6 W5 c. p千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。

9 q" [0 s3 l8 C! x* R; q) V7 DTake care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue.
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4 ~# Z" [5 T" B7 ]" L' c# A- r13.假惺惺的说speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek

7 I. Y- T1 n* K# i我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。
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! i( h! P0 g7 O6 b$ \2 k. z% |# W+ MI 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.
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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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# N. l+ ^$ Q! m& fAlmost 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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7 j6 e4 d6 T( H: l15.上瘾get into one’s blood
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; @9 _% w, D/ |0 ?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.

3 k% |+ H8 \. M5 t7 }+ G16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense
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  I& g( F! A$ T17.发牢骚 beef

# q9 D% w* z6 \0 P他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。
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; y: o$ ^" O4 x) ^9 d0 rI’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.
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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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( D- g6 L' n& k2 x  Y6 ~$ m0 SLet’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.

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。
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$ o  ^5 i6 Z- n* J5 G9 E9 B# S0 LFrom 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

对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。

# n, ?: r8 c" \' d2 o8 xDon’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.

$ S% f0 {, Q& Y$ ?21.说话不算数go back on one’s words
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. j& e6 a$ p" T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.

22.废话连篇beat one’s gums

0 f+ t+ o3 g0 w" p谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？

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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+ K  W3 d* X7 R0 S2 r) E* G 你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？

' C- k: |/ H( [ Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?
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; q) D$ T4 i8 Q$ K24.不忍心not have the heart to do

如果我是你，我可不忍心把孩子们就在家里没人照看

If I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.
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  V4 p/ B) B" i  H$ h% X$ W: b& D25.勤快an eager beaver
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( ?9 Y8 w; ?7 `/ Q1 _3 x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" E( R& v9 W; M' W# {26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing
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: W& d9 ]. m5 Z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

: j3 ?3 i. D6 J. [她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。
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4 w* I* ~: @% v' _She’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.
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" |* I6 {8 Q  |8 ?5 S28.好客 keep open house

$ d/ S4 A: e3 @9 @: x我们的邻居特别好客

  G8 J$ c+ J0 X4 w5 p" sOur neighbor keeps open house.
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29.待客周到keep a good house.

( e/ U  H6 I: SShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.

30.正直be on the up and up

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.
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31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly
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8 B& P: t8 }0 F3 k% a; u- g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

9 w7 m* g3 }: N不要把他们两个分在一个组里，他俩不合

) D$ [. U; _1 m2 i# GDon’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.
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4 b9 ~( R% a& {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

0 u1 H, c& Q: o3 w( i" k34.装傻 play possum
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- x. {1 }5 y& P9 N) y4 R我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已

0 f, H; [4 A6 ~" Q& j; c0 VI know you were only playing possum.

& |3 a1 K4 _' G9 W( |+ J35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape
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3 ]+ F' X8 G5 w8 H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.

/ }- v: P1 A; Z; Y8 D36. 花言巧语do a snow job

; l! Z' Y1 I% ?: F! x0 Z  W: r9 j, @& w他花言巧语的哄骗那个女孩，说自己是某个部长的儿子。

He 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
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$ F8 {/ A0 @2 W, R5 l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 O7 v6 z" r9 i+ E+ G; d$ dI 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 B- n& D" l) X39.吃醋 be jealous

40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …
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6 e: m- l1 l% J; I3 p' f* j; t他根本就不把得罪人当回事
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  N- B5 m  ~0 e* M* N6 qHe would just as soon offend other people as look at them.

41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words

- }( y, @4 d# D他说到做到，从不食言

3 t& ~7 _2 q( d. bHe’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.
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2 B& i+ O. q4 D$ s; A/ C42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to
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  T8 M5 J: d: m: t你不必对他如此的不依不饶

4 t) J/ d/ J4 M8 G You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.

( i& t4 \2 J0 s7 Z7 n$ B3 \' a43.贪吃 gluttonous
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; R8 `  w+ B  O) L" B我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人
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- I* G" @+ n1 a" K) bI’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.

44.很乖 as good as gold

5 e! L/ u; N5 G! U3 z1 T: u! r, @2 _他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。

: X% H% P9 Q: P9 \2 `His little daughter is as good as gold. She’s never been as rebellious as other children.

+ ^* \6 M& B: e45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy
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王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒
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Mr. 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

6 D2 o+ X* c2 A% a3 L7 F那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。
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* @3 A6 L2 f9 PThat guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.

7 L% g; |% j9 c, X( e/ ?2 N! B* n47.神经过敏thin-skinned
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In my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.

  \6 p% E/ L: [" U+ [5 A, T! t9 [$ f* Z48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger

% X* x- L. h8 o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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" c4 [! Y0 @  H. D- ?" qIf you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.

49.撒娇 play the woman

0 ], t$ B: Q' T; y她可会在男人面前撒娇了。

She ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.

6 s; f1 F9 f% Q/ ^/ l5 n50.占人便宜 load the dice against

你最好别和她打交道，她总爱占别人的便宜

$ D  A- }, x' L" m) ^% B) u9 p3 |You’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.

6 m% p$ u1 @& s% f; c. V8 x' I51.为自己捞油水 be on the take

. }4 g0 T$ r8 @' n" W! \0 k' 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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In 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!

千斤顶

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