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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* N, z* v. b2 W( t$ 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。

' X  n# C% b/ L  g. s: rXiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours.
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$ V( D4 |5 V# j: H2.大动肝火  be up in arms
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+ L5 K. Z  e* \5 w. A' |/ a由于公司最近几个月销售业绩不佳，老板正在大动肝火

) t7 S' K/ a2 \The boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.
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3.保持冷静keep cool

即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静

! S# N7 p, Y4 d5 CShe can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.

4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush
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$ x, O+ [$ n6 |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 。
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7 V# E' A+ m2 T+ q& @She always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt.
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4 F. `" R+ O% M6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place
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' \( `& d& L# v' _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.

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。

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

2 ~7 @& ?& i% h5 B+ d- M7 W  F' d我从来没说过任何人的坏话。
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I’ve never badmouthed anyone.
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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。

, O3 {( E6 t% p' l% kShe’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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) o: a, \5 m; ~7 F) z10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do

4 v. f1 C8 M6 W2 Z# x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。

1 ?5 d) w2 A0 c' K/ QXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.
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" G8 \" B- h6 S12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue

" T% s4 ~* p: u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.
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: h. K( L2 K  l/ L+ w* z13.假惺惺的说speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek
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1 j6 x1 a! g& L8 v; l" D0 l我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。
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* E; f  ~, ~# A& I* s, x7 G$ ]. B, XI 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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( c0 T8 B  p; p3 ~人都是这山望着那山高，对自己的状况没有满意的时候。

Almost 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
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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.
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6 a( d: W; S+ L) X4 c! A$ w16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense
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17.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。
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* L& v+ P! b+ m5 x* {I’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.
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% B& g7 I% r8 F18.等不及了 champ at the bit

咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。

Let’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.

  a3 `  K7 d$ Q  [2 [, i. j19.点头哈腰bow and scrape
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3 \0 ]6 t+ F3 ]6 i  u- M. G. R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.

1 L! L3 n) i7 Q$ `, e, |' P20.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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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

他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。

" T8 T5 l4 J6 l7 FWe cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.
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: n7 B; z1 {4 Y. j1 ~22.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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. H9 J* \% k. V6 M) B% xWho would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?

( Z) q9 O) D3 R4 Z2 `- h23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one

) v; `0 M  c) S9 O. b* q  T9 \ 你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？

Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?

24.不忍心not have the heart to do

) m: ]4 p2 ?9 k1 _1 T( s. D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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If 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

2 t  }- {# x( g7 j" E$ p他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。

He’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.

26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing
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$ g$ A0 P1 G- v0 N0 k; h, d" @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!
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  l6 e# J. z. }5 c' l& h! m! _27.懒透了be bone-idle
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她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。

# S8 ^: q: a! T' {7 g6 QShe’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.

28.好客 keep open house

  E7 S' y9 F5 S0 J7 I' Q0 x5 @我们的邻居特别好客

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29.待客周到keep a good house.
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7 e6 N% h' k" L- I1 {0 XShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.
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30.正直be on the up and up

' t, Y  \! w- f& K6 {. ~; g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.

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.

32. 与……不合be at odds with

不要把他们两个分在一个组里，他俩不合
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* L6 p" @$ c! ZDon’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.
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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
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! N+ M: Q% y* ]' q6 S4 b" A# _34.装傻 play possum
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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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0 g" D# E1 h% o2 [* w( U  X$ B她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱
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0 A8 s# L% |& h0 |  {) i5 u$ MShe’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.
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+ @* W2 Q: l2 ^, v" M; P" u36. 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 .

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.
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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。
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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

40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …

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' X: S9 ^; T+ A& U2 b* eHe would just as soon offend other people as look at them.
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. {6 z* v1 K9 h8 F/ T' I. O41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words

他说到做到，从不食言
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He’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.
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0 M- U6 w( g: H& z- C0 K; Z, Q42.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

You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.
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43.贪吃 gluttonous
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) a/ ^8 ]* i& {& O我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人

- ~+ B. Y6 q1 T! a. N5 r! cI’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.

44.很乖 as good as gold

0 w3 n, l' K' r2 Q2 D9 a$ N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.
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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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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
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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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6 p( \$ ^. C# X! EThat guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.
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47.神经过敏thin-skinned

+ B3 Z" ^- D% \! O/ a5 i我看这些人都有点神经过敏

In my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.

48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger
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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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# l: r) L5 `8 f) K! D49.撒娇 play the woman
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  G' _# C. y( ~# A5 H她可会在男人面前撒娇了。
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She ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.
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: d2 B- ~9 n* s% U# i8 e% h& q50.占人便宜 load the dice against

1 Q9 P* n! W1 d5 {你最好别和她打交道，她总爱占别人的便宜

; \4 m# y2 [! v7 ?You’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.

% o% H! A# d; @- o51.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 k2 V& _+ w5 ~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

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