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。

1 L5 {4 e/ R5 t% @8 a/ L# F! X8 zXiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours.

9 c0 ~8 N& _& k2.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.

& @  k* N/ o" {8 m8 \) p1 l8 X' P3.保持冷静keep cool

即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静
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3 {% o  L8 t2 `2 z: ]" l$ D- SShe can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.
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4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush
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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 。
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& a% x, O( v! d- n0 {+ q/ sShe 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
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他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。

5 a( Y, V% z1 I& Q: @0 {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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8 b5 s7 A, V5 P9 }7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back
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% T2 c1 P) G7 Q* w9 G+ @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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( z" Y! T. a$ ~# T& F9 H! jI 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
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我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

3 E/ H; R9 e1 @( V5 gI’ve never badmouthed anyone.

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。
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9 N2 {+ z" v. c% r5 M  U5 LShe’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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; U# o5 j$ E% y4 {' I; j10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do
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# T0 c7 |4 F* p你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？

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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+ ~4 Z6 n' |6 R1 h1 p小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。

+ O3 }8 ^, Q; U2 I3 FXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.
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12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue

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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4 f- T, D0 z+ h; ^0 W+ f13.假惺惺的说speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek
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我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。

I feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek.

- C" D4 N* V/ v0 z14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.

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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3 l# T7 E( x% H2 @: _3 D2 s15.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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16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense
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17.发牢骚 beef

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I’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.

18.等不及了 champ at the bit

2 t$ D6 j( ]2 p8 t  {+ T* _& B; u' D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.

19.点头哈腰bow and scrape

: k& r, v& N; V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.
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0 E) P8 O% l: J; ]+ \9 ^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。

; k& |/ a, g3 c: z7 E9 }/ _1 lDon’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.
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# Q- K8 F+ I. \* J; n; F6 Z21.说话不算数go back on one’s words
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/ H/ ^: P* ?/ x9 v6 y, Y  T! F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.

. J) ]% O" e) Q* T  V& W/ U22.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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( r. H' u' @& M* o9 W; qWho would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?
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0 Q( |: _5 X8 ~  k) u( {! q23.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？

Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?
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4 _0 [( f) G) Y* ~& a! U24.不忍心not have the heart to do
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7 d! w! v8 X4 L' N, U" }& V& n7 L如果我是你，我可不忍心把孩子们就在家里没人照看

; P  |' v4 e* f4 wIf I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.

25.勤快an eager beaver

他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。
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- M, i+ |# M$ S3 [  S% g- WHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.
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5 b/ |# l" F8 q1 c% r26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing
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你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲

# S. [: {0 q0 x& ^$ {The idea of your calling your mum damned!

5 |; S: H6 S1 W% J& P' t2 i27.懒透了be bone-idle
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她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。

3 b; g2 ?( V5 Y& {, wShe’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.
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28.好客 keep open house

, U4 z+ b" [: k我们的邻居特别好客
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1 a0 }& u7 x  m8 P/ s; \Our neighbor keeps open house.

29.待客周到keep a good house.

She 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。

" q3 X3 W8 N" w# DShe’s always been on the up and up and I don’t think she would have done such a thing.

. Y/ Z3 g* G! n; m' v0 x6 _; p31.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

2 [8 U  q) s7 S% gEveryone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.

32. 与……不合be at odds with
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2 G. X( |* a; h, T6 f! |不要把他们两个分在一个组里，他俩不合
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Don’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.

6 y( y+ J- }$ O& V9 ~33.巴结buddy up
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0 b  B2 K4 N3 X# F, e) S* R她可会巴结当官的了。

' r$ }: Y( E$ iShe’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities
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34.装傻 play possum
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我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已
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: l/ y9 W0 U  u2 AI know you were only playing possum.

9 _0 d( a/ |( }' ?3 ]/ Y35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape

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.

8 b  Q. J5 f4 M7 S& b36. 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。

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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" a1 f; `; M: j* }# o4 ^* j1 }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.
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38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters
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+ U0 ?! [5 G! p4 ^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.

: n& G% x% }7 S39.吃醋 be jealous

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他根本就不把得罪人当回事
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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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9 S6 d; g8 C! M0 H& M8 Y6 Q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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- ], r8 r  M5 X5 ^3 C42.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
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You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.
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; u0 m5 b, a& q- c' ?43.贪吃 gluttonous
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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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44.很乖 as good as gold

$ o6 R+ O) |% G5 p# x% B他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。
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2 B1 k' }0 \0 }  h5 K: mHis 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
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% @! c; q% e4 t3 C$ A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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: x5 Y% N5 d  y- J: ^: \46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper

1 T/ D9 [7 H" E' p  v% R那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。
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, _* n8 F$ I( o5 J$ i8 sThat guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.
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47.神经过敏thin-skinned

7 h3 M/ f9 ~) G我看这些人都有点神经过敏

In my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.
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% m6 e! t" P2 @! c48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger
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: ~' T3 m9 J' x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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& j; D3 S% L7 b2 ?; ~If 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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6 `* Y3 S5 T8 T8 p她可会在男人面前撒娇了。
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) D9 v& p" x3 vShe ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.

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.
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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

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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!