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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/ B% H1 s# i  N. {; XXiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours.
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5 q9 w+ G* y7 @2 Q! ^! z7 O2.大动肝火  be up in arms
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% R+ C( f2 B' Y# F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

即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静

6 Y. a' @: ^# D  MShe can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.

. Q: S! w- }: Z8 y4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

9 c$ K" k, m/ m5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind
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* T3 ^) V* k* {( E9 s0 h3 {( P她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。

) D) n/ c1 [3 A$ @- n) iShe always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt.

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

$ ?; B2 f* y" u3 f% ^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

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.
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: {- B5 ^% X& x: _8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

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8 Z' i4 Q# y6 X3 B# i5 s8 mI’ve never badmouthed anyone.

0 K7 w1 m9 Q$ Z9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat
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( q% g8 C) _3 G! T1 v9 |, a* Y4 q她真是个傻帽，时常无缘无故的就傻笑起来。
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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
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10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do

9 Z4 r4 V  @* [( I你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？
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) ]5 ?/ s1 k" THow can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?

11.大献殷勤dance attendance

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Xiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.

- e: M9 }% t8 r3 w, ^- _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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. [% `0 [" G9 |. m0 U1 {" e; q" hTake care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue.

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) X, g' ?9 q9 a3 X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.
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14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.
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$ J& S0 D3 \4 ~& F人都是这山望着那山高，对自己的状况没有满意的时候。

# m: p  @2 ^& \. G0 U$ F9 }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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8 x3 }! Y" g+ H. a+ x* d15.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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. g8 X: k1 z9 XIt’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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他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。
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& b: h) Q: C4 a$ aI’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.

18.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.

; a$ q% R( R) T. y19.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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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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  w  o3 a1 }9 L' w20.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.

21.说话不算数go back on one’s words

+ o6 e$ Y0 g& j$ A他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。

0 i+ j% G. L5 M+ m. d" NWe cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.
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22.废话连篇beat one’s gums

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?

23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one

/ E( b: R0 k+ r2 { 你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？
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3 b# T' o$ V8 D- i 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

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 l$ O  \" e  Y' e  |# S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.

26.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
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The idea of your calling your mum damned!
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! ^( q9 `. G) d" P27.懒透了be bone-idle

2 y' q. J' L9 N7 T  f她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。
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4 ^- y$ H/ |6 [She’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
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3 @8 C" K. l- G4 f2 G0 n* E8 V1 GOur neighbor keeps open house.

29.待客周到keep a good house.

! h1 R3 @1 p$ Q( h& m/ B, M! VShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.

30.正直be on the up and up

; V" K- i2 j& y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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2 f. y' [" w6 r& kShe’s always been on the up and up and I don’t think she would have done such a thing.

2 V% J# I/ x3 \% t31.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
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4 S" Z/ a7 a, `5 B) d  ]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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8 o8 a+ ~& l$ b$ p- q3 j1 \7 _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。

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

( M6 x+ Q: f. k# F6 B. c" s36. 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 .
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37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot
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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

我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。

0 s4 G+ k) {5 p8 o/ s1 AI 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
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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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他说到做到，从不食言

3 o" n9 R* T" M! k( {. h( T  n( zHe’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.
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% X9 h: f2 e) a0 \2 }1 W! f7 L42.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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You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.
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) h) S7 T7 l1 u! K6 G5 f43.贪吃 gluttonous

  L/ @, @8 [& c. b) l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

" {) s  ^/ N+ Z; e3 s) v他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。
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His little daughter is as good as gold. She’s never been as rebellious as other children.
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$ O! N  X" w) _: ~45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy
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' f) a3 D( ^5 k$ U王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒

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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. N8 w2 e2 W8 X( W- i那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。
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! `# ?( w6 P& d: Q% q4 x2 iThat guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.
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/ }) ~- _3 }0 u5 G# d3 ^47.神经过敏thin-skinned
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) @' y7 `" V& M我看这些人都有点神经过敏
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! x9 C; d$ n+ D, Q+ ?In my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.

4 V2 T. m* L2 r( W' L" h4 h- ?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.

49.撒娇 play the woman

, }+ B& ~8 o) m2 t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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) q2 P8 n. C5 c% N, F# S' W5 u- f50.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

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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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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