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。
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( c9 ]1 @2 m; K" d2 d( [8 m7 LXiaoWang’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

由于公司最近几个月销售业绩不佳，老板正在大动肝火

1 E0 L5 `9 C: g% t8 d) N# {, Q, ^9 mThe boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.
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, Q. B% U; S6 ^' Q8 h# O& w; p3.保持冷静keep cool
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即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静
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She can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.

4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

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 。

! n6 }9 i1 \. T* ]7 dShe always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt.

  a; |, x- j, a! R# d4 ?: F; D! D* d6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place

& j" Y, b, o, [8 e. a- t他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。
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* u( D4 J% l' ^9 V$ b6 o1 s" t) b! HHe 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

9 ]+ d9 g2 }' L2 F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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8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

I’ve never badmouthed anyone.

1 @  \: \- [% o% F& c4 h9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat
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2 Q0 _6 l6 m& R! Y/ C- R0 h0 M( E她真是个傻帽，时常无缘无故的就傻笑起来。
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! m% i& l% t7 g( cShe’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
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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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小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。
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& G- |4 p) N* v( U) z; u: bXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.

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千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。

9 ~6 ^+ ?* O6 ~3 G6 a1 h# DTake care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue.

13.假惺惺的说speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek

我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。
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( b8 f  w& q9 H4 sI 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。

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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- _! L5 ~: W* [+ t7 k9 g15.上瘾get into one’s blood

说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。

2 m2 w# k: K! E& z9 d3 O+ kIt’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.

16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense

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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I’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。

* w7 {: s  o% Q, i/ g6 Y0 iLet’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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/ Q6 W( D8 }& [4 P# T, j: q/ _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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6 P8 G+ ]! Q$ \2 H* v3 nFrom the way she’s bowing and scraping in front of the boss, you’ll know what sort of person she is.

, Y, A& @* N3 V# j20.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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( h$ ^/ E  L5 S$ k( i1 U5 y# @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
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/ F  O, M" D+ V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.
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# I0 w8 j$ L; n8 ^. ]- T22.废话连篇beat one’s gums

8 R) u& _/ z- S# v9 I2 E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？
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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
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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
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% {  a0 `4 i: a4 W他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。

/ ]" [+ \4 w4 C( oHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.
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26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing

9 P* d. q  f# _" W6 a你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲

* N; ?, ~) R& t; c( \6 `The idea of your calling your mum damned!

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。
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5 L- F& `  u% c$ Z: z! jShe’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.

28.好客 keep open house
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1 }5 B7 B5 o& Q% M" T/ S+ w1 w' h我们的邻居特别好客

Our neighbor keeps open house.

/ Y* i% L( I2 ]  I5 m. ]29.待客周到keep a good house.
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5 T7 M* C, B/ BShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.

& W/ s, q* J9 I8 F" }30.正直be on the up and up

5 y0 i2 T* T6 X她是个正直的姑娘，因此我相信她不会干出那种事。

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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我们这儿的人都知道他是个爱偷鸡摸狗的人
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3 [6 D7 E1 c$ P9 iEveryone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.
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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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Don’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.

# E' z) S! Z+ w33.巴结buddy up
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2 N8 M& P2 }: ~+ i她可会巴结当官的了。

She’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities

34.装傻 play possum

我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已

I know you were only playing possum.

! Q3 f0 B1 ?* p35.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.
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36. 花言巧语do a snow job

他花言巧语的哄骗那个女孩，说自己是某个部长的儿子。

" w$ U# j/ G* p  `  ?3 wHe 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

; O; [( u9 N+ ^2 W9 R5 p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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) ^- n7 r/ U3 a3 f4 X% vYou 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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5 F+ C$ D  e0 ], d# {' u8 }我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。

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.
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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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8 _& G" W  f- H; [. h: A! A他根本就不把得罪人当回事
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3 j. f! Y/ a- Q  X0 o4 M8 XHe 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

他说到做到，从不食言

% \" j( ?9 E" {. l* VHe’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.

7 c/ [" a; j3 X) }" ^8 L42.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.

3 u; ^7 l; o' z& u. ~43.贪吃 gluttonous
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我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人

4 h% t' i3 k. B% G! Z! oI’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.
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44.很乖 as good as gold
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2 E+ V( t8 h, S( a6 l! C他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。

% y  C# p, Z! A6 J4 OHis little daughter is as good as gold. She’s never been as rebellious as other children.
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6 l/ W5 H" k' g2 `# z7 U45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy
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+ e6 H4 [) L) ^9 w; x0 @/ p  t王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒
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: w2 f& C" q2 @9 w$ F% y, M: m( ZMr. 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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That guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.
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4 l; Q% K% h7 g2 c! g2 F( b- d47.神经过敏thin-skinned
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$ _% o9 F$ H2 K$ L% t- e% w我看这些人都有点神经过敏
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0 f( y9 ^# \2 qIn my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.
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1 O1 Y9 f0 [; b/ f* f$ C! Z48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger

要不是因为你的性子过急，你也不至于失去那笔买卖

7 m( X  n* ~1 K2 S2 ]3 IIf you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.

+ r. ~5 o4 p* t: k* t6 K49.撒娇 play the woman

她可会在男人面前撒娇了。

She ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.
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50.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
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8 x/ v; Z5 o4 I  L8 i, p1 eYou’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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" w; G& m' N  ^  T- E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 ^8 t' x2 {& k  U8 I! lIn 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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