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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4 ~0 A# f1 M* d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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$ ~9 ^8 Y+ E# K" r, K  t9 TXiaoWang’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
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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

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1 K* c( r% F9 P% v0 e% R4 H. C0 JShe can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.
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% r! F# z3 y: l  e6 B" d! u4.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 。
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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
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1 c, z1 @2 d/ N6 S他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。
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8 P: o, i' M7 H; w2 e% e2 VHe 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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, f" H' ?( S! R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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  _- T" l, Z6 U2 `, y% Q4 hI 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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+ ], q8 I: l: c( Z# O. z8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

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。
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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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* e% g0 j) f$ r3 [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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11.大献殷勤dance attendance
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% ?; u* G# B2 v* S6 [6 ~; L小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。
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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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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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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。

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

3 K8 A) |) M3 d( K0 m1 g14.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.

& c7 j8 X+ l$ v  H1 \15.上瘾get into one’s blood

# d4 q* x, T. v, M" D+ v5 Z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.

16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense
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0 x% w( P* C7 ?( U  r7 ]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。

I’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% ]' p& F1 h$ M' r5 z/ {Let’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.

) `* l  y+ `. P19.点头哈腰bow and scrape
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) s* F! I6 ~: |) @0 U9 ]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。

% V( S; [' T- ~/ r" h7 X, i4 ^: E5 QFrom the way she’s bowing and scraping in front of the boss, you’ll know what sort of person she is.

. a6 A' s4 }; x4 `5 l1 X  {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。

3 [9 O( h6 _5 l, e. z" ZDon’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.

2 [, x  m& n' h, [$ d& F8 y1 b- B21.说话不算数go back on one’s words
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9 o/ q/ j) _" H# @# m' U" c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
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& I# F/ W  j8 }% H/ ~( U, o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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* @7 y0 L) [6 B23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one

你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？

" O7 q# m+ u, m* X% s7 P Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?

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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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& D7 ?- [- {6 h3 U9 h' i25.勤快an eager beaver

他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。
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. e) U; R7 l/ BHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.

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/ M0 L$ H' e8 e+ Q( 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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1 @& ?' U6 Y5 f( R+ E9 M9 Q- H$ h27.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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- X9 h) k* n' D" hShe’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.

28.好客 keep open house

8 Y2 Z- P/ |4 a! V9 o我们的邻居特别好客

Our neighbor keeps open house.

1 [& `2 C( ^* r: ?( G- L29.待客周到keep a good house.
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, ~3 A) ^# y+ ~% H6 O/ t# {, EShe 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
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; h2 N9 M1 b) Q; r$ |* f! ^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.

- K  O+ K$ `+ H31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly
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7 x( E5 B. l- I) x) y我们这儿的人都知道他是个爱偷鸡摸狗的人

5 Y: e/ B& c. Q$ U. a, ]) l: X5 aEveryone 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

5 y9 z' O" Z! h9 K. Q( h: T, s. kDon’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

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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34.装傻 play possum

  A3 Q9 z# i5 ]0 j" a; x我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已

! h5 {* ]- f2 U# _0 {  T6 bI know you were only playing possum.
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7 g3 M7 m0 O1 |* W# r) N35.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.

36. 花言巧语do a snow job
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- u  F% ~5 C) i: J' j1 z5 k: k! R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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" L% m( y7 w" }. w1 d/ `8 dHe did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .

* x( Q% @' R1 L% ~! W37. 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
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9 b' ^; ^! q( l! }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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/ F$ x) C2 W6 F$ }/ T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.
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: w: x) u4 p" Y' _39.吃醋 be jealous
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$ {1 z+ [1 w* n! w; `40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …
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他根本就不把得罪人当回事
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1 L7 i0 [& [; r. l* kHe would just as soon offend other people as look at them.

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
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He’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.
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42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to

: R7 [! d" E3 I! g! F& }' \# K+ |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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% c- J  h! y% u! L- q% Y0 [43.贪吃 gluttonous
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我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人

I’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.

: s; T: i/ W; _. Y- R44.很乖 as good as gold
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他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。

+ d2 j& F% }1 k) [5 Q- HHis little daughter is as good as gold. She’s never been as rebellious as other children.

45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy
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+ F  G# B2 A% \5 g6 w) K王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒

7 n. T$ g8 _$ u& a" v& C' fMr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.

0 j+ n' c/ M& |46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper

- p" c* s+ u% G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.

7 r1 P( Y6 ]* l8 b& Q/ L0 a+ T# {47.神经过敏thin-skinned
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! }5 s- B  p, c. [6 t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

/ z5 D6 J! |4 H! s+ _7 N8 fIf you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.
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7 A) w4 \1 B+ z, R49.撒娇 play the woman
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她可会在男人面前撒娇了。

" _. X1 O+ f8 m8 L1 Z* sShe ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.

( s2 @5 t3 k" w1 K4 B, K- _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
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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

. ?1 W  e$ J" s5 p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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2 b. P1 v; ?; C$ z3 f+ K+ i1 ]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!