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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XiaoWang’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.

. l! I# I5 ~, ^3 ~8 S$ a; m3.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.
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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 。

8 s. W0 R" x1 m$ S5 X# S% AShe always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt.
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" B* V7 k4 ~) t# E: ^$ Z7 G6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place
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1 u3 `7 h7 ]; ?3 Y" I他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。

1 C5 H3 s+ B+ Z* h8 V& F2 MHe 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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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。
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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
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我从来没说过任何人的坏话。
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I’ve never badmouthed anyone.

9 u1 W  A! l4 @) G9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat
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- _5 O* M" K6 L9 F7 {% J4 f' A. z# q她真是个傻帽，时常无缘无故的就傻笑起来。
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" S0 g& u3 O; C+ v8 iShe’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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* |5 ?9 ~  F3 G1 O6 S! {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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7 [# H+ t9 z# x' E1 V4 b小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。
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) P9 b$ n' e& ?, V2 A+ C" t* n' |1 _. TXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.

0 ~% V7 T/ J, K12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue

0 u/ j( `+ f5 n千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。

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。
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" W/ e. Q3 G# i- C5 {6 T. xI feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek.
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, K3 D, L3 D$ |, l1 G& A. v14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.

" U, h% j- [! M+ t! Y3 H% Q; j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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. l( T+ o7 f2 ^Almost all people see that the grass is greener on the other hill. They never feel satisfied with what they’ve already got.

2 d# q; W6 E3 Y5 u( ^7 `/ o; [. t1 U15.上瘾get into one’s blood
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) f  r% C/ R  R' ~; b说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。
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0 `3 t) ^; W" ]; ^* C" |; MIt’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.
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. @- o! q7 ^( l16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense
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17.发牢骚 beef

他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。
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  d* E, I6 b- o+ g) R! p) oI’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
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, v: N3 P, E# O" w2 d, W4 ^咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。

' \4 z: i$ h$ s5 @9 ZLet’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.
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$ I" Y/ b* T6 J0 a% F3 u19.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。

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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9 ^% T% ?! _" I; f20.疯疯癫癫go gaga

$ o9 y3 Q6 f# E2 a+ }对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。

! C: h/ w# _/ W. sDon’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

# Y+ Z* g, l' O6 O# W7 U他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。
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9 N- b3 ]. G2 U3 C8 k- h7 _# VWe cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.

22.废话连篇beat one’s gums

! x! Y2 n" h$ ^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

: b7 L  i! o4 S9 M 你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？
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, b) y/ M" w* [! ] 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.

* Q( N* i. F1 D25.勤快an eager beaver
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2 m% n: \6 h+ W) a. }他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。
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4 d. P, i: _8 O- ^, o" w( |3 n. BHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.

7 f! }1 U7 s2 ?+ ?7 K" N" o; e% u26.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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27.懒透了be bone-idle

8 S! a6 f% ~  f6 Q她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。

She’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.
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% D! X2 p5 z1 X& x* t2 U3 L8 L/ w8 k28.好客 keep open house
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& O1 v# q9 G# r* j# H4 b/ [我们的邻居特别好客

6 w* E- U- i4 y$ z! z; H9 EOur neighbor keeps open house.

' K' S7 O6 r  ~' o29.待客周到keep a good house.

2 b6 S1 S$ H. U9 gShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.

  X& |, C$ q# u* p; @30.正直be on the up and up

' E" C# j+ u+ `8 r, e. v1 @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.

3 R& D2 A$ \; k  p; G2 }31.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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Everyone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.
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3 W1 Y2 B& ~+ H' G32. 与……不合be at odds with
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不要把他们两个分在一个组里，他俩不合

Don’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.

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

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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35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape
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她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱
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2 O; V1 T2 B; Q1 p2 f4 e" L8 b% RShe’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
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) g. f9 r) o) f# }! s1 d* _. U2 S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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- ?5 V( d2 x+ b+ l7 U+ U; A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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0 w% N- s! s  e# z3 {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。

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

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

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

$ D* n, L# t& T8 VHe’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.

42.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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0 H! e' @; P4 x- t# @# a 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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. m. c7 l7 G. s# A) S0 k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.

. B% S2 Q, D6 |! O. }44.很乖 as good as gold

; R6 C# \) m4 V5 H他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。
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: i& T( o: B0 t4 G' HHis little daughter is as good as gold. She’s never been as rebellious as other children.

+ Q& ^/ n, D; j4 P45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy
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王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒
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' m. I% s+ h2 a0 w0 q% D4 `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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# `0 L1 g4 G9 ~  m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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- q& x( v0 W( G# T4 ]" z/ t) K47.神经过敏thin-skinned
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我看这些人都有点神经过敏

. g6 a* `8 B$ M( CIn my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.
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1 o! U+ g, g( V" f% |" o. W48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger
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! L# Z9 o9 c2 b& E; z/ R* n8 J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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! H! Z: H3 p+ nIf you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.

2 q; M5 m! x5 Q+ x! c/ n' A49.撒娇 play the woman
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她可会在男人面前撒娇了。

0 ^5 p% W4 `; Q9 bShe ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.
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50.占人便宜 load the dice against
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. v  {  Q1 f% B& h+ k, z! a, X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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; W+ t. z2 Y- O# N/ l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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( ]$ j9 V0 w& j9 o) E# k$ pIn recent years many officials are readily on the take .Who would give much heed to the interest of the country?

connie

顶 ~~~  啊 ~~~~    顶！！！

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!