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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2 h5 F# A7 N+ ?2 x% B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.
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2.大动肝火  be up in arms
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$ ~% F6 {& |; X4 J, G# R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.
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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
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3 _, V3 G5 L6 E1 I4 g: ^* H8 N$ h* ]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

她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。

She always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt.

' {9 C2 J0 K+ E* B8 z6.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。

2 a7 p. `4 ?$ O4 e0 hHe doesn’t have his heart in the right place. He would find every opportunity to stab in the back of others.

$ s6 v3 Y2 w! b! i7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back
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. h/ r+ |- I% 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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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

我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

I’ve never badmouthed anyone.

! L0 L  D# ?2 A0 w. ?5 Q9.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。

. g5 Y: c& w4 n# QShe’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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* b) S' H4 }+ B10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do

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

小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。
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, ~0 }4 ]9 o  P1 ?! T$ L# eXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.
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12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue

/ @( h5 @% e3 y1 i千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。
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8 B1 G( z$ q+ r$ J" CTake care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue.

6 r6 L- X' [( y9 l13.假惺惺的说speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek
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1 u" M: g6 i- m# C" y9 K7 R我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。

$ z2 O: J; z) k6 Z( zI 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.

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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  V8 s  [2 B$ i9 ^1 s15.上瘾get into one’s blood
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( l9 z" {7 s* T3 r8 {2 Q) q3 u# _6 L说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。
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- g) v# |# Y7 l  K' G- IIt’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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# ~% Y+ X7 t) F! x; T% ?I’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.

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* {6 |9 f2 ^$ F0 k$ W5 w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
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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。

) f  J; u2 e( X& s7 bFrom 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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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。

) @9 \4 c, m  I, |+ [6 ?Don’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.

9 O" ~& a0 J- f  E0 D21.说话不算数go back on one’s words

他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。
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1 @( Z8 l+ U- ]' I8 [+ N; A: J( aWe cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.

) U. B6 i0 _& a! b22.废话连篇beat one’s gums

谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？

  ]1 I0 O% K0 {+ B8 BWho would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?

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

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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8 M3 Z% |( n" }& t25.勤快an eager beaver

+ t3 ]2 @! \# T) |$ |# G: [6 U他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。
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! M$ A+ t0 Q# U/ AHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.
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26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing
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' U7 O( e" I# F- j# k3 S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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. b% A& ^: u6 {4 F27.懒透了be bone-idle

她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。
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She’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.

28.好客 keep open house
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我们的邻居特别好客

Our neighbor keeps open house.

29.待客周到keep a good house.

2 r9 S. x& h- ^She keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.

$ X% u( D% t& u$ S/ U) g30.正直be on the up and up
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* G. e' {! n. R- `6 E3 I! k5 Q她是个正直的姑娘，因此我相信她不会干出那种事。

2 u. [! P! w$ W2 g' @- ?% uShe’s always been on the up and up and I don’t think she would have done such a thing.

  n4 U% R( ]% e0 ^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

Everyone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.

. {/ ]( i5 @- `32. 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.
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33.巴结buddy up

6 V1 F0 o2 K/ i$ g7 `+ c6 ~6 S9 l# r她可会巴结当官的了。
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% `: [/ B/ |/ l5 \. f/ V+ c2 eShe’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities

$ W* R8 w- R" F# L; t34.装傻 play possum
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6 r& q: b4 M' _6 W* z2 O$ G, O, r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.

35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape

) i' G' A0 D* J  W' |4 u她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱
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: A1 ~+ F6 J. w) S+ NShe’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

8 g7 {! z9 e7 Q他花言巧语的哄骗那个女孩，说自己是某个部长的儿子。

6 a& F+ `* v( A0 bHe did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .
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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.
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3 b9 \9 ~$ A: v) a8 S/ D, Z38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters

$ T* D) F% ^5 Q" D5 \- k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.

39.吃醋 be jealous
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9 `( I1 }, k  T7 C) q3 n6 ~# B$ Z40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …

他根本就不把得罪人当回事

He would just as soon offend other people as look at them.

6 D, i5 o. B8 D6 X8 b. u41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words

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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; z2 ]9 J  ~, [. e2 y; T42.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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# [; A" i' V% g9 f% a0 }6 n* c 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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+ n! o# p) C2 z, p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.

# R) I+ k0 o9 ?, D, }, |  N44.很乖 as good as gold

8 z( \' w: Y4 N5 t1 z8 H/ Q. i/ k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.

1 U% D" H/ E* I2 Q45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy
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/ u5 {- i# C2 p" ]* l王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒

/ N' N( O4 @/ k/ m# U  L2 CMr. 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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! q* U( P" K) Y: B7 s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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! P6 v, c4 ^5 P% r  L* S, ]47.神经过敏thin-skinned

7 p, v* p( H, y! j& Y& p. z我看这些人都有点神经过敏

# q) F, y- G& V4 }) l# ^4 gIn my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.
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48.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
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! Y7 B" }- Z/ I- m+ ?6 HIf you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.

5 d* y, i4 v+ H0 R8 ]2 |' R49.撒娇 play the woman

1 c' D9 ?2 Y0 s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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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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% o  |0 j3 i$ {51.为自己捞油水 be on the take

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？

% s/ _4 `% n: ?# ^3 ?# BIn 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

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