如何地道表达：脾气和性格[转帖]

connie

1．  偷懒耍滑头 goof-off

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 j: {& a7 y8 P  F3 @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

# O$ c! T% [, x: ~8 k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 @, O1 _" l- K$ X1 n3.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

She can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.

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 。

2 _9 B! j( O- R7 c* J7 s/ hShe 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
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0 [- }$ A4 D) W他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。
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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
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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。

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
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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.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat

她真是个傻帽，时常无缘无故的就傻笑起来。

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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9 D) M3 h8 `" a' {8 O你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？

! D( I! l8 d3 j& X) ?# R3 mHow 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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小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。
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  s/ e+ p/ ~: s4 \% ^Xiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.

7 G  S" ]+ S7 X/ I12.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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2 G: {  d7 a9 E# ~9 w6 h* Z13.假惺惺的说speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek
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  S7 ]9 G: ^4 P4 ~1 k* Z我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。
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I feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek.
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1 |5 r1 s( b6 n/ a14.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。
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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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# v5 W" D7 G! W$ t15.上瘾get into one’s blood
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1 l/ D3 J& T+ K; I0 d: m5 F说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。

7 H4 Y: [( q  V" v2 z1 ~; L0 YIt’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.

8 [3 \: u" B1 U1 p7 P16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense

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。

+ l3 t5 Z$ h! _3 T5 Q5 e: Y8 j3 iI’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.

2 y" g! b5 x3 R$ q( {. q18.等不及了 champ at the bit
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咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。
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0 v/ T7 C6 s9 ^Let’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.
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* _! V3 W; F* g' G* w19.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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. i$ C  |; y. [' rFrom 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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9 D$ h# D' C: _% a, ~& O对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。

) X9 |7 a! ?: O5 J. P1 ^0 MDon’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.
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& [; W8 b1 y$ M) k* M1 T21.说话不算数go back on one’s words

4 E9 J& W) H3 d8 {! c! U1 ?6 i% z, Z他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。
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We cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.
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22.废话连篇beat one’s gums
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谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？
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0 V* W: K0 V% {* z) X5 G  |% x4 eWho would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?

23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one

3 Q1 {# o( I& u! q3 p& l: V9 {6 N 你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？
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4 a! A. t: Y! t& J& ?- b Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?

( a) }: T' C- ]% _) f24.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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He’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.
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26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing

, _( `0 M: ]$ A  z9 P, h  ]$ ?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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2 Y$ ], d/ |) X- m: H  s/ m27.懒透了be bone-idle
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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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28.好客 keep open house

我们的邻居特别好客
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2 o/ H% n2 K# j; s( ^; Y0 m8 {Our neighbor keeps open house.
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( @. r3 K4 R- D: n" |29.待客周到keep a good house.

* H& i* T$ `  k8 `  ]+ y: E9 NShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.

30.正直be on the up and up

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.
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1 x. D8 O, _! t1 Z- f$ \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

Everyone 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.

33.巴结buddy up

她可会巴结当官的了。

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

; h8 o8 ~- v( A2 m9 ~34.装傻 play possum
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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

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
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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 .

37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot
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0 g: A% D  C0 q; x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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* u( w" ^6 P0 iYou 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 s8 q: ^2 B1 N1 d9 W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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; o: d) {. L& i: c( q# P40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …
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$ ]/ \: {; u, k/ @9 i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.

41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words

他说到做到，从不食言

4 @% o2 Q) x1 v+ wHe’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.

42.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

+ b/ t9 A$ J# t" Y& k  E" b- o" m You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.

43.贪吃 gluttonous

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.
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44.很乖 as good as gold

他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。

His little daughter is as good as gold. She’s never been as rebellious as other children.
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45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy
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王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒

# _) c3 q5 a/ T% h; l- a7 KMr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.

2 t* a' Y% f7 Q+ o46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper

那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。
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8 S. G3 \0 F% h, nThat guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.
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7 R. ]0 a7 A: l) G& E8 V! H47.神经过敏thin-skinned
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我看这些人都有点神经过敏

5 H, x1 p; E7 V# FIn my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.

$ s4 C$ B' u' g4 W2 e6 H* ~' k48.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

If you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.
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7 d! u7 U/ q4 `9 m49.撒娇 play the woman

0 ?( m) ^+ z0 `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.

  e2 Y( ?* I: s0 M9 P7 i6 m50.占人便宜 load the dice against

; y6 ]+ B1 k9 X/ D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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2 w- J+ f" d! g) h6 N51.为自己捞油水 be on the take
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% n' w% `) l/ e) Z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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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

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