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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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

$ u! d, h8 b6 S& `3 b3 K/ L% z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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# ~2 G/ S6 G% J( K: r! X( p- l8 N3.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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She can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.
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4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

2 G$ C% R* D4 z+ X- s; y5.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 。

0 r( |' G3 `% I% qShe 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

他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。

' W# ?0 w8 K) P8 w+ `: ], v6 SHe 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

我万万没想到张某会在背后捅我一刀。我过去太信任她了。

2 _! `6 J; b- Y4 _& }! ]! tI was taken aback and didn’t think Zhang would stab me in the back. I placed too much trust in her.

" M! R- x3 r; p9 ~# B1 \* b7 p  s8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody
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我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

I’ve never badmouthed anyone.

  @. U* ~' [* H' H9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat
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# C/ ^5 l. G. U6 o  a& _她真是个傻帽，时常无缘无故的就傻笑起来。
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& j0 l" T) L. Z6 c/ B( ?# |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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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?

  {% r3 c& h8 d) v11.大献殷勤dance attendance

1 D& U* _* t$ F7 t. D# X! [3 x小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。

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。

Take 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
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我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。
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1 ^2 G* E& ~3 w( ?" v& w6 q1 hI 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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7 J7 q& N: ?( \4 X$ M$ W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.

7 @: D/ z) \$ Q; ^15.上瘾get into one’s blood

% q- Z' v5 U8 [6 c) Z2 i: f说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。
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9 R' |* y& I7 Y) EIt’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.
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16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense
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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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8 `. ]  M- _+ i* F8 ?/ o( }3 K2 ]I’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.
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, ~8 C! P/ K8 w0 C! F0 c( V8 O" x, t18.等不及了 champ at the bit
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" ?" d4 z2 w( }9 {' e: W. f' Q咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。

( ~6 y8 ]8 c* B8 P, a# L( u" n: b  cLet’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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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.

20.疯疯癫癫go gaga

1 F; t% ~. v$ l# O2 @& @  c对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。
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) ^0 p3 Y9 R0 K. I% [Don’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.
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! K* A: F3 f" e, @21.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。

4 z) L9 [) V9 o" A' I% d: fWe 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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23.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？
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Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?
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# h8 F( w  K' ~# P, w' v7 _0 K24.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

1 {0 X! r' h+ ^. m" F! }If I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.

; B' k' w/ c/ I" ^" K& F4 T$ [) I+ O25.勤快an eager beaver

' ~$ F2 U4 M9 t0 U, A他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。

He’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.
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  T8 R* j) E9 W  p8 [. h9 y26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing

( `4 y% @) K7 o! \你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲

1 \; M3 a( N& C) T5 ?' d4 A& IThe idea of your calling your mum damned!
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27.懒透了be bone-idle

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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( F  m9 k% M( W9 J& {28.好客 keep open house
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我们的邻居特别好客

2 ~% q1 c9 P; w, \2 K1 ?+ `5 jOur neighbor keeps open house.
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' U+ I% P7 s+ m( h29.待客周到keep a good house.
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She 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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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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$ n+ K6 i8 V9 b9 oShe’s always been on the up and up and I don’t think she would have done such a thing.
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: T# D' j8 T7 G/ R2 N! b31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly
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& g6 `+ ^. m$ B; f我们这儿的人都知道他是个爱偷鸡摸狗的人
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. R; c0 r2 r; C4 GEveryone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.

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
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, {$ N4 p# t0 A  v1 o* u3 i8 ~Don’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.

- u! o8 T) a: E1 g$ @, C33.巴结buddy up
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  k* a- P: o1 _+ ~, t, Y她可会巴结当官的了。
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She’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities

+ ^- h" s" L) F9 a  y* ?4 g34.装傻 play possum

8 L! A$ q/ P! u# q% S我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已

# H0 F$ c( w# j" ^I know you were only playing possum.

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.

36. 花言巧语do a snow job

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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

3 V1 |. n: z! r: k+ j, v  d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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2 q4 ?# \7 D; u' `" S: WYou were plain touching the tender spot. She was most sensitive to the topic of “ the third person”, who cut in between a couple.

+ h8 g6 X3 R+ [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。

* Q9 q$ Z5 T. v4 P- C' qI 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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5 l& N6 @2 Z2 c39.吃醋 be jealous

40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …

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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

" b" D! s" N: {3 n, V/ V. l  u他说到做到，从不食言

& P6 l  @0 k& v' \# N  U) h6 d9 AHe’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

4 U% z5 W. h+ S) B. \1 m* f You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.
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43.贪吃 gluttonous

" M/ a$ W, v" @* ^( z  h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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! N# ^2 K$ q- J% s  ?; {( H44.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。

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
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6 |$ R. ~# H: t, L7 Q. vMr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.
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6 S- ?0 H4 l5 j" h0 Z2 }& S46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper

7 U3 @" }7 V: @6 w" Z; |# m" }% C那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。
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47.神经过敏thin-skinned
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我看这些人都有点神经过敏
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+ E* j9 |+ S! l  k8 b3 w9 P8 IIn my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.
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: }& x& J, A* U" u/ ~4 R48.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
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If you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.
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3 p( L: g: D7 u, `, D49.撒娇 play the woman
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她可会在男人面前撒娇了。

: _" f; I( m1 k& X5 a1 ^. w$ yShe ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.
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. M! F/ d4 c  o" K; V50.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

6 Q6 x' |0 t* J' h) [You’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.
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3 X- K" Q* K! Z51.为自己捞油水 be on the take
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" C" f$ F/ K; @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？

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!