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。

- ~9 T5 B4 _+ ?8 ]% h, S3 ?% IXiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours.

0 _- q- ?; k: O2.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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6 M) D" s; Q9 Q: X7 PThe boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.

& D7 M! E% x1 c; u- B3.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.

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 。
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( `) Y" O, a  pShe 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

他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。
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% d0 ~. ~9 S0 C( T" R! iHe 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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1 N3 m  _9 v9 c7.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

$ F$ `7 ?8 F  s  s* Q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。

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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! {- K- d8 Z) A1 n10．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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7 ]( `/ s: {) T, q4 Z11.大献殷勤dance attendance

/ ]5 @4 c9 N0 |" y( n- Z3 x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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$ [: b/ m! B: f/ Y5 z8 p12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue
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% {; B8 h1 Z4 L- ?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。

! W4 p9 n; I/ c0 M/ E( @, T! @8 ?I 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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. w" l7 |0 _, c5 ~; p) AAlmost 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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15.上瘾get into one’s blood

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.
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# r( h' Q* X" J4 T: j16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense

17.发牢骚 beef

  }9 U, ?% T5 R+ c) U/ `. `; K9 s他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。

# h8 ?: _9 N- J) ?; L% sI’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.

18.等不及了 champ at the bit
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$ |8 L% [& A* r) |1 m: u1 ^5 I$ _& z咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。

8 y+ v4 u" Y# a+ I' hLet’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.

2 R# R- w7 a6 G+ ?* V19.点头哈腰bow and scrape
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8 R( ^* r, h' i/ x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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, m4 e2 P9 ~+ j" _3 o. k, jFrom 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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( O/ L  F9 F" v5 Q20.疯疯癫癫go gaga

3 s2 v0 j: l3 E对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。
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Don’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
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' Z& O8 |; ~6 a5 D8 U3 v; t' \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.

$ `% r% A) `5 ~& W5 N22.废话连篇beat one’s gums

谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？
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7 q0 Y# Z& g! C) oWho would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?

- S& K* C9 h* v23.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？

& ?1 \) [0 A+ P. q' t 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
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  s1 b1 C2 L# t; F9 y- O如果我是你，我可不忍心把孩子们就在家里没人照看

6 j# Q% m1 ?$ I% H$ MIf I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.
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25.勤快an eager beaver

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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

你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲

* x0 s8 J8 w8 iThe idea of your calling your mum damned!

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: d9 q9 ]: d7 v: T5 y4 V+ Z4 i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
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! A( s* |8 Z' w* ?; K# T# h我们的邻居特别好客
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% S( @, s4 |% _! M0 {+ jOur neighbor keeps open house.

! y; `% B+ ~0 ^: {) d29.待客周到keep a good house.

; H$ p9 T; n- kShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.

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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She’s always been on the up and up and I don’t think she would have done such a thing.

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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* M- e. ~0 ?, [% I  @$ jEveryone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.

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

Don’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.
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" p" \, I' C! q6 ^7 [33.巴结buddy up
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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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# ^7 J, F% d9 t& Y& I, p7 k+ a3 u& X8 @34.装傻 play possum
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# f& S, f* s& v& q+ b* w0 H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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# ]9 O: e8 @+ f35.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

She’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.

1 ^: c' s7 v4 y/ P- k36. 花言巧语do a snow job

他花言巧语的哄骗那个女孩，说自己是某个部长的儿子。

$ r0 ?. r  O3 _: i+ h3 BHe did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .
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37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot

4 E- J- }, e+ Z. U4 k8 m1 D% N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.

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。
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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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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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) c) Y& y. n: Y* bHe would just as soon offend other people as look at them.
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1 [, V. F9 ]5 n/ }9 H2 A41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words

* a9 Z7 v" a6 d2 l他说到做到，从不食言

He’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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' ~$ N% @! i5 L8 g You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.

$ l6 ]$ R6 O( e+ @$ g5 u2 _2 }43.贪吃 gluttonous

4 z- M1 s9 K0 o) q8 F- W5 Y我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人
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I’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.
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44.很乖 as good as gold

) F, U  K4 i3 [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.

45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy
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  q0 t6 M. q: @- g% ^/ Z王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒
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3 E% t% n; L- m) OMr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.
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. K. R- u' f, z; O' ^( r46.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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That guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.

47.神经过敏thin-skinned
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我看这些人都有点神经过敏

In my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.
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48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger
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* t. R& P( G3 y* O! [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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( l6 [% U0 e7 v0 F/ O49.撒娇 play the woman

1 X. g% p0 ^5 r7 a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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# q* U3 F9 M1 Q50.占人便宜 load the dice against
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0 r1 T& Y7 z4 \' s1 k你最好别和她打交道，她总爱占别人的便宜

* E8 a: |/ v- }% v7 x* aYou’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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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？

6 j. y& \" J; o" F4 lIn 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

let's up together!