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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: Q& [( V8 Q" A: f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。

2 _* ~$ x4 d; L6 A" p+ `5 H" ~5 CXiaoWang’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.

! y9 m( _& Y. L+ f2 C/ Y3.保持冷静keep cool
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8 T. A! f: D! `6 ^' O4 @7 i0 L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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9 V& C7 n: M( e/ S+ Y5.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 。
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She always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt.
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: r9 h; |2 v: ]* W* }# O% e$ L6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place
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+ z( |/ H' i1 G/ g# G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.
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7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back
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0 u# a' u; O1 p3 ]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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$ ?5 ~5 z' \8 M8 E6 W9 W8.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.
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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。
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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

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？

  a; ?6 _9 T. ?# B9 _7 gHow can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?
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; ~! G& G+ b9 }5 J/ `- Z' c11.大献殷勤dance attendance
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: J" b5 b1 k! U6 U2 G5 G小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。
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9 u1 e, d" ]0 ~/ D7 N/ uXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.

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.
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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。

I feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek.
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+ p: b1 T; Z9 K14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.
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% c, H. ]! A9 m# L' O+ a) H人都是这山望着那山高，对自己的状况没有满意的时候。

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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+ X" O) \& d: `& e2 a/ t15.上瘾get into one’s blood

说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。
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2 ^$ V/ r# M9 A% U* L( X. T. [3 QIt’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.
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8 C  r9 f( x+ r# f16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense

17.发牢骚 beef
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* a( T- T/ i9 ~0 R- ~1 |2 v他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。
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2 o1 w* v- v4 }5 D# aI’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.
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" D. B, `0 z, [. g, Z18.等不及了 champ at the bit
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- B& w) L" s2 ^1 _咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。

8 E8 g; n* I; ZLet’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.
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19.点头哈腰bow and scrape

$ F/ L  o* G) B% R8 d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。

+ A) U4 k& _4 G+ @. z6 u- H+ {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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0 R9 X6 y+ F$ f6 n, W& l( Y& U: \1 {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。

Don’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.

5 u) @2 {: }0 X$ s21.说话不算数go back on one’s words

# X9 y5 z+ q7 ^5 u* F他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。
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; N: H" }! E: W' |* |We cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.

# j6 @" L/ ?" B4 d, n) G22.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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Who would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?
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6 ^# s0 S0 h# i1 a( G. i! v# C23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one

  |, {( q+ y. q& w 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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2 Y6 Z% G% M) n; K0 T24.不忍心not have the heart to do
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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.
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25.勤快an eager beaver

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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0 |. u9 t9 l4 v2 u# W- j9 L26.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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4 f! j$ q2 z3 M3 R# Y0 `The idea of your calling your mum damned!
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- p2 [; r& I% u& _6 L27.懒透了be bone-idle

6 q! c, ~" }/ _她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。

; Y& `9 B7 B- |$ R0 {' cShe’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.

4 F2 {; e: N. ]28.好客 keep open house
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我们的邻居特别好客

* ]/ G1 P4 H1 w4 D) ^8 J& Q; XOur neighbor keeps open house.

0 z3 v8 m. t1 n- N! \8 L% _0 w29.待客周到keep a good house.

; X0 I; }; C5 x! `1 MShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.

: A+ C. A0 Z: I8 R1 A# q+ ~/ z; b30.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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31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly

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: s$ I" R0 y3 wEveryone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.
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* I# }- }- [! C1 L' p32. 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.

' ], ^+ `7 q1 ]- g33.巴结buddy up
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3 G/ l" V. q- i% Q% k: |她可会巴结当官的了。
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0 q  ^$ p1 B0 u# n: q5 v  LShe’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities
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9 O7 R: P3 G7 `5 t34.装傻 play possum
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6 q; x& w+ v. F4 y我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已
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; f6 g& p( t" \1 G6 P. cI know you were only playing possum.

35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape

4 z9 d" {! ~. I  a* M她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱

4 X; ]( y6 {8 jShe’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.

36. 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。
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: S8 n3 z( L& K8 ?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

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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You were plain touching the tender spot. She was most sensitive to the topic of “ the third person”, who cut in between a couple.

5 E+ L* {; j5 I' g38.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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3 y% o6 m  v3 z+ {" k- F39.吃醋 be jealous
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( Z* t5 s* ?) W4 x4 z9 T40.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

* Q! O, m/ _8 s  }8 I' u& G! ]He would just as soon offend other people as look at them.

41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words
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  @6 e8 g2 U) g4 {, B) T, X6 R, B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.

42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to
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$ X& g( ~1 r8 c! ?# V* }$ H你不必对他如此的不依不饶
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You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.
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$ x" P0 p; W! O* S  ]* L/ P43.贪吃 gluttonous

7 U- p5 S( G1 o; a我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人
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) q( c" P# ~7 W5 o) K& W8 oI’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。

. q# y/ O; w' ?) ?$ b$ ?# QHis 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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5 s! e- H: x7 r  L8 Q王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒

Mr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.
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  P) d; _% ^0 s& W46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper

5 f, _: s) ~# \3 G; Q那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。

% m& I! k3 U$ Z3 f' PThat guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.

47.神经过敏thin-skinned

# S, @9 p% ~8 S7 D0 C$ y0 ]我看这些人都有点神经过敏

In my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.

7 e# c" \+ P& p0 k* j1 J" `48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger
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+ l: [3 i3 ^* Q* t# ]$ |3 E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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* _3 N. H+ |) e1 p+ y3 q3 [6 ]  jIf you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.

49.撒娇 play the woman
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她可会在男人面前撒娇了。

She ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.

50.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
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8 E5 U/ Y/ R. [8 E& d/ b6 EYou’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.

51.为自己捞油水 be on the take
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+ o8 t: r7 C" N% f3 `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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4 ~6 T2 k! e6 j1 a+ y2 R( O- c2 MIn 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!