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1． 偷懒耍滑头 goof-off
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1 O# M& B$ g' ^* Y1 d1 a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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$ i2 M- \( {+ r0 B( j# p- _5 mXiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours." W B$ X& ]. o/ d7 a7 [1 V
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2.大动肝火 be up in arms % H+ s4 O+ q" r) u# u
' z' `4 A' [ M( r+ ~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.保持冷静keep cool4 L0 Q9 N7 l+ g/ [: Z
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即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静
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# \& Z) d/ i) `% S( V- n2 dShe can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.
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& h) @4 v& H: |! E4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush
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5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind
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( I T2 B7 X1 K7 v, L9 D她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。" O. g% U8 z& B, i2 T
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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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/ {! v9 V# S: C' F6.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。
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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.0 t e9 q- W9 V& E9 A: Z; c- a. W
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7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back: l3 s% Y5 O0 }8 S$ U8 n; R3 R8 u
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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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+ a+ x# V: U" w4 ~7 ?- G7 JI was taken aback and didn’t think Zhang would stab me in the back. I placed too much trust in her.8 W7 S' j$ Z( r8 k2 A: X, s
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8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody
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& H& k8 ]. n- n9 d9.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。
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y* ~6 b" ^2 o; z2 i! m. F3 s ~7 C: DShe’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# `4 `6 N- l- c: w+ {
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10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do + R. s4 O3 N) y7 u/ L
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你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？
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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- H a7 A, y4 Y
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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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千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。4 z! M0 f# g4 @* E5 T$ X
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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 cheek7 c- D+ p% T( V1 O" Q9 u% h
0 l7 q2 q1 Y+ {$ k我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。+ }# [& W* t% u6 p. N7 k ]
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I 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.
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, Y) n0 W% B. A* h$ H5 j人都是这山望着那山高，对自己的状况没有满意的时候。# s% M; K$ K# j1 f# ]4 N$ r y
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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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& Z2 i! ` T3 J, f, B0 Q0 ~; {15.上瘾get into one’s blood 9 L9 i6 z' I$ n- b2 K _8 I
/ f" m# P9 D, ~6 l) Q) C说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。
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% g/ x( k" y& Y, J/ j- sIt’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.! `/ ]2 {' n/ V' H" w6 ^4 J R
# g( H5 {" F' a; h16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense3 i# ?2 t- r' R7 s0 Z8 C+ S; h
4 m1 m. J% y4 }- _2 C17.发牢骚 beef3 o2 c: U* S" T+ |6 j ~* e
0 }/ h4 Y" P4 d他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。/ W2 o0 Y& o/ g; D u i+ R2 C
2 Z9 D; F0 D6 V3 r* |, NI’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.
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, X# `0 z& x1 s9 L3 Q% b18.等不及了 champ at the bit. |& e' Y: W8 R0 ~. B
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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.
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1 Y$ o: ?1 G0 T) {19.点头哈腰bow and scrape
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) }% E4 j5 n' O/ {" }0 Y# `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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From the way she’s bowing and scraping in front of the boss, you’ll know what sort of person she is.' r; y; f8 Z9 t
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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。
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: ^, n* l q& C7 R, I) s# _Don’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.+ O; U& D; }# r7 x3 K( f6 o' C
9 s+ M. [0 m3 `+ c7 ] P21.说话不算数go back on one’s words! p) a/ b3 r( f3 G$ H
/ X* D3 u" w! O S) C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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' [ M+ S" f- M3 }- [9 o: ?* l& b1 i22.废话连篇beat one’s gums: f( T) |. r% |! p; w
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5 V7 y' k( P* P* x$ l23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one$ B5 ]$ D4 b/ \% S3 X3 @$ ]$ u
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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?7 H2 b1 H: Q% n0 H' }9 ~
/ m% `" b9 {$ ?% O24.不忍心not have the heart to do
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" S- C3 z5 a8 u( c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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* W* N/ T* _0 SIf I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.3 l0 a' b2 C2 j- J
, j" k% F/ l2 H& f$ f* E) Q25.勤快an eager beaver
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" p7 \$ b/ R. Q他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。# {6 M* A2 F& R% P2 A
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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, r w( e! i% e
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The idea of your calling your mum damned!
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! }* n) d, K9 l6 Y0 q+ w/ B. ]27.懒透了be bone-idle' o) C4 k7 M* w( y
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她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。) w" x* |5 C! t. V
. N5 k8 }( h* u' k9 Y% }2 X1 {8 l2 WShe’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.
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4 Q# C5 C8 U/ F28.好客 keep open house; s" g+ r& [$ D `2 K
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/ B' x0 y$ Z; p1 nOur neighbor keeps open house.
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29.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. u4 E" g: _: ~ l; A8 m
7 s; T) N/ h% [30.正直be on the up and up # X" Y: T8 {" F: o" h- h" Z$ o7 w
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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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' y8 \" n5 H, F- T! Y31.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8 m0 ^; I: Z) U9 M% \5 U
6 {- W3 _" b- \Everyone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.
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6 T6 H* l8 t3 x1 d, P32. 与……不合be at odds with
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2 f: T0 _6 P0 P" t) }: c+ \* W' m不要把他们两个分在一个组里，他俩不合" a$ Y6 [3 e1 `8 @/ m2 x( \% i5 Z
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Don’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.( |3 G# q. G" I, l% e8 @
9 P1 U& S% u- U f; H( E33.巴结buddy up! T& @+ r6 E1 a
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She’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities
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34.装傻 play possum/ ^: w& z/ h. @1 ?) k3 E; R9 F
2 _, s! M' s- k% M我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已
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6 Y8 m z6 T# n" d) D35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape2 ~' K1 k( N$ N- ?5 w8 ]7 M, W- _
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她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱6 ] e& G$ s1 M1 t+ b& }- m& z& y
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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 .
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" ?2 [( N2 a& P3 Z37. 哪壶不开提哪壶 touch the tender spot& c" t4 k' L6 o/ |
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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2 s$ A' H0 g" K% V* P4 z
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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.2 J$ O4 G- ?; k
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38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters
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我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。
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- _# J' k$ {$ w2 iI 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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& c0 m) d; \- O" F39.吃醋 be jealous
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# V' e; n" F( U; M$ F40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …1 ^! [( f% ^% g
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他根本就不把得罪人当回事* N6 j% \! e4 C1 ^2 S! t7 b6 m
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8 ~; M5 T2 @: I! }41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words
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他说到做到，从不食言1 D- o: |/ _! M9 A) L" g( M& Q
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He’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.
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42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to * Y7 w0 \% [. ?- d8 W. b
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你不必对他如此的不依不饶
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: Y" G* }$ R `5 R9 Y* @ You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.
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0 M* x7 q6 Q4 x! X# \1 ^43.贪吃 gluttonous; I" \/ ^, O" H/ x- r
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I’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.
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44.很乖 as good as gold5 t3 k5 X' X; P F
@, G5 p: `, Y) U他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。
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王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒: Y3 l. ?1 W# b Z
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Mr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.4 y# m0 M, F9 [. `9 r, p" v. P, I
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46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper8 ^% f* K$ T: g4 O9 ?3 x! F) g
9 i8 d) z0 l: E+ c* t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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# |. X0 S! I4 \48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger! c, x9 T- I4 g+ i3 Y! @& i4 G
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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.7 ~$ J( G$ z! s' O
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49.撒娇 play the woman. M- B- m W* u* J$ x9 p/ s" ?
1 Z' O0 P+ L7 W6 _她可会在男人面前撒娇了。
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& k8 i) K/ O7 mShe ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.! a6 }+ C2 X( R5 x: z
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50.占人便宜 load the dice against
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( k0 C7 B& O/ f5 F+ W. }You’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.
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4 K1 `$ d. ^; Z51.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？
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7 z3 z* z; c. J- L2 j. TIn recent years many officials are readily on the take .Who would give much heed to the interest of the country? |
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