如何地道表达：脾气和性格[转帖]

connie

1．  偷懒耍滑头 goof-off

7 \; W# \/ h9 _! P0 V; t; v0 I* 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。
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XiaoWang’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
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8 D! P$ |4 c3 a: c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.

, h) ~7 o8 n* w3.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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9 Q, x4 d! K+ m( A$ rShe 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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5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind

. n9 F! h" r( n6 m& b她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。

" M7 q3 O. R' g* K. tShe 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
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他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。

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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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.
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. J; H* W/ j4 i2 ?, h+ r$ A- q8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

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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8 I) V; @( O' f  V7 h( k9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat

; u* b5 R7 D+ T/ p她真是个傻帽，时常无缘无故的就傻笑起来。

- t7 U5 k/ u8 A+ o2 F. {) T% e2 UShe’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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你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？

' r0 t5 ^% \# f2 iHow can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?
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9 i) M/ J5 O4 ^! X7 o% ^& ~$ y1 y11.大献殷勤dance attendance
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! ~" {8 L/ z$ H6 n4 m小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。
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2 Q: F% L/ }4 G) P) b1 \; s9 G8 {Xiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.
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12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue

0 @, A' q) R8 R3 W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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& n$ S9 ~% c- H8 W- t13.假惺惺的说speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek

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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1 j* L) G6 ]( E" A+ `3 ~1 G14.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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7 X3 ~5 P4 H  [& Z( _. z: ?% rAlmost all people see that the grass is greener on the other hill. They never feel satisfied with what they’ve already got.

15.上瘾get into one’s blood
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- Y/ H; a" B$ J9 W2 o' w说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。
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It’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

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。

0 E5 k- L  X3 r: G% LI’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.

% m. m9 @2 T  G9 E18.等不及了 champ at the bit

3 ?5 K3 m9 e7 {8 I7 o( [) ]咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。

* V, _) F3 [0 z6 f5 pLet’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.

19.点头哈腰bow and scrape
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* R, P, J: F) y- }" U. }6 S# j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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5 a- k( V4 a0 _/ YFrom 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
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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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Don’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.
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9 I% f4 u6 l* d2 H21.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。

We cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.
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7 Q0 h* m0 h1 C2 \) c$ R22.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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" x" W' |+ f) B; AWho would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?
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+ t" k8 D$ I4 r- K0 w1 J  q! u$ g23.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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1 S5 L8 a7 {/ ^" ^8 W! p如果我是你，我可不忍心把孩子们就在家里没人照看

" g% |0 ]' o' d+ `  [( bIf 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。
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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

3 q* M+ }) C( o7 o5 z你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲

The idea of your calling your mum damned!

  O. a* u* O6 v* \$ `# _2 \' L27.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.

) [* K, \, h# m; d/ ]28.好客 keep open house

, j) N' z4 O4 v+ O& q4 k我们的邻居特别好客
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Our neighbor keeps open house.

29.待客周到keep a good house.

. ~+ \% i5 }0 a6 M2 |: wShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.

30.正直be on the up and up

% \1 h, q3 X- A1 W0 C  B' y& t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 x7 [7 e( j4 M" [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

5 |9 C4 ]6 Y9 i; q/ YEveryone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.
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1 P& e: ~8 [. ?1 R3 y. M32. 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

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

34.装傻 play possum

$ M( E$ l/ _! C# |9 m7 {% I我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已
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I know you were only playing possum.

  b" b5 P" ^; i35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape
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. `+ u0 }: y# f7 h( k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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4 w& g( u; e8 e) ?: S! X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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" @' Q4 ]" D7 E2 J. O/ ~He did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .
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0 y2 `$ J* ]& L7 R2 c, l37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot

1 f. n" @  T( I7 B1 U& R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.

38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters

4 `0 \  C3 ~  j4 ]我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。
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; s2 a! Y1 P" d9 r  y; i# dI 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

40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …

5 g- d% h! t* g5 }6 B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.
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41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words

他说到做到，从不食言

( x7 r% l$ ?5 V8 [) l0 x4 j8 qHe’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

You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.
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" D/ w) {  {& i/ k5 K' f2 G: V+ f43.贪吃 gluttonous

3 ^( N4 j7 V3 ]3 J* ]- V5 A2 G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
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他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。

9 Z1 j. X: p% m1 r! JHis little daughter is as good as gold. She’s never been as rebellious as other children.

3 P, D; [( u2 x% E# s/ Y- b45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy
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王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒

. K! ^$ f. Q9 v6 `. w% ^8 YMr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.
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46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper

$ D  Y+ L, c! W0 y" Y那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。

  ^  U! V0 P! fThat guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.

) J$ y% B( \% O/ }" C0 m47.神经过敏thin-skinned

我看这些人都有点神经过敏
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# x+ T) M' N8 k  P% TIn my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.
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  T/ G; l' \. ^: I48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger

8 j: |: C' g- I4 V& J5 Q8 l1 U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.

: e; S4 L4 I3 q  _3 {5 r# a49.撒娇 play the woman

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.

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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You’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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- I6 L  x, E# s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

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