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
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* h- a' r, V" A  r, m: ^由于公司最近几个月销售业绩不佳，老板正在大动肝火

The boss is up in arms about the company’s poor sales record in the past few months.

3.保持冷静keep cool

4 H) f1 b  ~/ |* ~( u2 `% v! C( E4 V即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静

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
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她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。

" w% X0 H7 P' A1 q7 I+ dShe always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt.

# ?  V* o9 u9 J1 ^9 C: `6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place
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$ `2 V4 \7 o2 l+ ~他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。

; B9 u4 ^6 t' `/ W$ j. ~* uHe 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
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; I6 ]0 i7 l" V% n我万万没想到张某会在背后捅我一刀。我过去太信任她了。

+ q2 V; J$ R- c! y3 {& R. n' GI 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

- \: x! L5 W! B4 M6 J) m" P我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

! |% ~4 e5 J+ S3 m" S5 y; K! sI’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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% X) ]/ S+ U6 W0 e6 f5 R  j( P: X* ]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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! A- V% u" a; L; Z7 i) P10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do
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2 Q+ g! o( R) k  j, _; S) ]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?

11.大献殷勤dance attendance
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- U; Q7 u! c! o' U小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。

$ Y! }! }9 j7 W  e& O6 Y7 {Xiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.
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9 N& _# ]  C! m12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue

% n5 v, d- d( e; \. T! a千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。
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Take care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue.

; m) y0 T, F# k! P  \3 K! R" g13.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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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.

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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- j) ^2 ?- [4 Q( l8 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

8 V" X3 K' t' \  o2 D说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。

7 m4 c; L4 f9 r4 O$ w) N$ gIt’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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4 l. W# f4 h' W; g17.发牢骚 beef
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/ G3 [, ]  _  G他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。

8 J1 d* Y0 d* q3 p  H" r6 `I’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.
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( H# v. p" T/ @6 f  x18.等不及了 champ at the bit

咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。
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- x% v% Y' u: o: N  y. m- ?Let’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.

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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。
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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.

20.疯疯癫癫go gaga

# I) X# i" g1 F6 k  t8 i对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。
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$ P$ Z) H3 n1 A8 ^4 RDon’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.

21.说话不算数go back on one’s words

" X1 M$ `) n3 Y" n8 N4 E; Z他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。
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1 @: R4 @6 v7 K# `8 kWe cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.
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* t, _! G7 b4 h8 J$ s6 r22.废话连篇beat one’s gums
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5 A+ J' }/ \: o0 }2 _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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8 W; G; |/ J8 F- M8 \8 r23.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？

Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?
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& k& G* ~; O# L) O24.不忍心not have the heart to do
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9 f. b; b0 ~( u' _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
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他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。

9 ]" [- z0 u. CHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.

26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing

2 h+ j4 m9 _5 `; J9 `4 F; Z* o' r你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲
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0 b/ {. G  ?6 t4 \; p; F  K3 SThe idea of your calling your mum damned!

27.懒透了be bone-idle
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  x5 D! o/ C- D她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。
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She’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.

28.好客 keep open house

2 m5 X# ?" g! j我们的邻居特别好客

: [4 g% l; _. G* w) wOur neighbor keeps open house.

3 {( q6 f: v" c( u29.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

) _: P0 c! u6 N2 s, p" d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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3 O. @5 [1 G7 y  g. ]5 fShe’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
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我们这儿的人都知道他是个爱偷鸡摸狗的人
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Everyone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.
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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.

33.巴结buddy up
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她可会巴结当官的了。
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; f9 y3 H, X3 ]1 hShe’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities

34.装傻 play possum

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.

( p# @6 m9 i% _" G$ ]* A# _) l/ \35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape

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.

36. 花言巧语do a snow job

, V+ n: v( j9 H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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, ?$ \: w7 m: \4 }4 uHe did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .

8 K3 Q; p6 s% }( |* u8 {$ d37. 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

You were plain touching the tender spot. She was most sensitive to the topic of “ the third person”, who cut in between a couple.
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" [2 ^, q: d2 x) N38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters

* z9 i/ y, e$ t& C. a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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39.吃醋 be jealous

6 T- \# ~  Q' g7 @, M( N1 `40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …

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.

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
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He’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.
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* K! o% D8 S/ J' h) E" y: N) _42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to

7 Z3 i( w2 W6 e你不必对他如此的不依不饶

# h" W4 |* Z  l% [( P# @7 o You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.

+ r1 R+ N( o( A( e+ D, }8 Y# Z0 X43.贪吃 gluttonous
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我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人
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6 b& I" m8 x$ ^- U* Q, B& ]8 rI’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。
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) F7 x. s* Q2 b, B( d# VHis little daughter is as good as gold. She’s never been as rebellious as other children.
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8 W/ V: U" w, O' f- s7 w5 }% z45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy
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& H6 d1 j) Y) h: w' Z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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46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper
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: r# H# v6 j; V, d: j9 s那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。

. _! _! G9 W- a' C) _! o. h4 A& r! v7 [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.

) n; m& p$ x$ ~- ~  y/ L48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger

要不是因为你的性子过急，你也不至于失去那笔买卖

If you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.
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4 ]) V# _: {0 V, X2 t49.撒娇 play the woman
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5 U2 V, d2 T$ {3 ~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

" \: O- t3 f1 J你最好别和她打交道，她总爱占别人的便宜

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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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

顶 ~~~  啊 ~~~~    顶！！！

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!