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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( D7 i9 O0 c; |, d2 R7 l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。

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

由于公司最近几个月销售业绩不佳，老板正在大动肝火

5 p6 L& `" r$ _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
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3 z1 [& p( F# b. r- U* M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.
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2 l  o6 P6 _( \  \4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

: `# [# N2 D5 S* f# a: l5.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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6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place
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1 p  \3 I+ f, G' H1 ]他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。

* N- u* }" b: u7 |' \0 JHe doesn’t have his heart in the right place. He would find every opportunity to stab in the back of others.

6 p' I) @; w3 b, R7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back

1 H! B( w  n( n- J4 i  G我万万没想到张某会在背后捅我一刀。我过去太信任她了。

8 \8 r& d! `8 }' ZI 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
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我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

I’ve never badmouthed anyone.

9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat
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, g6 X# ?8 v4 d& G' ]8 g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

! R8 V8 ^, Z: C) g* L) u10．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？

2 }* z3 W+ e9 uHow can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?
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11.大献殷勤dance attendance
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3 Z' q/ l/ x9 {$ J小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。

Xiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.
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12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue
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% ?+ ?4 U) Q6 s: K( Z千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。
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0 i6 T- [# x( B& e, e( }8 K' a$ xTake 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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* W5 Q7 [4 w2 B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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14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.
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% H( R& M: |0 i% @5 c8 |. n) t2 b人都是这山望着那山高，对自己的状况没有满意的时候。

5 _6 C1 A$ o  |' ~3 v/ \6 MAlmost 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

& j* V- O- |# }6 j说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。

- A  A2 x7 k# \It’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.

16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense
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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。

I’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.

& G' n& }8 V" z, s18.等不及了 champ at the bit
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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.

19.点头哈腰bow and scrape
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5 c$ ~. H1 }$ |( P9 C8 f8 r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。

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

对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。
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2 M( ~7 d4 @: h% D6 FDon’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.

21.说话不算数go back on one’s words
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2 h! }$ v% {, |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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22.废话连篇beat one’s gums

! ^* l+ |: Q2 `3 g4 |9 T5 j" E谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？

Who would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?

! F2 H0 W1 i5 b% b" C7 X23.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？

$ P- ?2 `" Q8 H# D$ { 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

如果我是你，我可不忍心把孩子们就在家里没人照看

# V& {( y  k. I8 |4 T# C; tIf I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.
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$ w/ W0 Y* ^. P2 _+ L25.勤快an eager beaver
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他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。
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1 V$ V/ X% F4 ?# v) FHe’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

3 R6 B5 w, f( O! gThe idea of your calling your mum damned!

27.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.

28.好客 keep open house

我们的邻居特别好客

9 i+ w/ J3 @' YOur neighbor keeps open house.
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29.待客周到keep a good house.
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2 E; L0 i1 r3 W. mShe 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

她是个正直的姑娘，因此我相信她不会干出那种事。

$ v) z: q' q( d: YShe’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

* m! ?" S; q1 [我们这儿的人都知道他是个爱偷鸡摸狗的人
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! m# a, {1 L, F% H& 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
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Don’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.
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33.巴结buddy up
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- J$ a! J) R$ a0 s& K她可会巴结当官的了。

1 S* v1 M" v4 T9 gShe’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities

2 _/ ~$ {; j- ^# T6 O1 @' u0 _, i' J6 q34.装傻 play possum
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我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已

* ~+ }# y+ G$ s2 i/ a( A3 }I know you were only playing possum.

5 e1 P6 U' C3 |35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape

她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱
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; e" p" i0 t  L. _2 n* \% {She’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.

# H9 `/ g- m  B3 w# V, f36. 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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He did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .
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0 |8 w6 K7 q- T& }- j, {37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot

& d" t0 q; ~0 O* l/ H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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3 R; Y' W! l$ j' k- R% s1 R" GYou 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 n  _+ Z. _. `/ t38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters

' e' Q$ @3 Q. A& Z1 r) o我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。
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: }( U$ a4 u2 D$ N% ZI 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

0 D. A. i4 n# [, q, t1 O40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …

' a6 F8 j& |0 U$ |, N2 r他根本就不把得罪人当回事

0 \. m+ i7 p1 Z5 c4 h( F- o: f& zHe would just as soon offend other people as look at them.
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  m* w$ j. `6 P: S; j$ A41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words
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他说到做到，从不食言

, ^4 R3 n( `' w) xHe’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.

42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to

3 H9 }4 m; E+ n+ B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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8 i4 q0 Z% D6 I9 P43.贪吃 gluttonous

2 j, s! G1 q9 ~+ S$ ?( [' U% v我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人

6 d. x& i7 b# h! T7 SI’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.

' a+ W* o$ a6 v; L3 H% P5 u44.很乖 as good as gold
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9 y( G2 I5 s$ O6 I+ I他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。
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+ o8 h6 a1 M# C, |' hHis little daughter is as good as gold. She’s never been as rebellious as other children.

9 H& z  s# B  E0 i. l/ \3 X3 t45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy

5 N* F7 G" G5 D0 `, u: P王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒

2 C8 [- s4 Y2 Z- H% `  E+ BMr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.
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2 M3 V/ m. v0 w) ]5 u; V46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper

4 t, c8 f& l- {, l9 F那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。

That guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.
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: l9 `  r( Z& Y; |/ i; d( z9 m2 W47.神经过敏thin-skinned
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我看这些人都有点神经过敏
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& y3 J5 I1 h2 x5 I( a) w3 L* R. {In my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.

48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger
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5 ^1 ~+ I, x+ f, s7 H! ~4 `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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  v; ?8 [: R$ CIf you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.
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) @9 g7 ^+ a% g) {. N$ ~# d" X8 D49.撒娇 play the woman

她可会在男人面前撒娇了。

She ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.
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' y# s5 n1 g0 J50.占人便宜 load the dice against
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你最好别和她打交道，她总爱占别人的便宜
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$ @2 ~+ `6 g! ?  n, e3 n- r; k3 o1 PYou’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？

5 P& m6 C& o- T0 a4 n- ZIn 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!