如何地道表达：脾气和性格[转帖]

connie

1．  偷懒耍滑头 goof-off

$ h5 j: O5 V; K5 v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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2 j0 Q. t' N9 bXiaoWang’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

' Q8 s; B' e! b) k1 n) 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.
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" a9 h5 {$ x) c8 r' T3.保持冷静keep cool

; {/ L  m- m9 u6 P/ \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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. L( y. m; R8 l) ^' j5 n4.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 。
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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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他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。
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- i. j+ w" \4 X  R  F( L1 Y- \* eHe 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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( C) V/ |1 R% s$ A2 W( \7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back
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, c: A( v* ]; V. ~& K+ J5 b+ 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。

I was taken aback and didn’t think Zhang would stab me in the back. I placed too much trust in her.

# d3 n' |/ u. o: _1 Y2 T: Y8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

8 D! H8 A$ ?( |5 K( j! O0 vI’ve never badmouthed anyone.

4 Z9 u4 A8 O  X& B* J/ {) `5 B9.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。

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

7 d; M3 n' R8 x- n# i& t7 D10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do
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1 c+ Z. j0 x  p. B你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？

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
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8 X# D2 K* V' i& _小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。

) g6 k/ p1 M/ X8 O+ S4 u8 FXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.
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12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue

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.

$ ~' p; i, n+ q# d  o/ i* g13.假惺惺的说speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek
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# ^6 b  {3 `, s& }9 O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.

14.这山望着那山高  The grass is always greener on the other hill.

7 h1 s! b2 T( t/ L, b% B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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Almost all people see that the grass is greener on the other hill. They never feel satisfied with what they’ve already got.

2 V& M# T% y8 k, x' Z15.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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It’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.

# \+ K  T+ x& W  R16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense
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" I, v/ I4 I) w/ i! Z+ P. n17.发牢骚 beef
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. H* t  |2 g8 `0 ?他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。
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I’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.
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18.等不及了 champ at the bit

咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。

! r: u: s, }2 Q5 GLet’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.
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19.点头哈腰bow and scrape
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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.

! d1 x# n* L* s/ i* m( M. c20.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。

  R- r6 Y  R. S, ?3 K1 J5 Q& wDon’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.
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21.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。
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We cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.

8 Y- n6 T4 j) z) B8 R1 d! f22.废话连篇beat one’s gums

, g; e; @2 n* {1 @8 y# G谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？
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, J* z6 T6 t* z, }, j( \Who would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?
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0 z' v. E7 ?& o8 I& H$ r4 k% Y23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one

* N2 O) H" H/ U 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?

4 i+ o0 v0 s$ L* g24.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

# L: G  Q' U& @! B  x  d3 PIf 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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! H" S8 r; U' a5 }他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。
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% A! U$ ]* G9 S" L1 p7 b& xHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.

26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing
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2 n7 d7 j5 V5 r" O# d1 y你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲
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The idea of your calling your mum damned!

27.懒透了be bone-idle
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她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。
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1 l/ w: N! g1 {# G! K. uShe’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.

28.好客 keep open house
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我们的邻居特别好客

$ y! U3 {. ]/ q  g! _Our neighbor keeps open house.
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8 \& B/ ]$ l7 G29.待客周到keep a good house.

She keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.
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+ K3 R/ y( U  P- d5 _: p30.正直be on the up and up
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9 n6 e9 A: `% {她是个正直的姑娘，因此我相信她不会干出那种事。

( U, c5 O, f+ l2 H. V0 ]$ P3 }) NShe’s always been on the up and up and I don’t think she would have done such a thing.

/ K/ O% B& ~/ j7 f- A' G/ L31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly

9 j1 ?! [* k# t" H3 n4 _3 d8 O我们这儿的人都知道他是个爱偷鸡摸狗的人

Everyone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.

32. 与……不合be at odds with

4 l6 M6 w6 g$ |" o5 t8 i/ f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.

4 E: ^- b3 k, V! V4 K33.巴结buddy up
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; ~4 K, V+ _+ m& b' X, @2 ?她可会巴结当官的了。

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

34.装傻 play possum
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9 U' T/ j7 x% B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.
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35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape
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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.

* H2 W( n$ A: N: \0 S4 f. Q, A, P6 J36. 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 .

5 s" q  E2 z4 ~$ A- s0 x' e8 R37. 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.
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38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters

) e' }. f3 H% p* n; X3 j- k* R* L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
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/ A: K9 c& K1 I2 g. X40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …
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; E) o# O9 M! e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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/ ?' r5 t% m' W( j, a$ q41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words
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, ^4 ?* P/ ~1 a" P+ E" z% q他说到做到，从不食言

% ?3 d: }, v# ?' \# l2 k/ T! s) V9 O$ i- _He’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.
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  N* ?# k/ l" H8 R! X, Q42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to

1 r; i( d$ Z6 v6 @1 N2 l2 L! W) I你不必对他如此的不依不饶
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4 @5 j% A, r7 i" b# z You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.

! v5 w% [) U9 w43.贪吃 gluttonous
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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

0 u* P( i' Z5 a  |, h4 W他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。

1 g  f5 A8 R! Q& u) l* YHis little daughter is as good as gold. She’s never been as rebellious as other children.

% g' r6 N% L+ J45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy
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& G. ]4 ?4 {% @; B' u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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- y/ L3 m( [2 |2 E& C46.满口脏话 swear like a trooper

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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$ `9 y/ o$ u% E47.神经过敏thin-skinned

我看这些人都有点神经过敏

6 G+ w1 w" C% L3 |6 x! A7 w& }8 HIn my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.
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5 E9 x) n. F- F48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger
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& |( n7 D) B) x5 C& J要不是因为你的性子过急，你也不至于失去那笔买卖

0 ~' ^1 z( w, J: m' \# d1 UIf you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.
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49.撒娇 play the woman
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$ j3 F/ E0 r! R* }, C她可会在男人面前撒娇了。
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4 h  P7 U: k$ bShe ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.

' g+ Y; D8 @# W- R" z2 _, r# ~6 E50.占人便宜 load the dice against
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5 v$ u1 f  b, s# l3 \4 g你最好别和她打交道，她总爱占别人的便宜
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8 E5 j* C' y& F4 `* Z7 kYou’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.
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51.为自己捞油水 be on the take
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' y' Q- c. E' v- k5 X" ^. C& z2 p! Y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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; X/ `! W% M6 {2 p6 p0 X8 |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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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!