如何地道表达：脾气和性格[转帖]

connie

1．  偷懒耍滑头 goof-off

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。

4 ^- u2 W- W* \& y/ v* FXiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours.
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  `6 y3 I- W; D+ |. l, O+ [7 e- l2.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
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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 cool
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, A" f+ a( f  L$ M8 }+ ]5 Q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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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 。
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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 U2 V: v4 d+ A+ d8 V; }* O6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place
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  [* N% _+ B2 E% T0 D4 f4 N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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! I2 K$ J' y% |8 T( C9 S1 O: x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.
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& V+ I; d1 V7 U8.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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9.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。

& b) K& ~+ B* b7 \1 A* M" \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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  n5 [8 O1 {. n& f/ }10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do
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# K& E" n5 U* Q* l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?

' E5 g1 Y. T6 {2 k! n11.大献殷勤dance attendance

1 m  \6 B* v! `* A4 `小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。
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: }' W$ K( H$ P% @5 pXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.
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& W! W0 t/ S' I, l/ K/ S, f0 L12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue
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千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。

" O/ h& L+ Y' ~" r5 y1 [Take care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue.

6 d- W, ]3 H( p$ z13.假惺惺的说speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek

6 C# p- I& }5 F1 S9 y, v. j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.

2 x4 D1 y; |3 Q- N8 D9 Y0 b人都是这山望着那山高，对自己的状况没有满意的时候。

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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* H# |1 D/ x1 M1 e15.上瘾get into one’s blood
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说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。
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" b( l, }- `7 @7 Z7 s! X! ]/ v$ QIt’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.

* a9 G$ N3 D- f' |4 s! A16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense

17.发牢骚 beef
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) m5 ]5 [4 w( L5 m' m. C! M* U% d他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。
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1 o9 m) B$ _' v( K0 ~I’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.

18.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.
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19.点头哈腰bow and scrape
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9 }9 T4 z6 H- ]7 P7 a. V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.
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: x" {' e5 M, A; e" V2 |/ c' Z$ {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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- d( T/ h# x! cDon’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga.
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  w" Q% @' K% E& [- k9 E21.说话不算数go back on one’s words
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他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。
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& g8 ?1 {2 X# E; U3 VWe cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.
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& s- R! {$ }0 b, n22.废话连篇beat one’s gums
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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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$ D* v" K7 P; c$ T9 Q23.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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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

If I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.

5 W6 d1 w& G3 U  x25.勤快an eager beaver
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他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。

4 z' r2 T& m7 T0 K+ R/ ?  ?He’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.

7 s6 t! n! ^: j0 @6 ?, h( b26.太不象话了The idea of somebody’s doing
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你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲

The idea of your calling your mum damned!
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. |9 E, g8 G% \- N' f27.懒透了be bone-idle

* R. _# W- f+ P8 ~; o* y9 L+ N) @她懒透的了，连自己的袜子都不洗。
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) ?& ?- D3 x; Z" Z& a! O' SShe’s bone-idle. She’s even tired of washing her own socks.

6 Z2 [3 A& J, U9 [' @28.好客 keep open house

我们的邻居特别好客
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0 J+ |! t6 U1 Q, bOur neighbor keeps open house.
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: {- e6 e% j, `2 w" i29.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.

30.正直be on the up and up

! @# P$ T) a' x- q+ ]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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, F8 [+ A/ y) d- e5 ?( E: _She’s always been on the up and up and I don’t think she would have done such a thing.

  N6 o' Q; |3 L6 x6 t/ r- k, c31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly
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  J5 D+ w' v9 Y+ D4 D& ]. y, B我们这儿的人都知道他是个爱偷鸡摸狗的人
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9 ]( n/ G' `; W& FEveryone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.

* v6 z" ~+ k' Y# \8 ~32. 与……不合be at odds with

% x( H; m9 P7 s; x- ?& o不要把他们两个分在一个组里，他俩不合
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7 |# ?8 ]* F! I) A9 lDon’t put them in the same group. The two of them are at odds with each other.
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+ u8 M) y$ M  _, g' `6 Y33.巴结buddy up
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她可会巴结当官的了。

She’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities
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# v9 E/ d8 b- M; ~( D34.装傻 play possum

0 k) w+ x3 R& b( k! ]我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已
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4 E: \. }6 E# z% _( M: H" ]# j. X3 n, k4 UI know you were only playing possum.
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35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape

  A9 N( |# k5 ]/ Y, d: [她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱
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+ M* i9 y' g- A/ f: v+ }She’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.

1 h* E7 A0 n; u$ ?# Z/ m. C36. 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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9 m2 I* O  G/ CHe did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .

37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot
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# }! s1 o5 i$ K5 [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.

# Z: ]& O2 Q4 [3 O. d; Z0 \. U38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters

& X, U" W& x$ W/ t3 F8 y  l- W. b0 o我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。
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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.

8 `# S) u* i- D; w39.吃醋 be jealous

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.
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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

2 J1 k  F* @* Y2 V9 fHe’s the equal of his words, never going back on them.

" Q, F4 M8 Y1 Q. h  E% y$ C) ^; S42.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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8 [# b; y  k7 {. f. O43.贪吃 gluttonous
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0 a  P& N' N- E; i- k9 s我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人

& h( H: z% v+ m/ s8 t- cI’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.
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! e2 z* p; [% P3 M8 v44.很乖 as good as gold

# H" R- u& p% b5 a8 I他的小女儿很乖，从不像别的孩子那样不听话。
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. [# z9 u! r9 ZHis little daughter is as good as gold. She’s never been as rebellious as other children.
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45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy

% ]" Z9 z+ m1 e( D& }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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那个家伙的嘴特别脏，整天满口脏话骂骂咧咧的。

1 j( I, M! g. \# x  q# ~That guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.

3 g5 n5 _/ n4 k. J4 X47.神经过敏thin-skinned

我看这些人都有点神经过敏

; a. C3 }9 [8 G8 F" h9 a6 M  bIn my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.
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48.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
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& k$ T/ D$ k) q) LIf you were not too quick on the trigger you wouldn’t have lost the deal.

49.撒娇 play the woman

她可会在男人面前撒娇了。
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; }' k8 z* ^1 s" C1 v) R0 F% G. kShe ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.

50.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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. O& F) e, g( z# lYou’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

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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; U) I7 k3 @6 R- g3 y& A9 D9 ~# [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!