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。
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XiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours.

4 R8 J8 D7 d7 ^, d! j, S* v2.大动肝火  be up in arms
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+ S' ?6 B# r' T& ?- b0 }6 J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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* N. m5 _  x0 w- u# j- J) RThe 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

即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静
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She can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.
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4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush

* `9 o+ a7 H- v5 M$ E& ?7 R5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind

她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。

: w5 d4 `1 e# AShe always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt.

6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place

他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。
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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 p1 ~9 _/ _" l) u! _* p7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back

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.

; T# u3 H& F8 U8.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

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
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: K9 w4 {( p' B% ^) F( V" U10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do
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. K) S+ W  h. y1 x% S你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？

6 }; P9 i1 B  B* HHow can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?
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1 x) y* I/ j4 u- }# a' l/ d11.大献殷勤dance attendance

5 o8 o5 Q: J4 A3 I0 c$ P小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。
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1 e- p0 b. Z# s$ x% Q% F8 N( J, nXiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss.

12.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。

Take care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue.

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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.
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; m, T0 {0 O5 z0 [: u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.
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( W# [7 h# q8 l5 O5 }; u15.上瘾get into one’s blood

说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。

It’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood.

7 i1 r3 ]6 z2 g2 y16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense

17.发牢骚 beef

5 D8 {3 p4 ^3 S7 X" ?; B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 U+ s8 H6 y1 I9 J0 q4 H$ iI’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.

18.等不及了 champ at the bit

咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。

Let’s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit.

; g  n% f2 _4 n19.点头哈腰bow and scrape
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7 i: K$ v2 T# N* G: b1 \/ l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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+ I* h0 L* {4 {' S) H9 lFrom 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

, w, F0 `! A$ e& d8 U对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。

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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。

We cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words.

( Z( c: X) A/ R22.废话连篇beat one’s gums

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?

23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one
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2 C4 [9 \. @& N0 c& M 你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？
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& R) e7 H0 d. c, Q2 z/ v; Q- t 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
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如果我是你，我可不忍心把孩子们就在家里没人照看

' C5 A* p7 Z* o4 L1 jIf I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for.

7 \, [% J5 |) V- S  s25.勤快an eager beaver
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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
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+ X2 A" l) Y) S% J9 L你太不象话了，竟然骂自己的母亲

, r; V1 h9 {: ?6 M; ]* F( RThe idea of your calling your mum damned!
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/ f8 J. U( y3 B2 \5 j* U; Q5 P2 U27.懒透了be bone-idle
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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.
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5 e& p5 N$ ~3 e28.好客 keep open house

! E9 k. p4 h5 d我们的邻居特别好客

Our neighbor keeps open house.
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29.待客周到keep a good house.

$ l8 m# L) K/ p) a" n$ f. hShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.

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。
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) F! e  U: n% {0 K4 b+ m" hShe’s always been on the up and up and I don’t think she would have done such a thing.
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( M; Y9 _8 V( f% ?' m# L31.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
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! y7 G6 w& k# W$ C& i; x2 n! jEveryone around here knows that he’s a man on the sly.
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0 ?" v' x& [! B4 _: w32. 与……不合be at odds with

+ _. j( Q% W( S. r/ X! B不要把他们两个分在一个组里，他俩不合

# n+ o* `6 b4 b/ D4 ]8 r( O% ~* S: `6 B" GDon’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

) r+ b2 q2 P7 s! \9 c4 K( ]& P* i3 V她可会巴结当官的了。
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3 H+ O$ R9 m! M: O. CShe’s so good at budding up to shoes in authorities

34.装傻 play possum
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我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已

I know you were only playing possum.

- x5 I5 l# E+ [, B35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape

/ a+ d+ b2 a3 ~9 R- Y她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱

! u0 g! F0 B: j5 ^0 lShe’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

他花言巧语的哄骗那个女孩，说自己是某个部长的儿子。

He did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .

4 C  e" F, m- R37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot

% [2 ^& d# W0 {* A2 t9 O* v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.

38.脚踩两条船 serve two masters
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7 o% C" a% \* V$ g6 M" o我可不想脚踩两条船，也不乐意两面讨好。
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2 o, @) G1 ?" a  k+ HI 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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' y" ]" |6 K  ^8 V% J+ m$ i8 d39.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

1 D. G2 \3 p' m/ Q1 qHe would just as soon offend other people as look at them.

41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words

. t9 J$ g6 f2 u/ w, ?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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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

9 U6 E% k6 V% i0 t You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.

( X4 Y% x1 {: O/ ]. H43.贪吃 gluttonous
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8 H# `7 `6 x( T& h' s5 K我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人

: f" Y  [! h7 I, L1 H, UI’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.

7 L" W8 l1 X( \3 @' y( j44.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。

His little daughter is as good as gold. She’s never been as rebellious as other children.

45.十分嫉妒 be green with envy
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: b. F  j; Y' g/ G2 R王先生的成功使得周围很多人都嫉妒
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Mr. Wang’s success has made many people around him green with envy.
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. _1 y8 |* E/ S6 E  K2 d: `2 i: k46.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。
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That guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.
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1 M: }* {$ Y6 J1 N9 A47.神经过敏thin-skinned

我看这些人都有点神经过敏

In my eyes they’re all sort of thin-skinned.
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48.性子过急be too quick on the trigger

+ i( g1 D. g7 {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.
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  W. n  _" \% K- d" T/ w* V  T49.撒娇 play the woman

* u2 d0 r! |" }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
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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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. D. W( G; [2 n' ~You’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.

" E- `4 |9 X/ p' ]' C& Q51.为自己捞油水 be on the take
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5 X0 s3 f7 ]) R5 [0 m6 L) G7 ?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？

, c6 Z) h$ o" U) T# ~' M; E) {- d- |& PIn 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

Haha,  是我顶帖顶得让你感叹了吧，哈哈哈:D

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hard job!

千斤顶

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