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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7 M6 q3 d& N$ L0 [XiaoWang’s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours.
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9 X8 ?/ Q* u! g3 [' P2.大动肝火  be up in arms
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& J! ^4 W4 |* G* K7 d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.

3.保持冷静keep cool

8 X. F! T$ g( t) }# v; R即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静

$ Q' o, n: k2 wShe can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger.

! C" f' Y4 J8 \4 U* b4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush
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5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind

3 ^8 I7 Y+ q; m4 N' |  `3 K她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。

She always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt.
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4 x! e6 k7 z4 c1 o8 U; v: N6 X' w6.心数不正 not have one’s heart in the right place

: V. ^7 i3 w, T: T) \2 z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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9 e8 N. l; o# x  G7 }( 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。
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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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- F- I4 }2 s, Z/ G! b' W6 f8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody

我从来没说过任何人的坏话。

I’ve never badmouthed anyone.

0 \* \) n$ m) a# }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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2 U3 u: W$ }$ N% f  O% y5 tShe’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

10．厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do

/ L- N" N- F  I5 C1 |你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快？

2 D6 m/ l0 W( S5 qHow can you have the gall to complaint about other people’s being lazy?
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( z" x  z. t# _2 A+ @! ]11.大献殷勤dance attendance
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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

$ {/ n) F; ]: m; S2 i- L2 x千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。
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2 Q8 L7 _5 O' s3 r% _0 ]Take care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue.
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8 K& D9 r3 Z6 n% l13.假惺惺的说speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek

" b/ X7 r6 W' s0 m: q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.

$ ?) }1 W' B# @# ^7 \9 q14.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。

% G  |; E( W) @; E# C% w8 U; SAlmost 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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, ]2 X2 t6 j# X7 j' l7 P15.上瘾get into one’s blood
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3 f6 z2 w3 w9 e% h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.

16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense
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( \2 F9 @1 I1 t9 M! H% A3 K& {17.发牢骚 beef

5 Y% t, \2 k2 n5 W他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。

- y( b4 s8 \# m* |8 H" |+ AI’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing.

18.等不及了 champ at the bit

' r: q1 ~1 ]4 O) D1 h9 N8 K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.

19.点头哈腰bow and scrape

, E4 b, B& U7 R) q! K5 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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: F9 r6 @1 I+ ?& g; eFrom the way she’s bowing and scraping in front of the boss, you’ll know what sort of person she is.

2 u$ a! I% B8 ^! W, j20.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。

Don’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

: ]# ^8 O$ m- f' x% e' I% q1 \, G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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$ P. U) j+ w" P, M22.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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6 x4 ^* R4 Y- CWho would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?
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23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one

/ B) v7 W  P6 K* m8 i3 B$ c 你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？

& C' u# H- q' s7 u$ F  c+ V% K Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?
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0 X- ?7 e. Q% Q+ ?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

6 F# r# s/ N  f+ r6 _' f9 W& N, P" OIf 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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1 ]# v4 ~7 s. i& E( V8 H他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。

! B9 |9 r' D& }3 F8 s, V* gHe’s an eager beaver, never staying idle.
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. C$ ^4 j, C  n( X% h" Q2 G26.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
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. n$ z1 ]0 e' K" O+ s& QThe idea of your calling your mum damned!
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27.懒透了be bone-idle

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.

/ C/ J( [  s, ~+ s2 R5 Z& S28.好客 keep open house

1 g* V0 k/ ~. p  Z$ @! r我们的邻居特别好客

4 C9 B6 w! n4 A2 Q5 cOur neighbor keeps open house.
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29.待客周到keep a good house.

; O4 M/ r  U6 ]5 RShe keeps a good house and always makes her guests feel content and satisfied.
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$ _* {% d3 o& q) p  O, g3 `30.正直be on the up and up
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她是个正直的姑娘，因此我相信她不会干出那种事。

& g8 ^. p5 f" A* u6 [- l# FShe’s always been on the up and up and I don’t think she would have done such a thing.
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' @  F4 x: t1 m' m0 f# r' j* }$ l31.偷鸡摸狗be on the sly

$ n9 z2 R+ [5 N0 {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.

$ h# D( _& ?; h; s3 T- l1 X3 }32. 与……不合be at odds with
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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

+ Q  E) c& m! j9 g/ X/ ?% c她可会巴结当官的了。
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She’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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: k% g7 S6 W6 _; \( ^6 o' ]9 \4 sI know you were only playing possum.

! S6 {8 K6 b* ~  z- A. v# |6 U35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape

% D/ @0 M1 w# {6 r% x/ S, G, N8 d她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱

( ~; Y1 x: a! P% e8 RShe’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.

' o+ A- |8 k$ K% x8 U: h36. 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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/ A7 A7 S' u! N9 h% @He did a snow job on the girl by saying that he is the son of a minister .

" M4 z: I. B0 H, T) K- L37. 哪壶不开提哪壶  touch the tender spot
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9 g; `9 C* N1 b: Y$ _+ u; ^: N3 O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

# X. \: H9 ?) }' |0 Q. R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.

39.吃醋 be jealous

1 I* `) P$ X6 I9 I% T" T40.不当一回事 as soon do …as look at …
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他根本就不把得罪人当回事
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. T/ r. h; _3 n/ F3 tHe would just as soon offend other people as look at them.

' m% Y+ Z1 |; C. w6 f41.说到做到 be the equal of one’s words

他说到做到，从不食言

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
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4 a1 K7 L1 f: T  X: l2 n$ q You don’t need to take off your gloves to him like that.

8 a& \' E- T- t, \! f43.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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, ~! O* V* g) S2 M5 @- t3 fI’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.

/ y& |! M8 _$ ]  ?' j8 ], K44.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。

! G* }$ Y7 \% L/ n& DHis 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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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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; [8 b' G5 V. z3 C( @; v: V46.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。

" e- R# {3 o: n& M% P7 M% a. TThat guy has a foul mouth. He always swears like a trooper.
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47.神经过敏thin-skinned
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0 Y, ]3 ^( T. ~  y% X2 c+ I+ Y+ f我看这些人都有点神经过敏
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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
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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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49.撒娇 play the woman
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$ L; ?( Z; C  S) Z她可会在男人面前撒娇了。

She ‘s so good at playing the woman before men.

7 t. M# ~% i2 E6 T; \' g4 C: Y50.占人便宜 load the dice against

2 {  T5 L& d8 E" t; M% u+ t* l9 y你最好别和她打交道，她总爱占别人的便宜
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You’d better not to get involved with her. she always loads the dice against others.
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* b: D% Z9 H6 w5 J6 M5 q51.为自己捞油水 be on the take

! a; q# _# H' q0 k5 p& e9 j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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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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connie

Haha,  是我顶帖顶得让你感叹了吧，哈哈哈:D

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