2010年中级笔译考试笔记第3讲：脾气和性格_第3页

　　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

　　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.

　　33.巴结buddy up

　　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

　　我知道你当时只不过是装傻而已

　　I know you were only playing possum.

　　35.省吃俭用 pinch and scrape

　　她一向省吃俭用，从未浪费过一分钱

　　She’s always been pinching and scraping without ever wasting a single cent.

　　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 .

　　37. 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

　　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

　　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.

　　39.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

　　He would just as soon offend other people as look at them.

　　41.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.

　　42.不依不饶 take off the gloves to

　　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.

　　43.贪吃 gluttonous

　　我从来没有见过像他那样贪吃的人

　　I’ve never met a man as gluttonous as him.

　　44.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。

　　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

　　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.