汉泽英难点解析：脾气和性格四

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28.好客 keep open house
我们的邻居特别好客
6 E0 m0 L: l& f: f; SOur neighbor keeps open house.
6 V9 M" \4 q5 f2 m3 @) Y0 A29.待客周到keep a good house.
! c( z  _( M& v' p4 n. L- GShe 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。
+ L( p. Y1 u) {- IShe’s always been on the up and up and I don’t think she would have done such a thing.
31.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
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。
) D# J1 |# C2 [5 u4 z4 Z0 lShe’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
0 Z0 ^# G( r7 {& x4 d& Z5 L; E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
  H1 a. K! {. l; K8 ^You were plain touching the tender spot. She was most sensitive to the topic of “ the third person”, who cut in between a couple.
  H8 R  E# J9 Z/ p/ B9 Y% S- Z. F38.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