请输入您要查询的字词:

 

字词 当着矮人, 别说矮话。
释义
当着矮人, 别说矮话。

Dāngzhe ǎirén, bié shuō ǎi huà.

當著矮人, 別說矮話。

Lit In front of dwarves one should not talk about midgets.

Fig Don't talk about people's shortcomings or defects in front of them. “Don't speak of halters in the house of a hanged man.”

Note [Cf. DRC, chap. 46; see also ǎizi miànqián above and mò fàn rén huì below.]

Topics COURTESY COURTESY DRC EMPATHY SELF-RESTRAINT SHORTCOMINGS

随便看

 

汉译英翻译词典收录4156条汉英翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用中文字词的英语拼写、翻译、音标、读音、用法、例句等,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2024 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/1/22 2:53:27