03.05 老外说“You're cheap”,不是“你真便宜”

“You're cheap”?

你真便宜?

这是什么话?

难道这是面试时薪水说低了,面试官说的?

才没这么简单!

老外说“You're cheap”,不是“你真便宜”


1

You're cheap是在"骂人"

除了“便宜”

cheap的常见意思还有“小气的、抠门的”

所以

You're cheap


你真抠门/小气

例句:

I never been with a man that cheap in my life.

我这辈子都没跟那么小气的人约会过。

Trust me, just don't lend money to Jack. He's cheap and he'll never pay you back.

相信我别把钱借给杰克,他太抠了肯定不还你。

老外说“You're cheap”,不是“你真便宜”


2

“小气鬼”的常见表达

cheapskate

I'm not surprised. He's known as a cheapskate.

我一点也不惊讶,他是有名的小气鬼。


cheap Charlie

Buy us a round of drinks, don't be a cheap Charlie!

请我们喝酒啊!别当小气鬼咯!


miser

It is said that he's a miser.

据说他是一个小气鬼。


stingy person

He is a very stingy person.

他是个很小气的人。


penny pincher

Tom is such penny pincher, and none likes to be with him.

汤姆是一个小气鬼,所以没有人喜欢和他在一块。

老外说“You're cheap”,不是“你真便宜”


3

"物美价廉"与“价廉物劣”

cheap and cheerful

物美价廉的

例句:

She enjoys shopping for cheap and cheerful presents.

她喜欢买一些物美价廉的礼物。

There's a restaurant round the corner that serves cheap and cheerful food.

街角处有家饭店,那里的饭菜物美价廉。


cheap and nasty

价廉物劣的

例句:

Everything in this shop is cheap and nasty. Don't buy anything.

这家店的所有东西都价廉物劣,不要买。

The hotel where we stayed was cheap and nasty. I wouldn't recommend it.

我们住的酒店价廉物劣,我不推荐。

老外说“You're cheap”,不是“你真便宜”


4

Talk is cheap

Talk is cheap 不是“聊天很便宜”

而是

“光说没有用”

例句:

Talk is cheap. Action speaks louder than words。

光说没有用,行胜于言。

老外说“You're cheap”,不是“你真便宜”

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