有時(shí)候和媽媽輩的人討論男生,在你一臉花癡地說(shuō)“那個(gè)男生長(zhǎng)得很帥”時(shí),媽媽們往往會(huì)冷冷來(lái)一句,帥又不能當(dāng)飯吃。那么,老外會(huì)怎么表達(dá)“帥不能當(dāng)飯吃”呢?
我們先來(lái)看看中國(guó)人怎么用英語(yǔ)表達(dá)這句話:
1. Pretty face can not feed you.
2. Appearance can't make money./Good look is not a credit card./Being pretty can't help you pay the bill.
3. You cannot count on your appearance to do everything./Being handsome is not everything!
上面的幾個(gè)說(shuō)法都可以接受,起碼能讓老外明白我們的意思,但是真正地道的說(shuō)法是什么呢?其實(shí)可以用一個(gè)詞組來(lái)表達(dá):charm one's way through life。那么“帥又不能當(dāng)飯吃”的地道說(shuō)法就是:
You can't charm your way through life.
或者也可以說(shuō):
You can't take too much advantage of your beauty.
別濫用自己的美貌。
多類似的詞組還有talk one's way out of,以唇舌之功給自己解圍。
How come he could talk his way out of all the troubles?
為什么他每回都能憑三寸不爛之舌解決麻煩?
除此之外還有很多動(dòng)詞可以這樣搭配:
list your way out of stuckness 制定計(jì)劃,擺脫懶散
spend your way out of the recession 促進(jìn)消費(fèi)來(lái)擺脫經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退
facebook your way out of job 因facebook上的不當(dāng)言行而產(chǎn)生職場(chǎng)危機(jī)