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“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！

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。

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。

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。

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。

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