| 释义 |
Examples:have nothing to say [idiom.]—lit. say grapes are sour when you can't eat them—don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech the detriment of what you want to say—what I say is really nothing out of the ordinary—not worry about the gossip (idiom); to do the right thing regardless of what others say—say one and mean just that (idiom); to keep one's word—external appearance and inner thoughts coincide (idiom); say what one means—pick up what others say (idiom); to pass off other people's opinions as one's own—lit. heart and mouth as one (idiom); say what you think—thousands of words (idiom); having a lot of things say—lit. breathe through the same nostril (idiom); fig. two people say exactly the same thing (usually derog.)—Go your own way, let others say what they like. (popular modern cliche)—say a matter has no relationship with the individual referred to, to emphasise one is innocent or in the clear—say sth. without meaning it (idiom); to speak tongue in cheek—I have much more say than can be written in this letter (conventional letter ending) [idiom.]—lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); change sth. that is already settled upon—fig. interrupt sb. urgently and say one's piece—talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head— |