大家好,歡迎來的餅哥英語的頻道,今天我們分享一個非常有用且地道的表達——八面玲瓏, 這個短語的英語表達是:
all things to all people 八面玲瓏
Being a man of the world, he is all things to all men.
他老於世故,八面玲瓏。
The successful businessman is all things to all men.
這個成功的商人真是八面玲瓏。
I know you want your students to like you, but you have to discipline them when they misbehave. You can't be all things to all people.
我知道你想你的學生喜歡你,但是當他們行為不當的時候你應該罰他們。你不能八面玲瓏。
I don't trust that candidate—he is trying to be all things to all people and still hasn't said his plan of action.
我不相信那候選人——他試圖八面玲瓏,仍然沒有說出他的行動計劃。
Don't try to be all things to all people. If you try to please everybody, you will end up satisfying nobody.
不要妄想八面玲瓏,如果你想取悅所有人,結果必然是誰都對你不滿意。