你身边一定有一些人,他们的言语总是那么尖锐、刺耳,但内心却又格外善良柔软,了解他们的人都知道,他们其实只是“刀子嘴,豆腐心”。
“刀子嘴”,形容人说话十分刻薄(speak sarcastically and bitterly),像刀子一样伤人,与英文“sharp-tongued”意思相近。
“刀子嘴,豆腐心”是一个常见的中文俗语,比喻“嘴上说的很难听,心肠却很软”,可以翻译为“be sharp-tongued but tender-hearted”,有时也可用英文习语“someone's bark is worse than his or her bite”表示。
- 他这个人是刀子嘴,豆腐心。
He has a sharp tongue but a tender heart. - 别被她吓倒了,她就是刀子嘴豆腐心。
Don't let her frighten you - her bark is worse than her bite.