“拾人牙慧”是一个汉语成语,比喻拾取别人的一言半语当作自己的话(pick up phrases from somebody and pass them off as one's own),也比喻窃取别人的语言和文字(steal others' ideas/sayings),带有贬义。
- 他只是鹦鹉学舌,拾人牙慧罢了!
He talks like a parrot and just repeat what he heard. - 他那篇文章尽是拾人牙慧的观念。
His article is full of hand-me-down concepts.