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打肿脸充胖子
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“打肿脸充胖子”,中文歇后语,字面意思是“slap one's face until it's 1 in an effort to look imposing”,比喻宁可付出代价而硬充作了不起,为撑面子,做一些自己力不能及的事情(try to satisfy one's vanity when one cannot really afford to do so)。
 
例句:
 
他真会打肿了脸充胖子!
he's just making himself look fat by slapping his own face!
 
人家都知道我们快要破产了,何必还打肿脸充胖子。
there's no point in keeping up appearances when everyone knows we're nearly bankrupt.


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adj.肿大的,水涨的;v.使变大,肿胀
参考例句:
  • her legs had got swollen from standing up all day.因为整天站着,她的双腿已经肿了。
  • a mosquito had bitten her and her arm had swollen up.蚊子叮了她,她的手臂肿起来了。
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