“You're cheap”？

你真便宜？

这是什么话？

难道这是面试时薪水说低了，面试官说的？

才没这么简单！


01
You're cheap是在"骂人"

除了“便宜”

cheap的常见意思还有“小气的、抠门的”

所以

You're cheap
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你真抠门/小气
例：
I never been with a man that cheap in my life.
我这辈子都没跟那么小气的人约会过。
Trust me, just don't lend money to Jack. He's cheap and he'll never pay you back.
相信我别把钱借给杰克，他太抠了肯定不还你。

02
“小气鬼”的常见表达

①
cheapskate
例：
I'm not surprised. He's known as a cheapskate.
我一点也不惊讶，他是有名的小气鬼。
②
cheap Charlie
例：
Buy us a round of drinks, don't be a cheap Charlie!
请我们喝酒啊！别当小气鬼咯！
③
miser
例：
It is said that he's a miser.
据说他是一个小气鬼。
④
stingy person
例：
He is a very stingy person.
他是个很小气的人。
⑤
penny pincher
例：
Tom is such penny pincher, and none likes to be with him.
汤姆是一个小气鬼，所以没有人喜欢和他在一块。

03
"物美价廉"与“价廉物劣”

①
cheap and cheerful

物美价廉的
例：
She enjoys shopping for cheap and cheerful presents.
她喜欢买一些物美价廉的礼物。
There's a restaurant round the corner that serves cheap and cheerful food.
街角处有家饭店，那里的饭菜物美价廉。
②
cheap and nasty

价廉物劣的
例：
Everything in this shop is cheap and nasty. Don't buy anything.
这家店的所有东西都价廉物劣，不要买。
The hotel where we stayed was cheap and nasty. I wouldn't recommend it.
我们住的酒店价廉物劣，我不推荐。

04
Talk is cheap

Talk is cheap 不是“聊天很便宜”

而是“光说没有用”
例：
Talk is cheap. Action speaks louder than words。
光说没有用，行胜于言。