老外说“You're cheap”，不是“你真便宜”，了解错了太为难
“You're cheap”？
你真便宜？
这是什么话？
岂非这是口试时薪水说低了，口试官说的？才没这么简便！
1
You're cheap是在"骂人"
除了“便宜”
cheap的稀有意思另有“吝啬的、抠门的”
以是
You're cheap
你真抠门/吝啬
例句：
I never been with a man that cheap in my life.
我这辈子都没跟那么吝啬的人约会过。
Trust me, just don't lend money to Jack. He's cheap and he'll never pay you back.
信赖我别把钱借给杰克，他太抠了一定不还你。
2
“吝啬鬼”的稀有表达
cheapskate
I'm not surprised. He's known as a cheapskate.
我一点也不惊奇，他是出名的吝啬鬼。
cheap Charlie
Buy us a round of drinks, don't be a cheap Charlie!
请我们喝酒啊！别当吝啬鬼咯！
miser
It is said that he's a miser.
听说他是一个吝啬鬼。
stingy person
He is a very stingy person.
他是个很吝啬的人。
penny pincher
Tom is such penny pincher, and none likes to be with him.
汤姆是一个吝啬鬼，以是没有人喜好和他在一块。
3
"物美价廉"与“价廉物劣”
cheap and cheerful
物美价廉的
例句：
She enjoys shopping for cheap and cheerful presents.
她喜好买一些物美价廉的礼品。
There's a restaurant round the corner that serves cheap and cheerful food.
街角处有家饭店，那边的饭菜物美价廉。
cheap and nasty
价廉物劣的
例句：
Everything in this shop is cheap and nasty. Don't buy anything.
这家店的一切东西都价廉物劣，不要买。
The hotel where we stayed was cheap and nasty. I wouldn't recommend it.
我们住的旅店价廉物劣，我不保举。
4
Talk is cheap
Talk is cheap 不是“谈天很便宜”
而是“光说没有效”
例句：
Talk is cheap. Action speaks louder than words。
光说没有效，行胜于言。
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