"bring a knife to a gunfight" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 自討苦喫 (字面：帶刀參加槍戰)

Definition

在競爭或衝突中，裝備不足或準備不充分地面對對手。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

這是一個非正式且常帶幽默感的比喻說法。表示某人在競爭、討論等情況下準備嚴重不足。不是實際意味帶刀去槍戰。

Examples

If you try to debate him without preparation, you'll bring a knife to a gunfight.

如果你沒有準備就和他辯論，就是**自討苦喫**。

Competing with no experience is like trying to bring a knife to a gunfight.

沒有經驗去競爭就像**帶刀參加槍戰**。

When he arrived without notes, he was bringing a knife to a gunfight.

他沒帶筆記去，就像是**帶刀參加槍戰**。

Trying to beat them with that old software is totally bringing a knife to a gunfight.

用那麼老的軟件跟他們競爭完全是**自討苦喫**。

"You went against the best team with no game plan? Man, you really brought a knife to a gunfight!"

“你沒有計劃就和最強的隊比賽？你真是**帶刀參加槍戰**！”

Honestly, negotiating without data is just bringing a knife to a gunfight these days.

說真的，現在沒有數據去談判就是**自討苦喫**。