"pick holes" in Chinese (Traditional)
吹毛求疵挑毛病
Definition
有意地挑剔、指出某事的缺點或錯誤,通常帶有批評或否定的語氣。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))
非正式說法,通常帶有負面含義,指過度挑剔或不公正的批評。常見用法如 'don't pick holes in my plan'。不是字面意思。
Examples
Please don't pick holes in my suggestion; I'm trying to help.
請不要對我的建議**吹毛求疵**,我只是想幫忙。
It's easy to pick holes in someone else's work.
對別人的工作**挑毛病**很容易。
Some critics like to pick holes in every movie.
有些影評人喜歡**吹毛求疵**每部電影。
Instead of fixing the problem, he just tried to pick holes in my solution.
他沒有解決問題,只是在我的方案中**挑毛病**。
Why do you always have to pick holes in what I say?
你為什麼總要對我說的話**吹毛求疵**?
People who constantly pick holes rarely suggest better ideas.
那些總是**吹毛求疵**的人很少能提出更好的想法。