"cut your throat" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 割喉
• 自毀前程（比喻）

Definition

字面意思是割傷自己的喉嚨，通常比喻做出對自己非常不利、影響前途的決定。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

多用於比喻，形容自己的行為對自己造成了極大傷害，常見於商業或競爭。例如“削價競爭是在cut your own throat”。語氣強烈，不適合隨意使用。

Examples

If you leave your job without another offer, you might cut your throat.

如果你沒有新工作就辭職，可能是在**割自己的喉嚨**。

Don't lower your prices too much or you'll cut your throat.

別把價格壓得太低，否則你會**自毀前程**。

He realized too late that cheating would cut his throat.

他太晚才意識到作弊會讓自己**自毀前程**。

Slashing your own benefits just to beat competitors is like cutting your throat.

為了打敗競爭對手而削減自己的福利就像是在**割自己的喉嚨**。

Honestly, staying up all night before your exam is just cutting your own throat.

說真的，考試前通宵不睡簡直就是在**自毀前程**。

If you keep badmouthing your boss, you're going to cut your throat sooner or later.

你要是一直說老闆壞話，遲早會**自毀前程**。