be choosy 挑三拣四
分类: 英语学习方法
“挑三拣四”,汉语成语,指挑挑拣拣,嫌这嫌那,与“挑肥拣瘦”同义。可以翻译为“be choosy,be picky”,与英文习语“pick and choose”意思相近,表示“to select very fastidiously”。
例句:
不要挑三拣四的,给什么就拿什么吧。
Don't pick and choose, but take what's given to you.
他对工作从不挑三拣四。
He is never choosy about his job.