言过其实的英文:
[Literal Meaning]
words/go beyond/its/fact
What one says goes beyond the fact.
[解释]
言:语言;过:超过;实:实际。话说得过分,超过了实际情况。
[Explanation]
to exaggerate
[例子]
我相信他是言过其实,事实上结果并没有那么糟糕。
[Example]
I think he overshoots the truth and the result was not so bad actually.
[英文等价词]
to lay it on thick
All his geese are swans.
carry something too far
overshoot the mark
paint the devil blacker than he is
turn geese into swans
- She tends to dramatize.
她往往言过其实。 - bombast
言过其实 - He went farther than the facts warrant
他言过其实。 - He overshot the truth.
他言过其实。 - Sure, it's somewhat over-the-top.
这当然是有点言过其实了。 - The orator spoke in a bombastic manner.
这位演说家的讲话言过其实。 - Don't believe everything she tells you;she tends to dramatize.
她的话不可尽信;她往往言过其实. - She tends lo magnify all her problems.
她一向言过其实,夸大她的问题。 - The commission called a halt to exaggerated advertisements
委员会下令停止刊登言过其实的广告。 - To say he is iii is stretching the truth-- he was merely drunk.
说他病了是言过其实,他只不过是喝醉了。