我们先来看看中国人怎么用英语表达这句话

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  我们先来看看中国人怎么用英语表达这句话:

  1. Pretty face can not feed you.
  2. Appearance can't make money./Good look is not a credit card./Being pretty can't help you pay the bill.
  3. You cannot count on your appearance to do everything./Being handsome is not everything!
  上面的几个说法都可以接受,起码能让老外明白我们的意思,但是真正地道的说法是什么呢?其实可以用一个词组来表达:charm one's way through life。那么帅又不能当饭吃的地道说法就是:
  You can't charm your way through life.
  或者也可以说:

  You can't take too much advantage of your beauty.
  别滥用自己的美貌。

  多类似的词组还有talk one's way out of,以唇舌之功给自己解围。

  How come he could talk his way out of all the troubles?
  为什么他每回都能凭三寸不烂之舌解决麻烦?

  除此之外还有很多动词可以这样搭配:

  list your way out of stuckness 制定计划,摆脱懒散

  spend your way out of the recession 促进消费来摆脱经济衰退

  facebook your way out of job facebook上的不当言行而产生职场危机

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