[口語]“帥又不能當(dāng)飯吃”英語怎么說？

有時(shí)候和媽媽輩的人討論男生，在你一臉花癡地說“那個(gè)男生長得很帥”時(shí)，媽媽們往往會(huì)冷冷來一句，帥又不能當(dāng)飯吃。那么，老外會(huì)怎么表達(dá)“帥不能當(dāng)飯吃”呢？

我們先來看看中國人怎么用英語表達(dá)這句話：

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!

上面的幾個(gè)說法都可以接受，起碼能讓老外明白我們的意思，但是真正地道的說法是什么呢？其實(shí)可以用一個(gè)詞組來表達(dá)：charm one's way through life。那么“帥又不能當(dāng)飯吃”的地道說法就是：

You can't charm your way through life.

或者也可以說：

You can't take too much advantage of your beauty.

別濫用自己的美貌。

多類似的詞組還有talk one's way out of，以唇舌之功給自己解圍。

How come he could talk his way out of all the troubles?

為什么他每回都能憑三寸不爛之舌解決麻煩？

除此之外還有很多動(dòng)詞可以這樣搭配：

list your way out of stuckness 制定計(jì)劃，擺脫懶散

spend your way out of the recession 促進(jìn)消費(fèi)來擺脫經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退

facebook your way out of job 因facebook上的不當(dāng)言行而產(chǎn)生職場危機(jī)