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yaofengluan

至尊木虫 (知名作家)

[交流] help me translate

help me translate "I believe you put the toughness on to save your skin"
The CONTEXT:
(SOUND FROM “THE PHILADELPHIA STORY”)
TRACY: These stories are beautiful! Why Connor, they’re almost poetry!
MACAULAY: Well, don’t kid yourself, they are.
TRACY: I can’t make you out at all now.
MACAULAY: Really? I thought I was easy.
TRACY: So did I. But you’re not. You talk so big and tough, and then you write like this. Which is which?
MACAULAY: Both, I guess.
TRACY: No. No, I believe you put the toughness on to save your skin.
MACAULAY: Oh, you think so.
TRACY: I know a little about that.
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rogueliu

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侵略如火—小明哥

我认为你逞强是在掩饰
小学课本里的三大名人:小明、小强和小红。我排第一!
7楼2011-09-20 13:07:23
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yaofengluan

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7楼: Originally posted by rogueliu at 2011-09-20 13:07:23:
我认为你逞强是在掩饰

谢谢,应该就是这个意思了
8楼2011-09-21 09:04:01
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yaofengluan

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4楼: Originally posted by poyoro at 2011-09-20 12:28:10:
你在逞强

谢谢,应该就是这个意思了
9楼2011-09-21 09:04:23
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holypapa

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There maybe another phrases for this description. "all hat and  no cattle" or "all bark and no bite". in chinese we may say:"打肿脸充胖子。”  is it right?
Aappleadaykeepsdoctoraway.
10楼2011-09-21 09:58:54
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