汉英词典
MEANING OF 信口雌黄
信口雌黄
(信口雌黃)
to speak off the cuff / to casually opine
信 Let it go / 雌黄 Namely cockscomb stone, a yellow mineral, used as a pigment / The ancients wrote with yellow paper, and they made a mistake, and then rewritten it after smearing with orpiment / Metaphor ignores the facts and talks casually
信任凭，听任；雌黄即鸡冠石，黄色矿物，用作颜料。古人用黄纸写字，写错了，用雌黄涂抹后改写。比喻不顾事实，随口乱说。
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被人讥讽为饶舌老人的信口雌黄。 Be scorned like old men of less truth than tongue. | ||
因为他信口雌黄所以不采取他的话。 Don't take his words as he is talking through his hat. | ||
伯娜丁：我从事皮肤护理工作有二十年了，不会信口雌黄。 Bernardine: look I've been in the skin care business for twenty years and I know what I'm talking about. you must follow my advice. | ||
一个懒惰的三流记者，不把事实调查清楚，就信口雌黄，指控我是这次事件的串谋者。 I was baselessly accused of complicity in the affair by a lazy hack who cannot be bothered to do his homework . | ||
你当然知道他们所说的一切都是胡编乱造、信口开河、信口雌黄的臆想品，所以你的结论便是：真正的占星术不过是无稽之谈。 Of course you know what they offer is bogus, phony, a sham. The result: you all think real astrology is a sham. | ||
