汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 两面三刀
liǎng miàn sān dāo
两面三刀 (兩面三刀)
two-faced, three knives (idiom); double-cross / double dealing and back stabbing
It is a metaphor for playing a two-faced approach, one face to face and one behind the other
凶险 险恶 阴毒 阴险 居心叵测 包藏祸心 阴险毒辣 阴骘 用心险恶 心怀叵测 险诈
比喻居心不良，当面一套，背后一套。
两 (兩) liǎng 面 miàn 三 sān 刀 dāo
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

两面三刀的人终归不会有好下场。

Double-dealers will come to no good end.

可他没有姐妹，这个两面三刀的人。

But he has no sisters. He is a two-faced person.

可她没有姐妹，这个两面三刀的人！

But he has no sisters. He's a two-faced person!

我开始了解你是怎样一个两面三刀的人。

I'm beginning to learn how two faced you are.

汤姆的朋友说他是个两面三刀的骗子。

Tom's friend said he was a double-tongued liar.

她还指出奥巴马在北美自由贸易区的问题上两面三刀(一位奥巴马的政策顾问对加拿大人保证说奥巴马并不是真心要撕毁北美自由贸易协定)。

She skewered him for talking out of both sides of his mouth on NAFTA (an Obama adviser seemingly assured the Canadians that he was not really threatening to tear up the trade deal).

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