汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 指手画脚
指手画脚 (指手畫腳)
to gesticulate while talking (idiom) / to explain by waving one's hands / to criticize or give orders summarily
Refers to various actions when speaking / Describes presumptuous or overwhelming when speaking
见"指手划脚"。
zhǐ shǒu () huà () jiǎo/jué
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

他对我的衣着总是指手画脚的。

He's always lecturing me about the way I dress.

这是你自己的选择-你可以选择指手画脚并推卸责任,但最终还是一无所有。

It's your choice — you can choose to point fingers and assign blame, and still end up with nothing.

波斯纳在书中略带嘲讽地建议知识分子,不要对你所不熟悉的领域指手画脚

For Posner, intellectuals should stick to things they know, advice he flouted in his own book.

我的一个朋友是一个很惹人厌的“后座司机”,他总是在后座指手画脚,告诉你该怎么开车。

One of my friends is a terrible back seat driver .

他坚称,公司必须使用他们的专利,否则将会失去他们:“你不能只自己坐下然后对别人指手画脚。”

He insists that firms must use their patents or lose them, "You can't just sit on your ass and give everyone the finger."

在日本这样一个等级森严且尊重权威的社会里,门外汉并不愿意对专职法官指手画脚也怯于挑战法官权威。

In a society of hierarchy and deference towards authority, laymen will rarely dare to argue with professional judges.

即使塔迪奇能够勉强闯过第一轮,他也无法指望得到许多他以前支持者的支持,因为他被认为是一个弱势总统,一切都让科斯·图尼察指手画脚

And though Mr Tadic may still squeak through, he cannot count on much enthusiasm from many of his erstwhile supporters who think he has been a weak President, bossed around by Mr Kostunica.