大家骂他不公平，欺软怕硬。

Everybody lashed out at his unfairness, calling him a cowardly bully.

没错，必要的时候就得学会对别人硬一些，有的人就是会欺软怕硬。

Ll: you've got to learn to put your foot down when it's necessary, otherwise people will take advantage of you.

一位西方大使抱怨到：“本质上说，他有点欺软怕硬，他最擅长使人人牴牾反目，甚至包括美国最好的盟国。”

“Instinctively, he's a bully,” one Western ambassador complained. “He has succeeded in putting almost everyone's back up, even among America's closest allies.”

对于弗兰克来说，这令他想起欺软怕硬的母亲——她过去体罚他，不过他不断讨她欢心，这种行为令他既害怕又兴奋。

For Frank, the similarities with his bullying mother — who used to beat him but whose approval he constantly craved — were scary and exciting.