做贼心虚 meaning in English
a bad conscience is a snake in one’s heart
a bad custom is like a good cake better broken than kept
a guilty conscience needs no accuser
guilty consciences make man cowards
Examples
- She had a guilty look which immediately roused surmise in his mind .
她那做贼心虚的神色马上引起了他的猜测。 - There was a gloomy and rather guilty silence in the company .
这么一来，那几个人未免有些尴尬，象做贼心虚似的，出现了冷场。 - He that has a great nose thinks everybody is speaking of it
鼻子长得大，总怕有人说。 /做贼心虚。 - A guilty conscience is a self - accuser
做贼心虚，良心自诛。 - S ; and , when napoleon returned to france , he , after the manner of mediocre minds , termed the coincidence , a decree of providence
腾格拉尔很清楚他给了唐太斯那一击是多么厉害，他象所有做贼心虚但又要小聪明的人一样，诿称这是天意。