吃闭门羹 meaning in English
be denied entrance at the door; be left out in the cold; be met with a door banged; be refused admission as an unwelcome guest; find the door slammed to in one's face; find oneself before a door deliberately closed against oneself; on the wrong side of the door
Examples
- Others feel that even with a degree, doors will remain closed simply because the graduate is puerto rican .
另一些人认为，即使得到学位，波多黎各毕业生仍将吃闭门羹。 - Others feel that even with a degree, doors will remain closed simply because the graduate is puerto rican .
另一些人认为，即使得到学位，这个波多黎各毕业生仍将吃闭门羹。 - You must understand that marguerite can t show the count the door
要知道玛格丽特是不能请伯爵吃闭门羹的。 - I can ' t lock them out because it ' s not my room to lock
我不能要她们吃闭门羹，因为这不只是我的房间，我不能把它紧锁。 - He was a door - to - door salesman for a bit , but he soon got tired of having the door slammed in his face
他干过一阵子挨户推销的事，但因常吃闭门羹，很快就讨厌那项工作了。