哑巴吃黄连 meaning in English
a dumb person taking a dose of bitter medicine -- suffering humiliation, insults, etc.; a mute victim; inarticulate misery; in silence to suffer injury, damages, etc.; like a dumb man in silence, for to speak out would be to one's disadvantage, embarrassment or would even lead to the loss of face, etc.; swallow a bitter pill in silence; like a dumb person tasting the rhizome of chinese goldthread; (be compelled to) suffer in silence
Examples
- No one knew of these transactions , nor was he going to mention them to anyone else. he was like the dumb man eating the bitter herb , he had to suffer in silence .
这件事谁也不知道，他又不能对任何人提起，真是哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出。 - Because of small advantages , they came through hardships about the quality and the date of delivery , especially in the case of client paying money for it firstly , they just only keep them to be silent , it has a similiarity between a dummy eating goldthreads
他们曾因为图便宜在质量和交货期上吃过苦头，特别是在客户首先付款的情况下，只能是哑巴吃黄连有苦难言。