有口无心 meaning in English
promise with no intention of doing; be sharp-tongued but not malicious; partial to speaking of others but with no bad intention; speak good words but be unsympathetic; say what one does not mean; say sharp things but cherish no malice
Examples
- The stags line up against the wall, chat cursorily with one another .
光棍来宾都一字靠在墙上，有口无心地聊着天儿。 - Verona escaped, immediately after dinner, with no discussion save an automatic "why don't you ever stay home?" from babbitt .
刚吃完晚饭，维隆娜就溜了，没有引起议论，只有巴比特有口无心地说了一句“你干吗不喜欢呆在家里？” - She impulsively said the things that she didn ’ t mean
她冲动地讲了一些有口无心的话。 - Verona escaped , immediately after dinner , with no discussion save an automatic " why don ' t you ever stay home ? " from babbitt
刚吃完晚饭，维隆娜就溜了，没有引起议论，只有巴比特有口无心地说了一句“你干吗不喜欢呆在家里？ ” - These reflections oppress d me for the second or third day of my distemper , and in the violence , as well of the feaver , as of the dreadful reproaches of my conscience , extorted some words from me , like praying to god , tho i cannot say they were either a prayer attended with desires or with hopes ; it was rather the voice of meer fright and distress ; my thoughts were confus d , the convictions great upon my mind , and the horror of dying in such a miserable condition rais d vapours into my head with the meer apprehensions ; and in these hurries of my soul , i know not what my tongue might express : but it was rather exclamation , such as , lord
然而，这种祈祷，有口无心，既无良好的愿望，也不抱任何希望，只是恐惧和痛苦的呼喊而已。这时，我思想极度混乱，深感自己罪孽深重，而一想到自己将在如此悲惨的境况下死去，更是恐怖万分。我心灵惶恐不安，不知道自己嘴里说了些什么话，只是不断地呼喊着这样的话： "上帝啊，我多可怜啊！