They'll try screw you if you get too close to them. However if you keep the distance, they'll complain.
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Your colleague(s) must have been enlightened.
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后来我觉得这么解释不妥。应该说，They''ll think you are trying to screw them if you get too close to them. However if you keep the distance, they'll complain.
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学习了！
看中文题目还不太懂……
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前半句没有说么？
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个人不认为前半句有理。至少不应该一竿子打翻一船人。
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原文的意思是，你跟他近乎了，他就蹬鼻子上脸。你要是跟他保持距离，他就抱怨你冷落了他。
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前半句是“唯小人与热带鱼难养也”
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看看孔学出版社的翻译：
Be close to them and they are not humble, keep them at arm's length and they complain.
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“不逊”要比"not humble”的“不谦虚”过分多了。
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They snub you when you get close, they bitch about you when you stay away.
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看中文意思应该不是snub
what about:
They boss you around when you are close and whinge about you when you stay away.
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snub = 视为无物，不屌，看不起而不理，不尊重。
I think that's what 不逊 means too. not sure.
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想起小时候的一首打油，原来其实是这么的有深意。。云：
远看是猪头
近看是头猪
咋看都是猪
其实就是猪啊
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they'll
be
irreverent
if
you
let
them
get
too
close；
they'll
complain
if
you
keep
them
at
a
distance。
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楼主给解释的时候，是不是连前面的“唯女子与小人为难养也”也一并解释？否则容易引起歧义？
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