英语中有很多贬低的语言，比如“老顽固”可以表达为一个硬骨头，所谓的害群之马就是害群之马，无聊某人和“关掉(电视，水龙头)”这个表达是一样的。这些表达富有联想，生动活泼。
朋友之间A: But I don't like her boyfriend. He really turns me off. B: You mean Jack? A:Yeah. He's a tartar. Each time I met him he would jump down my throat. I can't understand why Linda should love a man like him. B:That's what things are like. A nice girl usually married herself off to a man! whom other people dislike. I hope you wouldn't marry a tartar like Jack.
A:我不喜欢她男朋友。他让我很厌烦。 B:你是说杰克? A:是，他很难对付。每次我遇见他，他都让我大跌眼镜。我不明白琳达为什么喜欢这样的男人。 B:事情应该就是这样。一个漂亮的女孩通常嫁一个别人不喜欢的男人。我希望你不会嫁个像杰克一样难应付的家伙。
同事之间A:What happened to Joe? He seems unhappy. B:That black sheep? The one who almost ruined his father's business? A: Yes. How do you know that? B:Everybody in this company knows that he is a black sheep of his family. He splashed nearly a hundred thousand U. S. dollars in a few year. A:His brother is also a black sheep，always bringing trouble to his family. B:I will never do like him!
A:乔怎么了?他看上去不高兴。 B:那个败家子吗?他几乎毁了他爸爸的产业。 A:是的。你怎么知道的? B:这个公司的每个人都知道他是他家的败家子。这几年他挥霍了几十万美元。 A:他的哥哥也是个败家子，总是给他家惹麻烦。 B:我永远也不要像他。
伴侣之间A: Honey, why are you so angry? B:It is all because of John. I cannot imagine how could he think I would go back on my words? I am not his sort. A:But he is that sort. He is always keeping harping on things and trying to find fault with others. B:Yes，I think so. He is always doing things like this.And he is always ready to get the best of others. A:Yeah.
A:亲爱的，你为什么生气呢? B:都怪约翰。我简直不能相信他怎么说话不算话。我就不是他那类人。 A:但他就是那类人。他总是对事情很挑剔而且总是试图找出别人的错误。 B:是啊，就是这样。他总是这样做事，而且他总想占别人的便宜。 A:是的。
熟人之间A:Her dress looks funny. B:I wouldn't say that. It looks fine to me. A: Are you kidding. She's behind the times. That style went out last year. B:Oh，come on，as long as it looks good on her. A:Wow, you're really as out-dated as she is. B :You're dam right. I'm out of style. So what? What's the point of keeping yourself in style? A: No wonder you never buy me a new dress.
A:她的衣服看上去很有趣。 B:我不这么认为。我看上去很好。 A:你在开玩笑。她太土了。这种潮流去年就过时了。 B:哦，只要她穿着好看就行了。 A:哇，你跟她一样落后了。 B:你真对。我是落后了。怎么?保持自己的风格有什么不对? A:怪不得你从来不给我买新衣服。
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