支吾其词说话可疑或躲躲闪闪。英prevaricate;[查看详情]

轻描淡写原谓绘画中用淡色轻轻描绘。比喻说话或作文有意减轻问题的重要性。例这个头陀尤其凶横异常怎的姑娘你轻描淡写的就断送了他？——清文康《儿女英雄传》英adumbrate;着力不多地描写或不充分地陈述。例知道报纸对他会怎样地轻描淡写或过分夸张。英understate;[查看详情]

画龙点睛以唐张彦远《历代名画记》所述张繇僧画龙点睛的故事比喻绘画、作文在紧要之处加上一笔使其灵活而有神。英add the touch that brings a work of art to life; add a word or two to clinch the point; put life into sth.like dotting the eyeball in painting a drag[查看详情]

言外之意含蓄而没有明白指明的意思。英implication; meaning underneath the words; read between the lines; what is actually meant;[查看详情]

不着边际谓挨不上边无着落。形容不实在空泛或离题太远。[查看详情]

言不及义义：义理指事情的道理。指只说些无聊的话没有一句说到正经的道理。例群居终日言不及义，好行小慧，难矣哉！——《论语卫灵公》英never talk about anything serious; talk frivolously;[查看详情]

离题万里形容写文章或说话与要讲的主题距离很远甚至毫不相干。[查看详情]

一语破的一句话就说中要害点破实质。英hit the mark with a single comment;[查看详情]

蜻蜓点水语出唐杜甫《曲江》诗之二：“穿花蛱蝶深深见点水蜻蜓款款飞。”谓蜻蜓飞行水面产卵尾部触水即起。用以比喻做事肤浅不深入。[查看详情]

浮光掠影水面上的反光和一闪而过的影子。比喻观察不细致没有深的印象；又指文章言论的肤浅无真知实学。英skimming over the surface; cursory;[查看详情]

不痛不痒原义是毫无感受现在常用来比喻做事深度不够犹不着边际或措施不力没触及要害不解决问题。英scratch only the surface; be perfunctory; superficial;[查看详情]