夸夸其谈

They are talking on stilts about the poetry of painting.

他们在夸夸其谈地议论绘画的诗意。

Don't talk on stilts with mouth full.

在嘴里塞满食物的时候不要夸夸其谈。

But cowboys, charlatans and clowns are far more common, and do most of the real damage.

但莽撞的&牛仔&、夸夸其谈的吹牛者和愚蠢的小丑远比骗子更常见，大多数实实在在的损失都是这些人造成的。

From Rusticus I received the impression that my character required improvement and discipline; and from him I learned not to be led astray to sophistic emulation, nor to writing on speculative matters, nor to delivering little hortatory orations, nor to showing myself off as a man who practises much discipline, or does benevolent acts in order to make a display; and to abstain from rhetoric, and poetry, and fine writing; and not to walk about in the house in my outdoor dress, nor to do other things of the kind; and to write my letters with simplicity, like the letter which Rusticus wrote from Sinuessa to my mother; and with respect to those who have offended me by words, or done me wrong, to be easily disposed to be pacified and reconciled, as soon as they have shown a readiness to be reconciled; and to read carefully, and not to be satisfied with a superficial understanding of a book; nor hastily to give my assent to those who talk overmuch; and I am indebted to him for being acquainted with the discourses of Epictetus, which he communicated to me out of his own collection.

从拉斯蒂克斯，我领悟到我的品格需要改进和训练，知道不迷误于诡辩的竞赛，不写作投机的东西，不进行繁琐的劝诫，不显示自己训练有素，或者做仁慈的行为以图炫耀；学会了避免辞藻华丽、构思精巧的写作；不穿着出门用的衣服在室内行走及别的类似事情；学会了以朴素的风格写信，就像拉斯蒂克斯从锡纽埃瑟给我的母亲写的信一样；对于那些以言词冒犯我，或者对我做了错事的人，一旦他们表现出和解的意愿，就乐意地与他们和解；从他，我也学会了仔细地阅读，不满足于表面的理解，不轻率地同意那些夸夸其谈的人；我亦感谢他使我熟悉了埃比克太德的言论，那是他从自己的收藏中传授给我的。

If------ By Joseph Rudyard Kipling If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; I f you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or, being hated, don't give away to hating, And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise; If you can dream---and not make dreams your master; If you can think--- and not make thoughts your aim; I f you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two imposters just the same; If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to broken, And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools; If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and toss And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breathe a word about your loss; I f you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will, which says to them: hold on!

翻译成中文就是假如——假如你能——在别人不知所措却对你横加指责的时候，保持清醒的头脑；假如你能——在所有人都怀疑你的时候仍然相信自己，并能体谅别人对你的怀疑；假如你能等待且又充满耐心，或者，从不用谎言去应付谎言，也不用仇恨去回击仇恨，既不故作正经也不夸夸其谈。假如你充满梦想——但绝不做梦想的奴仆；假如你勤于思考——却不把思想当作目标；假如你能——在遇到胜利和困难时态度同样平静；假如你能容忍你所说的真理，被无赖用作捕捉愚人的陷阱，或看着你所献身的事业轰然倒塌，你能屈身拾起残破的工具把它们重建。假如你能——把所有赢来的筹码都押在一把赌注上，输光后仍能重新再来，且对输赢只字不提。假如你能——在运气不佳身心俱疲之时，仍能全力以赴抓住机遇，在一无所有只剩意志支撑的时刻，咬牙坚持到底。

The unluckiest insolvent in the world is the man whose expenditure of speech is too great for his income of ideas.

世界上最失败的人莫过于那些只夸夸其谈而不付诸于行动的人？？？

The toil of millions of men, the toil of men who do not boast, who are inconspicuous, but who live their lives humbly from day to day; it is the great body of toilers that constitutes the might of America.

那就是干百万人的艰苦劳动，这些人从不夸夸其谈，毫不出众，而是一天又一天过着谨慎的日子；正是劳动者这一伟大主体才使美国强大。

For instance, the phone might be the best medium for sales where employees are encouraged to stretch the truth.

分析：由Hancock的研究结果可知，销售人员与客户联系时最好采用电话方式，因为在电话里往往可以夸大事实，尽量吹嘘产品的优点，因此B选项&销售员在夸夸其谈时毫无限制&为正确答案。

Since the Second World War, host countries have avoided such bombastic excess, but they have usually seen the Olympics as an opportunity to pin a gold medal on one or more of their leading architects.

二战以来，主办国都避免犯这种夸夸其谈的错误，但往往把奥运会看成为其一个或多个建筑设计师摘取金牌的机会。

Giving away to one's feeling and indulging in exaggerations can only hinder the pursuit of the truth.

感情用事和夸夸其谈只能阻碍对真理的追求。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。