“软柿子”怎么说

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donny在北京学中文，他的中国朋友要是遇到了不知道用美语怎么说的词，就会来请教他。今天是方方要问的：软柿子。

donny: 方方，why do you look so tired?

ff: 别提了，我今天又被同事叫去跑腿儿。。。好累啊！我真不想再当软柿子被人使唤了！我要告诉他们，i dont want to be a...a....

donny：你不是昨天才帮他们买咖啡吗? 你应该让他们 run their own errands! you should stop being a push-over!

ff: 你上次教我 run errands 是跑腿儿。那 a push-over 被人推来搡去，就是好欺负对不对?

donny: 没错。a push-over 就是好欺负的人，你刚刚说什么软狮子 来着?

ff: 不是软狮子，是软柿子，吃的那种柿子。

donny: oh, soft persimmon? sounds delicious! in english, you can also call a push-over a cowardly lion. a cowardly lion is someone who is supposed to be brave but lacks courage and acts cowardly.

ff: cowardly lion? 懦弱的狮子? 一个狮子，一个柿子。太有趣了。

donny: 美国经典电影 the wizard of oz 里的狮子就叫cowardly lion.

ff: 原来是这样，那我绝对不要当 cowardly lion.

donny: (hahaha...) yes, you should really stop being a cowardly lion and dont let people push you over.

ff: 是啊！ 我要告诉他们，不许再欺负我！不要来烦我！你快告诉我，这两句话英语怎么说？

donny: you can say stop bullying me. bully, b-u-l-l-y意思是欺负。“别烦我”更容易，我一说你准会，叫 leave me alone.

ff: 我明天就去告诉他们，stop bullying me! leave me alone.

donny: thats right! lets see what youve learned today.

ff: 第一，软柿子可以说 push-over，也可以叫 cowardly lion.

第二，欺负人是 bully.

第三，别烦我是 leave me alone.