Donny在北京學中文，他的中國朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語怎么說的詞，就會來請教他。今天是方方要問的:軟柿子

Donny:方方，Why do you look so tired?

FF:別提了，我今天又被同事叫去跑腿兒。。。好累??！我真不想再當軟柿子被人使喚了！我要告訴他們，I don't want to be a...a....

Donny:你不是昨天才幫他們買咖啡嗎? 你應該讓他們 run their own errands! You should stop being a push-over!

FF:你上次教我 run errands 是跑腿兒。那 a push-over 被人推來搡去，就是好欺負對不對?

Donny:沒錯。a push-over 就是好欺負的人，你剛剛說什么"軟獅子" 來著?

FF:不是軟獅子，是軟柿子，吃的那種柿子。

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? 懦弱的獅子? 一個獅子，一個柿子。太有趣了。

Donny:美國經典電影 "The Wizard of Oz" 里的獅子就叫Cowardly Lion.

FF:原來是這樣，那我絕對不要當 cowardly lion.

Donny:Yes, you should really stop being a cowardly lion and don't let people push you over.

FF:是?。?我要告訴他們，不許再欺負我！不要來煩我！你快告訴我，這兩句話英語怎么說？

Donny:You can say "stop bullying me." Bully, B-u-l-l-y意思是欺負。“別煩我”更容易，我一說你準會，叫 Leave me alone.

FF:我明天就去告訴他們，Stop bullying me! Leave me alone.

Donny:That's right! Let's see what you've learned today.

FF:第一，軟柿子可以說 push-over，也可以叫 cowardly lion.

第二，欺負人是 bully.

第三，別煩我是 leave me alone.