第一，迷你對話

A: It seems that you don't like Jenny, do you?

你好像不喜歡Jenny，是嗎？

B: Yeah. I don't like the way she speak to me.

是的，我不喜歡她跟我說話的方式。

A: She speaks with her tongue in her cheek, doesn't she?

她說話總是虛情假意，對嗎？

B: Yes, she always puts on airs whenever she talks with you.

是的，無論什么時候和你說話都是裝腔作勢。

第二，地道表達

speak with one's tongue in one's cheek

解詞釋義

Speak with one tongue in one's cheek的意思是“說話虛情假意”。

拓展范例

E.g. There's a look on Jane's face that makes me think he's speaking with his tongue in his cheek.

從簡的表情看來，我覺得他話中有話。

E.g. He said he was sorry, but I knew he spoke with his tongue in his cheek.

E.g. He said that he would go to see them, but I suspect that he spoke with his tongue in his cheek.

他說他要去看我們，但我懷疑他是言不由衷。

第三，好詞妙語

put on airs：裝腔作勢，擺架子

E.g .She put on airs after marrying a millionaire.

自從嫁了百萬富翁后,她就擺起架子。

E.g. She had better not put on airs with me.I won't like it.

她最好不要對我擺架子，我不喜歡那一套。

E.g. You shouldn't put on airs even if you were in charge.

即便你當頭頭，也不該擺架子。