死要面子活受罪: puff oneself up at one's own cost; keep up appearance to cover up one's predicament
Example Sentences:
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He refused to accept help out of a false sense of pride . 他由于死要面子而不肯接受帮助。
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His pride never deserts him, but with the rich he is liberal-minded, just, sincere, rational, honourable, and perhaps agreeable . 他处处傲慢，可是跟有钱的阔人在一起的时候，他就显得胸襟磊落，公正诚实，讲道理，要面子，也许还会和和气气。
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Kobe let raja bell get under his too - thin skin 科比的要面子使他陷入拉加贝尔的圈套。
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He refused to accept help out of a false sense of pride 他由於死要面子而不肯接受帮助
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And that ' s a pretty competitive category 那些人很要面子的
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Oh , don ' t be so respectable ! tell me what you really feel 哎呀，不要这样死要面子啦，告诉我真心话吧！
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This woman wouldn ' t have been up there or have done what she did if she hadn ' t been forced . she just wants respect too 这个女人不是被逼到一定份上，也不会做出这种事情。她自己也是个要面子的人啊。
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“ let me translocate you away , enkasha , ” ayenden pleaded . “ now is the time for neither jokes nor pride “让我把你传送走吧，因卡莎， ”艾登简直就是在恳求了， “现在不是开玩笑或者要面子的时候了。 ”
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" my father is proud , sir , and if he had not a meal left , i doubt if he would have asked anything from anyone , except from heaven . “我父亲是很要强的，很要面子，先生。即便是他饿肚子没饭吃了，恐怕除了上帝以外，他不会向任何人去乞讨的。 ”
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With his notions of dignity , he would probably feel that the arguments , which to elizabeth had appeared weak and ridiculous , contained much good sense and solid reasoning 咖苔琳夫人说了那么一大堆理由，伊丽莎白当然觉得荒唐可笑，不值一驳，可是有他那样一个死要面子的人看来，也许会觉得见解高明，理由充足。
