“打口水仗”的英语怎么说呢？

我们在中文里有一个说法，叫做“君子动口不动手”，这个动口也就是我们所说的“打口水仗”啦。这个口水仗，不如吵架那么激烈，也是我们生气时经常会做的事情，我们也可以称之为“发生口角”。那么，这种表达用英语怎么说呢？我们一起来学习一下。

have a little spat

In English, spat means a quarrel about petty points ，a short argument，usually is about something that is not very important.

在英语中，“spat”意思为因为某个不重要的小事引起的争吵或者口角。也就是我们所说的“打口水仗”

例句：

She was always having a little spat with her brother about the chores. But their parents told them they should share the housework in order to have a comfortable house.

她总是就家务问题和她的弟弟打口水仗。但是他们的父母说，为了有一个舒适的居住环境，他们应该分担家务。

Sometimes  a small will highlight a really big issue.

有时小争吵会反应大问题。

have a quarrel with

Quarrel means an angry disagreement between two or more people or groups.

在英语中，quarrel意思为争吵，不和。

例句

Frank is such a nice person. We never saw him quarreling with others.

Frank是个很友好的人，我们从来没有见过他与别人争吵。

They had a quarrel last night, but nothing could change the relationship between them. They are so close to each other now.

他们昨晚吵架了。但是没有事情能够改变他们之间的关系。

现在他们又变得很亲密了。

如何来表示“激烈的争吵”呢？

have a bitter quarrel

Bitter 有“苦”的意思，在这个短语中，bitter 可以用来形容争吵很激烈。

They  had a bitter quarrel about money two years ago.

They even haven t spoken to each other since then.

他们在两年前就钱的问题争吵的很激烈，从此以后，他们甚至没有说过话。

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