话不投机半句多huà bù tóu jī bàn jù duōdissidenceof opinions makes it useless to talk; even one word is too much in talking to sb. with whom one can’t see eye to eye; if there’s no common ground (/when the conversation gets disagreeable),to say one word more is a waste of breath
❍ 我知道，～，我就立即退席了。I left the dinner table at once because I knew when the conversation got disagreeable,to say one word more was a waste of breath. 话不投机半句多hua bu tou ji ban ju duoif there’s no common ground,a single word is a waste of breath |