粵

講gong2話waa6有jau5骨gwat1

simp讲话有骨
gong2 waa6 jau5 gwat1gong2 waa2 jau5 gwat1jiǎng huà yǒu gǔ

English

  1. speech with hidden message; to hint at something
  2. barbed words; ironic speech; to speak sarcasm

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 形容説話字面上無特別意思,但係實際上係侮辱、諷刺緊人

Examples

  • 佢成日講嘢有骨。話我夠直,其實話我講嘢唔經大腦。

    He always talks with barbed words. He praised me for mincing no words, but was in fact saying that I speak off the cuff.

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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