3. A Brutally Honest Confidant
敢说真话的知己
There’s certain situations in life where we need to hear the harsh truth. That’s what the brutally honest confidant is for. If you’re in a rocky relationship and everyone’s telling you that it’s perfectly normal that you’re back with that special someone for the 8th time in the last 2 years, the brutally honest confidant is there to yank your rose-colored glasses off and tell you, “Enough. Stop with all that break-up-and-get-back-together drama. You deserve better.”
在生活中,我们有时需要听到残酷的现实。这就是为什么要有个敢说真话的知己。如果你在一段不稳定的关系中,每个人都告诉你,在过去的两年里你和那个人第八次和好这很正常,而敢说真话的知己则会否定你那过于乐观的观点,告诉你,“够了。别再上演分手和好的闹剧了。你值得和更好的人在一起。”
Friends are supposed to be honest with each other. If you find someone who is brutally honest with you (in a constructive way), then hold on to this person! People like that are hard to come by these days.
朋友间应该彼此诚实以待。如果你找到了敢说真话的知己(以积极的方式),那么要一直和这个人做朋友!这样的朋友现在是很难得的。
adv. 极其,非常