make frivolous remarks about sb . 's appearance
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is p ǐ NT ó up í ngz ú, which means to talk frivolously about a woman's appearance. Now it's also a metaphor for criticizing people and things at will. It comes from Huang Xiaopei's damabian in Qing Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
The fourth chapter of Huang Xiaopei's "damabian" in Qing Dynasty: "the whole spirit is focused on the prostitutes, the good color, the good degree, and the comments. It's inevitable that a few poems will come out."
Idiom usage
You should do more practical work, not always.
Analysis of Idioms
Comment on one's own opinions
make frivolous remarks about sb . 's appearance
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. - qíng rén yǎn lǐ chū xī shī
took the plum tree for his wife and a stork for his son - qī mén zǐ hè
aged and greatly honoured for one 's virtues - nián gāo dé ér