Edie's a beggar now, which means she can't be a chooser.

Edie现在是个穷光蛋，她不能挑三拣四的。

Given the state of your career, can you really afford to be picky?

鉴于你岌岌可危的职业生涯 你还能挑三拣四的吗？

Well, you said yourself, women over 40 can only be so choosy.

你自己可是说过，女人过了40还有什么好挑三拣四的。

For two days, a very unhappy Thomas Jefferson sat and fumed while his words were picked over.

整整两天，托马斯·杰斐逊很不开心地坐着边生闷气边听议员对他的挑三拣四。

And as an adjective: a Goldilocks approach, the Goldilocks zone.

挑三拣四的做法、宜居带。

And he picks in people's food when it comes out.

他总是等别人点的食物上桌后，就挑三拣四的。

This is a guy who doesn't pick and choose.

这是一个不挑三拣四的人。

I mean, that's why we pick and choose, right?

我的意思是，这正是我们挑三拣四的原因，对吧？

And, you know, he's you can nitpick him for sure.

而且，你知道，你当然可以对他的表现挑三拣四。

We can't turn our noses up at any clients these days.

我们没立场对客户挑三拣四的。

Are we talking about cherry picking?

我们在说的是挑三拣四吗？

Because he really picks and chooses like, he's like, oh, I want to be part of this one.

因为他真的挑三拣四的，好像在想：“哦，我想参加这个。”

And so often the thing I might be picking on in my mind about them was actually about me.

因此，我常常在心里对他们挑三拣四的事情，实际上反映的是我自己的问题。

If he wants to be a patron in this town, who are we to look a gift horse in the mouth?

如果他想在这个镇上当个赞助人，我们哪有资格对送上门的好事挑三拣四？

So, next time you get a gift that is less than perfect, remember that it is not nice to look a gift horse in the mouth.

那么，下次你收到不那么满意的礼物，记得挑三拣四不是一种友善的行为。

The individual organizations within this sprawling private-public structure have no way to stop recipients being very selective with their services and according to multiple insiders, they actually encourage it.

在这个庞大的公私合作结构中， 各个组织无法阻止受助者对他们提供的服务挑三拣四， 据多名内部人士透露，他们实际上还鼓励这种行为。