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  • 拿＿ 开刀

    Crank | offlineLv3 | Expired Date：2009.03.13 19:26

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explanation says 拿某人或某事作为典型或开端来批评，处理。
I kinda understand this meaning, but
how do you guys translate in English?

e.g. 批评我的人，全都拿我的这篇小说开刀，说这篇小说的内容事完全不可能存在的。

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Sam | offline Lv1 | Answer Date：2009.03.02 17:09 (2) | (0)

'The dude that criticized me, took the novel I wrote and tore it apart... he told me the stuff that happens in it would never happen in real life.'
well, that is how I would translate it anyway.

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test500 | offline Lv4 | Answer Date：2009.02.22 11:39 (2) | (0)

take sb./sth. as an example to begin a critisize or deal with

 

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