skin 皮肤,皮
Human beings have skin. So have animals and plants. The skin can be thick or thin. This can be used figuratively to describe people‘s personality.
A thin-skinned person ,or a person who has a thin skin ,is easily upset or offended while a thick-skinned person ,or a person who has a thick skin ,is quite the contrary . Both expressions are sometimes dderogatory. That is to say ,sometimes the former refers to a person who is too sensitive; the latter a person who has little sense of shame.
人有皮,动植物也有皮。皮有厚有薄,可以用来比喻人的性格。
A thin -skinned person指脸皮薄的人,容易受挫或受损;而A thick -skinned person ,指脸皮厚的人,则正好相反。有时两个习语都是贬义语,也就是说,有时前者指过于敏感的人,后者指不知羞耻的人。