挖苦话 ironical remarks
verbal thrusts
- 她经常用尖刻的挖苦话压服别人。
She often squelches others with biting sarcasm. - 几个月下来,我已经不会说挖苦话了。
A few months of this and I'd forget how to use sarcasm. - 双方对于对方的才能,特别是对那种开玩笑讲个小小挖苦话时偶尔显示出来的智慧,都很尊敬。
Each had considerable respect for the other's abilities, and particularly for the wit that occasionally exhibited itself in little friendly sarcasms.