c)somebody can dish it out but they can’t take it used to say that someone often criticizes other people, but does not like being criticized 某人很会批评别人,但自己却不能接受批评
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dish out• And my granda clearly loved dishing it out.• He was good at dishing it out.• I have been dishing it out for a number of years, and now it is my turn to take it.• He keeps his liquor just on the other side of the room, but catch him actually dishing it out himself.• Duck and andouille sausagegumbo was another dish that evolved out of the early Creole and Cajunkitchens of Louisiana.• Jewelledcups, their preciousstonesglinting in the sunlight, and silverdishes were laid out on handsomechests and cabinets.• You can dish them out to visiting dignitaries at the end of a state visit.• None of that circus water Loretta dished us out when the chumps were buying.