Do you agree with the proverb that children should be seen and not heard?

你可能听说过，大人说话，小孩别插嘴。

Or that children should be seen and not heard.

或者应该看到孩子而不是听到孩子。

It's such a relief to talk when one wants to and not be told that children should be seen and not heard.

当一个人想说话而不是被告知应该看到孩子而不是听到孩子时，这是一种解脱。

Children should be seen and not heard is an old-fashioned phrase that means children should be quiet and behave well. A mixed bag means something has both positive and negative aspects.

“Children should be seen and not heard”是一个老式的短语，意思是孩子应该保持安静，行为端正。A mixed bag意味着某事物既有积极的一面，也有消极的一面。

Alice and Ella and Peter and Mary and Laura did not say a word at table, for they knew that children should be seen and not heard.

爱丽丝、埃拉、彼得、玛丽和劳拉在餐桌上一言不发，因为他们知道孩子应该被看到，而不是被听到。