高不成低不就 [－－－－－－]

Jyutping gou1 bat1 sing4 dai1 bat1 zau6
Pinyin gāo bù chéng dī bù jiù

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    高水​準​嘅​嘢​做​唔​掂​，​但​係​低水​準​嘅​又​睇​唔​上​眼​；​多數​指​工作​或者​件​侶
    to be unfit for a higher post or a better romantic date, but unwilling to take a lower one
    • 你個人又唔係好好條件，再係噉樣高不成低不就嘅話，你搵唔到女朋友㗎喇。
      你个人又唔系好好条件，再系噉样高不成低不就嘅话，你揾唔到女朋友㗎喇。
      nei5 go3 jan4 jau6 m4 hai6 hou2 hou2 tiu4 gin2, zoi3 hai6 gam2 joeng2 gou1 bat1 sing4 dai1 bat1 zau6 ge3 waa2, nei5 wan2 m4 dou2 neoi5 pang4 jau5 gaa3 laa3.
      You are not that attractive. If you keep looking down on the ordinary girls and chasing for the goddess, you can't get a girlfriend.
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    你个人又唔系好好条件，再系噉样高不成低不就嘅话，你揾唔到女朋友㗎喇。
    你個人又唔係好好條件，再係噉樣高不成低不就嘅話，你搵唔到女朋友㗎喇。
    nei5 go3 jan4 jau6 m4 hai6 hou2 hou2 tiu4 gin2, zoi3 hai6 gam2 joeng2 gou1 bat1 sing4 dai1 bat1 zau6 ge3 waa2, nei5 wan2 m4 dou2 neoi5 pang4 jau5 gaa3 laa3.
    • You are not that attractive. If you keep looking down on the ordinary girls and chasing for the goddess, you can't get a girlfriend.