If you are gauche, you do or say the socially wrong thing — not because you mean to be rude, but because you have not learned the unwritten rules, or you move through them clumsily. You might pay a compliment that lands as an insult, or laugh at the wrong moment. It is a fairly grown-up, slightly French-flavoured adjective; books and careful speakers use it more than friends in the playground.

If you are gauche如果你是gauche的 you do or say the socially wrong thing你會做或說出社交上不恰當的事 not because you mean to be rude不是因為你故意想無禮 but because you have not learned the unwritten rules而是因為你還沒學會那些不成文的規矩 or you move through them clumsily或是運用起來很笨拙 You might pay a compliment that lands as an insult你可能說了一句稱讚，聽起來卻像羞辱 or laugh at the wrong moment或是在不該笑的時候笑出來 It is a fairly grown-up, slightly French-flavoured adjective這是一個相當成熟、帶點法文味的形容詞 books and careful speakers use it more than friends in the playground書本和用詞講究的人比操場上的朋友更常用它

Though actually, gauche is not the same as shy, and not the same as rude. A shy person may know the rules and still freeze; a rude person may know them and ignore them. Gauche is closer to awkward manners.

Though actually不過實際上 gauche is not the same as shygauche跟shy(害羞)不一樣 and not the same as rude也跟rude(無禮)不一樣 A shy person may know the rules and still freeze害羞的人可能懂規矩，卻還是會愣住不敢動 a rude person may know them and ignore them無禮的人可能懂規矩，卻選擇不理會 Gauche is closer togauche比較接近 awkward manners笨拙的舉止

English borrowed it from French, where the same word also means “left” (the left hand). We took the “awkward” sense, not the “left” sense — so in English gauche never means the opposite of right.

English borrowed it from French英文是從法文借來的 where the same word also means 'left' (the left hand)在法文裡這個字也有「左邊」（左手）的意思 We took the 'awkward' sense英文只取了「笨拙」這個意思 not the 'left' sense沒有取「左邊」那個意思 so in English gauche never means the opposite of right所以在英文裡gauche從來不是「右邊的反義詞」