A rude insult for a person you find annoying and weak. You are not saying they are dangerous. You are saying they are small — like an ant — and that they have no backbone.

A rude insult一句罵人的粗話，for a person you find annoying and weak用在你覺得討厭又懦弱的人身上。You你 are not saying不是在說 they are dangerous他們很危險。You你 are saying是在說 they are small他們很渺小——like an ant就像螞蟻一樣——and而且 they have no backbone他們沒有骨氣。

People throw it at someone they refuse to respect: a piss-ant clerk who blocks you with a rule, a piss-ant rival, a piss-ant boss who nags. It is mainly American, very informal, and it is meant to shrink the person.

People大家 throw it at會把這個詞丟給 someone they refuse to respect他們不屑尊重的人：a piss-ant clerk who blocks you with a rule用規定卡你的piss-ant小職員、a piss-ant rivalpiss-ant對手、a piss-ant boss who nags愛碎念的piss-ant老闆。It它 is mainly American主要是美式用法，very informal很口語，and而且 it is meant to shrink the person目的就是要把那個人講得很渺小。

Though actually, you will also see it written as one word, pissant; that is the same insult, not a different word.

Though actually不過其實，you will also see it written as one word你也會看到它被寫成一個字，pissantpissant；that is the same insult那是同一個罵人詞，not a different word不是另一個字。

This probably began as a name for a kind of ant that people said smelled of urine, and later it stuck to humans as “tiny and not worth your time.” Keep it off a real person if you still want to be kind. In careful talk, pest, nobody, or small-time is enough.

This這個詞 probably began as a name for a kind of ant大概最早是某種螞蟻的名字 that people said smelled of urine大家說牠有尿騷味，and later後來 it stuck to humans被用到人身上 as「tiny and not worth your time」意思是「渺小、不值得你花時間」。Keep it off a real person就別把它用在真實的人身上 if you still want to be kind如果你還想保有善意。In careful talk講話謹慎一點的話，pest、nobody、or small-timepest、nobody，或small-time is enough就夠了。