怎么知道那些是人是鬼啊
“I couldn't tell if they were good or evil.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
当时一堆人看着
“There were too many people watching.”
怎么知道 那些 是人是鬼 啊
“I couldn't tell if they were good or evil.”
“Give me the medicine bottle. I will find a way to send it to your father.”
“I couldn't risk acting because any one of them could have been an enemy or informant.”
This idiom invokes the metaphor of malevolent spirits disguised as mortals to describe high-stakes situations where deceit runs rampant.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
how could one know
Rhetorical question emphasizing the impossibility of possessing certain information.
whether they are friend or foe (lit. human or ghost)
Idiomatic spoken expression used when deeply suspicious of people's true loyalties or identities.
Adds emotional intensity and exasperation to the defensive rhetorical question.
