你也不至于 一上来就一顿胡吃海塞的
“you wouldn't pig out right off the bat.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
要是有
“If you did,”
你 也不 至于 一 上来就 一顿 胡吃海塞 的
“you wouldn't pig out right off the bat.”
既然我们都是为让父母高兴 完成任务的
“We're both just here to please our parents and get this over with,”
“Have some self-respect and basic manners, even if we are just going through the motions.”
Even in arranged blind dates set up solely to appease parents, maintaining basic decorum and table manners remains an essential standard.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not to the point of / no need to go that far
Used to tell someone that their behavior or reaction is disproportionate or excessive.
to gorge oneself / to stuff one's face
A vivid colloquial four-character idiom describing eating excessively without refinement.
Emphasizes the descriptive categorization of the excessive behavior at the end of the sentence.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Hang on, you've hardly eaten anything. Have some more.”
“It's just a meal. Are you serious? Yeah, I am. I'll pay you later.”
“If you don't eat a bite, your body won't be able to take it.”
“Don't just sit there. Have some food, too. I'm not hungry.”
“Wait, this is too few. You eat less.”
“You eat, too. It'll get cold.”