那得等到猴年马月去了
“it'd probably be years later.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你说等他回来
“When your brother returns,”
那得 等到 猴年马月 去 了
“it'd probably be years later.”
怎么了
“What's wrong?”
“Waiting for that will take forever; we cannot count on it at all.”
Originating from folk calendar combinations, this phrase colorfully conveys an elusive or seemingly impossible date in the distant future.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
God knows when / An indefinite distant future / When pigs fly
A popular idiom used to exaggerate how impossibly long something will take to materialize.
would have to wait until
Indicates a reluctant or burdensome requirement of waiting.
Emphasizes the completion of an inevitable, extreme state of waiting.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“you probably won't be able to find anything.”
“It will take forever to save up for it.”
“I'll ever get married.”
“in such a densely populated community. Why don't we narrow down the search area?”