可就麻烦了 不过幸好虚惊一场
“would be in serious trouble. Luckily, it was just a scare.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
心想保金万一是他俩出的 那作为被告的卢慧兰
“I kept thinking, what if the premium really was paid by them? Then Lu Huilan, as the defendant,”
可 就麻烦了 不过 幸好 虚惊一场
“would be in serious trouble. Luckily, it was just a scare.”
在这个案子里 老爷子究竟因为什么而死
“In this case, what exactly caused the old man's death,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese speakers frequently employ the idiom 虚惊一场 to bring emotional closure and signal gratitude whenever potential catastrophe is averted.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
that would have been really troublesome
Used to emphasize a hypothetical or avoided negative outcome.
a false alarm; unnecessary panic
A common idiom used after realizing that an anticipated disaster or crisis did not materialize.
Marks the consequential completion of a problematic state in the hypothetical scenario.
