你猜他会不会气得跳脚
“Do you think he'll be furious”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
让他交出账本
“and making him hand over the account books...”
你猜 他 会不会 气得跳脚
“Do you think he'll be furious”
想要给我下马威
“and try to assert dominance over me?”
“He thought he could push me around, but this move will drive him absolutely insane.”
In Chinese business and bureaucratic culture, breaking someone's initial attempt to establish dominance (xiamawei) is considered a major tactical and psychological victory.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
so furious that one stomps one's feet; hopping mad
A vivid colloquial idiom describing someone becoming visibly agitated and powerless with rage.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“But with his temper, there's no telling what he might do.”
“Let's see what tricks he can pull.”
“Do you think that would drive him crazy?”
“Did that kick you gave him blow off some steam?”
“Do you think he was just drunk”
“what move will he make?”