追诉期都过了
“The statute of limitations has expired.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
经手人死了
“The middleman is dead.”
追诉期都过了
“The statute of limitations has expired.”
“Gao! - Call an ambulance! - Call an ambulance!”
“It is too late to do anything legally, so drop it.”
Citing technical legal barriers such as time limits is a common conversational strategy to avoid moral responsibility or justify inaction.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
statute of limitations
A formal legal term widely understood in popular culture to refer to the legal time window for prosecuting an offense.
has already passed / is long gone
A spoken construction emphasizing that a deadline, period, or stage is completely over.
Indicates a completed change of state, emphasizing that the time window has permanently closed.
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“After all, some of the cases are about to reach the statute of limitations.”
“With the leads and evidence we have, is it enough to reopen the case?”
“And with the false charge of treason you have already pinned on me,”
“But hasn't that blown over?”
“gets investigated, it will be serious.”
“You could be held criminally liable.”