后来他见秋萍的时候 就跟石头一样
“Then, whenever he saw Qiuping, he'd freeze like a stone, couldn't say a word.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但是他被秋萍 拒绝过一次以后呢 他就放弃了
“but after Qiuping rejected him once, he just gave up.”
后来他见 秋萍 的时候 就 跟石头一样
“Then, whenever he saw Qiuping, he'd freeze like a stone, couldn't say a word.”
“he'd freeze like a stone, couldn't say a word. We even gave him a nickname,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In close Chinese social circles, recounting mutual friends' awkward dating blunders and romantic rejections is a classic form of lively, harmless gossip and bonding.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
stiff as a stone; completely unresponsive and frozen
A vivid figurative simile used to describe someone who is tongue-tied, numb, or paralyzed by awkwardness.
