有枣没枣打一杆子
“taking a shot in the dark?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“So you just want me to try it,”
有枣没枣打一杆子
“taking a shot in the dark?”
是这意思吗
“Is that what you mean?”
“So your strategy is basically taking a blind shot in the dark with nothing to lose.”
Northern Chinese folk idioms often rely on everyday agricultural metaphors like shaking fruit trees to encapsulate an easygoing, opportunistic mindset where trying costs little and might yield a pleasant surprise.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
give it a shot whether there's a real chance or not / nothing to lose by trying
A vivid colloquial idiom derived from knocking dates off a tree; use it when taking action on a whim or without high hopes because there is no harm in trying.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“and pays me peanuts. And he always orders me around.”
“wanna find out if there's anything worth shaking out of this tree?”
“With pay that little,”
“making peanuts from dancing.”
“A stick, and then a carrot?”
“You can't just shut them down completely.”