你这人说话可真是的我发现 你四十年哪去了你
“You've got a lot of nerve. Where were you the past forty years?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
来得及的时候怎么不跟你领
“Why didn't he marry you when he could?”
你这人 说话 可真是的 我发现 你四十年哪去了你
“You've got a lot of nerve. Where were you the past forty years?”
“None of your business. Where were you when he had a fever?”
“You have nerve talking down to me after doing nothing for the past forty years.”
In Chinese family disputes, bringing up a vast span of time ('forty years') serves to undermine the other person's moral authority by highlighting their prolonged absence or lack of contribution.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the way you talk / you as a person speaking
A common spoken formula used to open a critique about someone's rude, unreasonable, or abrasive words.
really something / truly unbelievable
An colloquial marker expressing mild to moderate exasperation or disapproval toward someone's attitude or actions.
Functions in '可真是的' to seal an evaluative judgment expressing exasperation.
