老房子着火
“An old house on fire. It scared even me.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I admit, I really did fall for him.”
老房子着火
“An old house on fire. It scared even me.”
“An old house on fire. It scared even me.”
“I'm head over heels like a teenager, and there's no stopping it now.”
Derived from the saying 'When an old house catches fire, it burns uncontrollably,' this vivid expression denotes the ferocious intensity of romance experienced past one's youth.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
an old house catches fire (an older person falling passionately in love)
A popular metaphor describing a mature person falling intensely in love, which is hard to extinguish once started.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“There's a fire downstairs!”
“he was afraid the fire would burn the house down and everything would be lost.”
“It looks like the house is on fire.”
“Fire!”
“Fire!”
“Fire!”