但是如果你们一定要弯弯绕
“But if you insist on beating around the bush,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这对你们酒店的形象非常不好
“It's very bad for your hotel's image.”
但是 如果 你们 一定要 弯弯绕
“But if you insist on beating around the bush,”
那就只能报警了
“I'll have to call the police.”
“Stop playing games with me, or I will bring the police into this right now.”
Calling out someone's 'winding path' (evasiveness) openly strips away polite face-saving rituals and signals immediate escalation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
beat around the bush; play deceptive mind games
A colloquial northern idiom used to criticize someone for being evasive or needlessly manipulative.
if you insist on
A firm conditional construction often used when issuing a warning or ultimatum.