我没工夫跟你多费口舌
“I don't have time for this.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Besides, I was very careful. They won't find out.”
我 没工夫 跟你多 费口舌
“I don't have time for this.”
想要活着
“To stay alive,”
“Shut up and listen to me before you get us both killed.”
Abandoning polite indirectness ('没工夫跟你多费口舌') signifies acute danger where hierarchy and tact are suspended for survival.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to have no time / cannot be bothered
A highly colloquial expression used to curtly dismiss an activity or conversation as not worth one's time.
to waste one's breath; to argue fruitlessly
Used when trying to persuade someone feels exhausting and pointless.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I don't have time to chat with you.”
“I'm very tired today. I don't have time to bicker with you.”
“I don't have time for this. I need to get to work.”
“I'm not worth your time.”
“I don't have time to joke around with you.”
“You don't need to waste your time on me.”
“There isn't much time left to waste.”
“But I don't have time to chat with you here.”
“I don't have time to read your naggy letter.”