你不怕风大闪着舌头
“aren't you afraid of biting your tongue?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
小子
“Kid,”
你 不怕 风大闪着舌头
“aren't you afraid of biting your tongue?”
活菩萨 我这不是在逃难呢吗 我
“Living Buddha, I am a refugee here. Me,”
“Quit your bragging; you are talking nonsense.”
Chinese speakers often use vivid physical metaphors, like the wind spraining one's tongue, to deflate unwarranted arrogance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not afraid of biting off more than you can chew / bragging recklessly
A vivid colloquial idiom used to mock someone who is boasting unrealistically.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“The wind is really strong today.”
“Such strong wind! Why the sudden wind?”
“Did the sea breeze down there make you stupid?”
“The strong wind has already started blowing.”
“and even the biggest storm can be conquered.”
“Don't mess with me. You can't catch a cold.”