就是想吓破我和阿一的胆
“just want to scare Yi and me out of our wits,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你呀
“you”
就是想 吓破我和阿一 的 胆
“just want to scare Yi and me out of our wits,”
“so we'll both be scared back to the countryside,”
“They are only doing this to intimidate us, but I see right through their scheme.”
In traditional Chinese culture and medicine, the gallbladder is metaphorically associated with courage and bravery.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
scare out of one's wits; terrify
A vivid somatic idiom based on the traditional Chinese belief that courage resides in the gall bladder.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Trying to scare me?”
“You think I'm here to scare you?”
“I only meant to scare her a little,”
“I didn't mean to scare you.”
“That was so scary. [Yu-chieh] Oh, I was so worried.”
“I was just messing with you earlier.”