我还指望你当个大大大大官
“I was hoping you'd become a very, very, very high-ranking official—”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我还 指望 你当个大大大大官
“I was hoping you'd become a very, very, very high-ranking official—”
“so you could find some reason to make life hard for that Song guy.”
“You were supposed to climb high so we could get even with our enemies, what a waste!”
Historically, gaining official rank provided patronage and the leverage to settle personal grudges against bureaucratic rivals.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to count on / to pin one's hopes on
Expresses reliance or expectation, often used with a sense of unmet expectation in colloquial speech.
to become an official / to hold public office
Standard colloquial term referring to holding administrative or political rank.