雷声大雨点大
“they were all like "much talk and much action."”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
一开始都是
“at first,”
雷声大雨点大
“they were all like "much talk and much action."”
拖个一年半载
“But after a year or so,”
“They always come down hard at first with massive momentum and strict enforcement.”
Government initiatives and crackdowns in Chinese bureaucratic culture often launch with immense fanfare and strict enforcement before bureaucratic fatigue gradually sets in.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
big buildup matched by equally heavy action
A clever reversal of the idiom '雷声大雨点小' used to describe situations where initial momentum and actual enforcement are both intense.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“All talk and no action. I don't see you really cursing.”
“it would be "much talk but little action." In another few years,”
“All talk and no action again.”
“The rain is so heavy today.”
“Did you hear anything else apart from the thunder?”
“This rain is on and off.”