我想个办法给他搪塞过去了
“I managed to fob him off.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
拉我去给他办报纸
“to run a newspaper for him.”
我 想个办法 给他 搪塞过去 了
“I managed to fob him off.”
可他找我最终的目的 就是要让我来说服你
“But his ultimate goal was to get me to persuade you”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Direct refusal often damages interpersonal ties, so Chinese speakers frequently use tactful delays or excuses to deflect requests politely.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
come up with a way / find a solution
Extremely frequent conversational phrase used whenever addressing a practical difficulty.
fob off; brush aside; evade superficially
Useful idiomatic phrase for describing dodging an obligation or handling a pesky request perfunctorily.
Indicates completion of the evasion action and the speaker's temporary relief.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You want to fool them with this?”
“and I need to give him justice.”
“when I get home later.”
“I'll find an excuse to fire him.”
“He lied about this.”
“So we need to find a way to distract him”