现在跟这儿狗眼看人低的
“Now you're looking down on us like a snob.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你来我们这儿捡废料的时候了
“when you used to come here to collect scrap?”
现在跟这儿 狗眼看人低 的
“Now you're looking down on us like a snob.”
你说谁是狗呢
“Who are you calling a snob?”
“You used to beg for scraps, who do you think you are to look down on people now?”
In Chinese social ethics, sudden social mobility should not lead to arrogance; accusing someone of acting snobby while remembering their impoverished past is a potent insult.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
looking down on others like a snobbish dog / judging people with snobbish eyes
A very common, blunt colloquial idiom used to condemn someone who acts haughty and looks down on others.
right here / doing something in this place
Colloquial Northern/Beijing spoken phrase equivalent to '在这里', often followed by a verb expressing annoyance.
Marks the statement as a descriptive characteristic with a lingering, accusatory emphasis.
