你胃口真不小啊
“You have quite an appetite.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
让我做销售总监
“Make me the Sales Director.”
你 胃口真不小 啊
“You have quite an appetite.”
你都是销售经理了
“You're already a Sales Manager.”
“You are biting off way more than you can chew; know your place.”
Chinese speakers often equate professional ambitions or financial demands with bodily 'appetite' (胃口), where exceeding one's bounds is viewed as unseemly greed.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to have a huge appetite; to be very ambitious or greedy
A common metaphorical expression used to comment on someone's bold, often excessive, material or professional demands.
Softens the blunt critique while adding an exclamatory note of disbelief or mild mockery.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“has quite the appetite.”
“This guy sure has an appetite. He is already stuffed but still has room for bubble tea.”
“it only made her more greedy.”