也不是说 肯定就会闪着腰 没那么绝对
“Your back might be fine by then.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Why... Why are you arranging this for me?”
也不是 说 肯定 就会 闪着腰 没那么绝对
“Your back might be fine by then.”
你就当认识个朋友 人家也不一定 会看上你 怕啥
“Just think of it as making a new friend. And he might not be interested in you. What are you afraid of?”
“Stop acting like going on this blind date is going to ruin your life; you have nothing to lose.”
Matchmakers or well-meaning relatives often cajole reluctant individuals into dates by framing the encounter as merely making an acquaintance (认识个朋友) without high expectations.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
strain one's back (figuratively: face unexpected harm or fail awkwardly)
Used metaphorically in spoken Chinese to suggest taking an unexpected misstep or suffering embarrassment/harm from trying something.
it is not that set in stone / nothing is that absolute
An effective hedging phrase to dispute someone's overgeneralized anxiety or catastrophic thinking.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I heard you threw out your back. Are you okay?”
“What if she throws her back out?”
“where in a couple of years, just a single sneeze could throw my back out.”
“I just felt a twinge in my waist.”
“I tweaked my back.”
“Is it serious? Let me see. It's not serious. Just a wrong move, and I threw out my back.”