你这真是掉链子你
“You're letting me down here.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“My heart condition is acting up. I really can't run anymore.”
你这 真是 掉链子 你
“You're letting me down here.”
要不你先在这儿歇一下啊 好的 好的
“Why don't you take a break here first? Okay.”
“You always give up and let me down right when it counts!”
Rooted in China's classic bicycle era, this ubiquitous everyday idiom describes failing at an essential juncture.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to drop the ball; to fail or break down at a crucial moment
A very common colloquial idiom originally referring to a bicycle chain falling off; used when someone or something flops unexpectedly.