但是我心里又没鬼
“But I have nothing to hide.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“you're worried that Mother and Sister-in-laws will ask me too many questions.”
但 是我 心里 又没鬼
“But I have nothing to hide.”
与其有些事情躲着
“Instead of hiding from certain things,”
“I have done nothing wrong, so there is no reason for me to hide from your family.”
The cultural metaphor of having a 'ghost' in one's heart refers to harboring secret guilt or deceit; declaring its absence affirms moral uprightness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to have a clear conscience; to hide nothing
A colloquial idiom meaning one has nothing shameful or guilty to hide.
after all; on the other hand
Used to add argumentative weight and justify one's stance.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Unless you've got a guilty conscience?”
“If you did nothing wrong, why would this happen? You!”
“Guilty conscience.”
“Only those with guilt fear ghosts.”
“Someone with nothing to hide answers exactly what's asked.”
“You still won't leave me alone even in death.”