屁股都没坐热 就被派出来捡人
“Before we could even sit down, we were sent out to pick up people.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
一路走了一千多里地
“We walked over a thousand miles.”
屁股都没坐热 就被派 出来 捡人
“Before we could even sit down, we were sent out to pick up people.”
是 是 长官辛苦了
“Yes, yes. You've worked hard, sir.”
“I barely got a second to catch my breath and they're already running me ragged.”
Venting complaints about unfair work pace using earthy idioms is a typical coping mechanism to bond with peers or blow off steam.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
before one's seat has even gotten warm; before having a chance to settle down
A vivid idiomatic expression used to complain about having to move or leave immediately after arriving.
picking up or retrieving stranded people
Colloquial and slightly dismissive phrasing for rescuing or collecting personnel.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I shouldn't have been so nice to someone who gave me the cold shoulder. At this point,”
“Dad, I've barely sat down and you're already sending me away?”
“How was it? Was this place hard to find? No, it was okay. Come on, sit.”
“Have a seat. I have to clean his body.”
“This is not the treatment of arresting people. Sit here and drink.”
“No. I'm occupied. I'll walk you to the door.”