我与父王早已是别人眼中钉
“Father and I have long been thorns in someone's side.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你打算瞒我到几时
“how long were you planning to keep it from me?”
我与父王早已是别人 眼中钉
“Father and I have long been thorns in someone's side.”
又何苦将表叔牵扯进来
“Why should we drag you into this mess?”
“I hid this from you because we are targets, and I refused to drag you down with us.”
In high-stakes power struggles, family members often choose secrecy to insulate extended relatives from guilt-by-association or political persecution.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a thorn in someone's side; an eyesore or despised target
Use this idiom when describing a person who is constantly resented or targeted by political rivals or enemies.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Your father and I had fought side by side on the battlefield before you were even born!”
“I never thought Father would die at the hands of our own people.”
“My Father followed my mother in death,”
“When my father gave it to me,”
“and win back some favor in Father's eyes.”
“was that my aloof and lofty father”