争先恐后给他们送借口
“You kept giving them excuses.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Look what the two of you have done.”
争先恐后给他们送借口
“You kept giving them excuses.”
“You two were so reckless that you practically handed our enemies ammunition on a silver platter.”
In Chinese factional politics, failing an assignment is bad, but giving the opposing faction a formal pretext (借口) is considered an unforgivable blunder.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
striving to be first and fearing to lag behind; scrambling competitively
A common four-character idiom used here sarcastically to criticize people rushing foolishly to do something counterproductive.
providing an excuse / handing over a pretext
Use this collocation when someone's mistake gives an adversary a convenient reason to attack or criticize.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I managed to fob him off.”
“I wanted to catch them off guard.”
“First, let them get anxious. Then,”
“sent you back.”
“just to avenge us.”
“I wined and dined them hard,”