管着你们吃管着你们喝
“You are fed and watered,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
人家坐牢你们也坐牢
“others sit in prison and so do you.”
管着你们吃管着你们喝
“You are fed and watered,”
“I provide everything for you ungrateful people, and you still treat me like your personal servant.”
The idiom mocks criminals who live more comfortably and act more demanding in prison than law-abiding citizens outside, subverting standard punitive dynamics.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
providing food and drink; looking after all daily meals
Often used in complaints or benefit packages to denote that all living and dining expenses are taken care of.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I feed you and take care of you, and now you don't even know your place anymore?”
“She told me I have to make sure you drink it all.”
“Deal with them! Please, control them!”
“or because you can't keep your subordinates in line?”
“They provide food and lodging. Isn't that good? Yeah.”
“We will. We'll take full responsibility.”