能抠出一两句真话来就不错了
“if you can scrape together a couple of truths.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你听一半 扔一半 剩下的边边角角里
“Half of it is trash. Count yourself lucky”
能抠出一两句真话来 就不错了
“if you can scrape together a couple of truths.”
“But if you really can bring Xiaowei to us,”
“Expect nothing but lies from them; getting even a tiny shred of truth is virtually impossible.”
The construction '能...就不错了' reflects a pragmatic strategy of lowering expectations to avoid deception and disillusionment in complex human relationships.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to extract painstakingly / to scrape out
A vivid figurative verb describing digging or squeezing out something exceedingly difficult to obtain from someone.
would already be quite an achievement / is the best one can hope for
A frequent spoken idiom used to set low expectations, indicating that achieving even a minimal result is fortunate.
Functions within the fixed expression '就不错了' to mark a reached condition or state of satisfaction under low expectations.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Speak truthfully,”
“What do you really think of me?”
“telling half-truths.”
“how you truly feel about this.”
“You only need to tell the truth.”
“I just want to hear the truth.”