忙来忙去 给别人做嫁衣
“Busy as a bee, all for someone else.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我没有时间写
“Busy, that's why. I didn't have time to write.”
忙来忙去 给别人做嫁衣
“Busy as a bee, all for someone else.”
我还等着你接着做你的树呢
“I was waiting for you to keep being that tree.”
“I am putting in all this exhausting labor, and someone else will get all the credit and rewards.”
Drawn from classical Tang poetry, this metaphor paints the sorrow of poor seamstresses sewing lavish wedding gowns they could never wear, serving as a powerful cultural trope for unrewarded labor.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to do all the hard work for someone else's benefit
A classic classical-derived idiom used when one's toil ends up solely benefiting competitors or superiors without personal recognition.
rushing around frantically with little to show for it
Used to describe perpetual, pointless busyness that leaves one feeling drained.
