我们也是拿人钱财 替人消灾
“We're just doing a job we were paid for.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
修 修 修
“[Meat] Fix it. Fix it.”
我们 也是 拿人钱财 替人消灾
“We're just doing a job we were paid for.”
您多担待啊
“Please don't mind.”
“Do not blame us personally; we are just hired labor carrying out what our employer paid us to do.”
This traditional idiom serves as a universal social defense for hired workers or intermediaries, distancing personal moral responsibility from assigned duties.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
taking someone's money / being paid
First half of a well-known idiom; used to establish that one has accepted financial remuneration for a task.
resolving problems on someone else's behalf
Second half of the idiom; together it justifies completing an unpleasant job purely out of professional obligation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Taking payment and clearing trouble.”
“Taking payment and doing the job”
“You know, I only charge for my services if I think I can help.”